Tango helps Parkinson's disease

Twist your hips twice a week, and severe Parkinson's disease can retreat. Researchers from Washington University in the US found that the tango is the dance of healing.

Parkinson's disease

Along with the waltz dance tango is considered the epitome of love, but in some cases, this dance is able to also improve their health. Especially before the onset of progressive and still incurable neurological disease called Parkinson's disease Which causes a tremor of limbs, problems with coordination of movements, and many other disorders, poisoning life. The victims of Parkinson's disease are forced to abandon their traditional way of life. For example, actor Michael J. Fox ("Back to the Future") because of the illness has ceased to act in movies.

But it turned out that only two tango lessons a week is enough to regain health, undermined by disease. Engaged in this mode, people are soon able to return to the physical activity, which they lost after the development Parkinson's disease . Today, clinical research on the effects of tango on the victims of the disease are carried out in different countries.

The disease is caused by a decrease in the level of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that plays a key role in the regulation of body movements. Drop in the number of dopamine leads to involuntary movements, muscle tension and other similar characteristic symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Medicine can not cure the illness is, but a number of medical drugs can keep it under control.

Motor exercise involving the movement back and forth, are victims of the disease more difficult. It is these exercises and taught people while having tango. The study found that tango engaged for a year, patients significantly improved coordination, mobility and balance, compared with those who perform traditional exercises. (READ MORE)

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