Germany .. use table tennis to relieve the symptoms of "Parkinson"

The “Ping Pong Parkinson” association in Germany relied on a Japanese study, saying that regular table practice contributes to the enlightenment of the physical symptoms of Parkinson patients, such as tremors and stings. The association said in a statement on its website that a number of its members participate in the upcoming World Cup Table Championship for people with ‘Parkinson’, which is planned for next September in Austria. The association, founded in 2020 and attached to about a thousand members and 170 clubs, reminds that the number of people with this disease around the world is about 6 million, including about 400 thousand in Germany. Parkinson’s, not -vad, can also cause speech and sleep disorders, as the patient gradually loses the ability to move, and eventually a wheelchair is needed or bedridden. “Less medicine,” Lucy Krenerr, 69, said a retired woman who has existed with this nervous degenerative disease since 2015: “I sometimes practice three hours, free and without realizing that I’m tired, and it’s great.” And you note that the exercise of this sport limits its livelihood and makes its movements less painful, adding: “At night, I sleep better”, as the training has continued twice a week with dozens of members of the “Ping Pong Parkinson” association, which promotes the therapeutic virtues of this sport. The table tennis players with the disease spared no trouble during the workout held on April 11 on the International Day of Parkinson’s patients, and each of them tried to score points on his opponent with overwhelming strikes. In turn, coach Andreas Morov emphasized that he needs “less medicine” when he plays regularly, and from time to time it is good with everyone, and explains that one of them can stop when he wants to drink water or to take his dopamine -based medicine, which temporarily removes the symptoms. ” Between two games or after practicing, the players sometimes exchange conversations about the disease they suffer, as Murov, who plays about ten hours a week, said: “Here we know more than anyone else that we live daily with pain and anxiety.” Also read: