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An astonishing one million Americans have Parkinson’s disease, making it the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s. This impacts more people than those influenced with other movement disorders like ALS, muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis, combined. Characterized by involuntary tremors and debilitating chronic pain, movement disorders are incredibly painful. They impact an individual’s well-being, which makes it hard to interact socially, and the expensive drugs and/or medications can often plummet the patient’s circumstance.

The problem is, there’s no known cure for movement disorders. Worse, no one yet knows how to prevent them. Not only do people suffer from them, they also have to rely on treatment approaches with harsh side effects for the remainder of their lives. However, there’s a new treatment in the forefront of movement disorder research, CBD oil. The results are nothing short of miraculous, reducing tremors and lessening pain. CBD is a abbreviation for cannabidiol oil. Created with an extraction process utilizing either the marijuana or hemp plant. Extracting the CBD provides the consumer the amazing medical benefits without the effects of THC. Because there are no psychedelic properties in CBD, studies have demonstrated it is completely safe for consumption. The purpose of the article below is to demonstrate as well as discuss cannabidiol as a promising strategy to treat and prevent movement disorders.

Parkinson’s disease can cause tremors, stiffness and trouble with walking. But a new study suggests that regular exercise can slow the progression of the disease. Even those with advanced Parkinson’s can benefit from activity, the study authors said.

The research included more than 3,400 patients in North America, the Netherlands and Israel who were followed for more than two years. During that time, Parkinson’s-related changes in mobility were assessed by timing how long it took patients to rise from a chair, walk about 10 feet, turn and return to a sitting position.

“We found that people with Parkinson’s disease who maintained exercise 150 minutes per week had a smaller decline in quality of life and mobility over two years compared to people who did not exercise or exercised less,” said lead investigator Miriam Rafferty, of Northwestern University and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.