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Movement disorder specialist, Suketu M. Khandhar, discusses the causes in the brain of rigidity, bradykinesia, stiffness, and tremor, how exercise can improve motor symptoms, and much more. See below for specific topic areas.

0:00 Introduction
0:57 Neurological cause of motor symptoms (bradykinesia, rigidity, stiffness, tremor)
4:19 Slowness of gut
6:27 Subtypes of Parkinson’s
11:58 Toe curling dystonia
15:46 How to best prepare for neurologist/movement disorder specialist visit
18:25 Link between severity of motor symptoms and nonmotor symptoms
20:00 Do all motor symptoms progress?
21:48 Exercise to improve motor symptoms
26:21 Supplements & nutrition
28:33 Top 3 things to live well with Parkinson’s
30:55 How to decrease fatigue
35:13 How to treat double vision and visual spatial issues

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