These are my feet, they have been with me for 42 years soon and they mostly serve me well. However, recently I have noticed an increasing tendency to get freezing-of-gait, an annoying effect of my “flavor” of Parkinson’s disease. For some more information on what freezing-of-gait, watch this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaY3gz5tJSk. Although the case in the film is quite severe and I am not even close to having the problems the man in the film has.
I am a firm believer in the ideas of Quantified Self and incidentally currently have the fortune of participating in a study from Psykologifabriken aimed at encouraging everyday creativity. These two things lead to an idea during my walk to work this morning: I will try to quantify my freezing-of-gait and monitor the effects of different interventions on it.
Starting today, the plan is to register when my freezing-of-gait appears, using a scale 1-5 for severity. Let’s see what happens!
Wow, this will be interesting to follow!
Have you heard of the GaitAid? It is a training tool to help alleviate freezing of gait for people living with Parkinson’s. It uses visual and auditory cues to overcome freezing of gait.
Hi Alex, thank you for telling me about the GaitAid. I would be interested in trying it.