Ontario man’s cross-Canada cycling trip helps researchers understand how exercise impacts Parkinson’s disease – CBC
‘There really isn’t an upper bounds to the benefits’ of exercise, researcher says
Jan 15, 2024
After he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Steve Iseman set out on an 8,000-kilometre trip across Canada to raise money and awareness about the disorder.
But what he experienced when it came to his symptoms during that trip piqued the interest of researchers at the University of Guelph.
Iseman, 57, who lives in Toronto, said the diagnosis a decade ago was “devastating news and frankly, it changed everything.”
Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease that can impact a person’s ability to move and speak. For Iseman, it causes muscle stiffness and brain fog. There is no cure and Parkinson Canada says more than 100,000 Canadians live with the disease.
Iseman said he tried to hide the diagnosis from his friends for about five years before he decided to be open about having Parkinson’s and what it was doing to him.
