Dance is often used to help patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, and more and more it is being recognised that coordinated exercise involving learning is the most effective way to impact brain circuitry. Nerve growth factors are released, synapses are strengthened and new brain circuit connections are made under the influence of physical protocols that require learning new coordination, moving in rhythm to music and dancing with a partner.
This recent scientific article is one of many whose authors have looked at the published studies on the effects of dance, to find that in comparison with other exercise types, it is the most effective in improving motor function, and that it also has a significant impact on quality of life.
Ask at your local hospital, your physiotherapist or your local dance school about dance lessons adapted to neurodegenerative disease patients. And every day, try a new video from the ClickandDance website using the sitting moves at home.
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