Exercise & Parkinsons Disease – A Whole Body Approach Webinar
25 March @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT
Free - $99.00
This webinar explores the role of exercise as a core therapeutic intervention in the management of Parkinson’s disease, with a specific focus on how exercise physiology and chiropractic care can work together to optimise patient outcomes.
Tara will outline practical exercise prescription principles shown to be effective in Parkinson’s disease, including aerobic training, resistance exercise, balance and gait retraining, and amplitude-based movement strategies. These concepts will be framed alongside the role of chiropractic care.
Concluding with a collaborative care framework, demonstrating how chiropractors can integrate timely referral to exercise physiology to enhance treatment durability, support long-term function, and reduce falls and disability in people living with Parkinson’s disease.
Time: 8:30pm – 9:30pm AEDT
Our speakers
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- Ms Tara Jenkins
- Biography
Tara is a Senior Exercise Physiologist and Clinic Director based in Northern Sydney, with over a decade of experience in health and fitness and eight years in clinical private practice. She has undertaken extensive further education in the management of Parkinson’s disease and has a strong clinical focus on neurological rehabilitation. Tara has developed and delivers a successful exercise program for people with Parkinson’s, which is now running across two clinics in both a small group and 1:1 capacity. In addition to her clinical work, she mentors early career clinicians and students, and enjoys supporting the next generation of allied health professionals.
