Parkinson's Exercise Videos, Books, DVDs, and Audio

APDA Greater St. Louis Chapter: 600+ videos; recently updated

By the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Greater St. Louis Chapter

Cost: Free

This archive contains over 600 exercise videos at three levels, including basic exercise for PD, cardio, seated exercise, tai chi (standing and seated), interval training, movement training, yoga, 50-50 fusion, kickboxing, balance and flexibility, stretch and strength training.  Most videos are about an hour long.

Daily Dose PD: paid subscription

By the Parkinson’s Fitness Project (Seattle, WA)

Cost:  Free for 9 videos; $29/month or $290/year for unlimited video streaming.

The nine free classes (from 2019) include boxing fundamentals, HIIT (high intensity interval training), chair fit, tai chi, core, yoga, stretching/mobility.  The free classes are 13 to 30 minutes. Classes are led by a physical therapist with Parkinson’s specific certifications.

Paid classes incorporate PWR! Moves, cognitive dual task training, balance training, intensity training, and flexibility. For subscribers, new 20-25 minute videos are released weekly.

Fitness Fridays: updated weekly

By the Parkinson's Foundation

Cost: Free

Since April 2020, the Parkinson's Foundation has released 30 Fitness Friday videos (each is between 10 and 23 minutes long). 

For a comprehensive workout, try one of the 10 Performance Packs, comprised of two or more Fitness Friday videos.  Each Performance Pack workout focuses on one aspect of fitness for those living with PD.

Keep Moving with Jen: 50+ videos

By Jennifer Larsen

Cost: Free

Twice weekly since March 15, 2020, Jennifer Larsen has posted an exercise video for those with Parkinson’s disease.  Jennifer is a certified athletic trainer with years of experience with PD exercise.  These videos are designed to improve mobility, balance, and muscular strength for those with PD.  One of the videos is all seated exercises and another is all floor exercises.  All of her videos contain modifications.  Some videos in September 2020 are based on the PD Warrior program.

LSVT BIG Homework Helper: purchase DVD or download

By LSVT Global, Inc. 

Purchase Info: www.lsvtglobal.com; www.amazon.com or email info@lsvtglobal.com

Cost: $28 for DVD or download; $15/year streaming

Videos are designed for people with PD to use as an adjunct to LSVT BIG treatment delivered by an LSVT BIG certified clinician.  The videos can also be used during the month of therapy and after therapy as a motivation to practice and keep moving. Volume 1 contains standard exercises while standing.  Volume 2 contains exercises adapted to seated and supine positions, plus a chapter for caregivers. Available in English, German and Japanese.

PD-Connect Exercise Program: 20+ videos

By PD-Connect (Corte Madera, CA)

Cost: Free

Over 20 varied and challenging exercise videos designed and led by neuro-physical therapists from five to 50-minutes in length. 

Power for Parkinson's: 1000+ videos; updated frequently

By Power For Parkinson's

Cost: Free

This collection of over 1500 YouTube exercise videos for those with Parkinson's disease includes 14 "Take 10" (10-15 minute), 15 full-length (25-50 minute), and hundreds more well organized workouts.  Subscribe to Power For Parkinson's YouTube channel so you get announcements when a new video is posted.

"ABSOLUTE MUST DO" Exercise Mini-sets for Parkinson's disease: 12 pilates videos from 2020

By Pilates 4 Parkinson's

Cost: Free

These 12 videos demonstrate the basic Pilates moves and stretches. All exercises can be done seated and are geared toward people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Each video is between 2 to 14 minutes. When done together, the workout is about 70 minutes.

Adaptive Yoga for PD and PWR! Moves: 200+ yoga videos; nearly 400 PWR videos

By Michigan Parkinson Foundation, 2020-present

Cost: Free

Recordings of Adaptive Yoga for Parkinson's and PWR! Moves exercise classes. Live classes are offered Mon-Sat, recorded, and posted to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation YouTube channel.

Yoga for Parkinson's: one 34-minute yoga video from 2020

By the Parkinson Association of the Carolinas

Cost: Free

A 30-minute yoga workout with Niki Lane and a 60-minute yoga workout with Aminta St.Onge on the Parkinson Association of the Carolinas YouTube channel.

Dance Beyond Parkinson's: 120+ videos; many are short

By Rachelle Smith-Stallman, Albany, NY

Cost: Free

Over 120 dance exercise videos on YouTube.  Many are short.  Videos are from 2020 to 2024.

Rachelle was featured at the Davis Phinney Foundation Victory Summit Albany in October, 2020.  Watch an interview with Rachelle here, and Rachelle's 25 minute Dance Beyond Parkinson's Summit presentation here.

Dance for PD: 9 videos from 2020 and 2021

By Bowen McCauley Dance, Washington, DC

Cost: Free

Six seated dance exercise class videos on YouTube.  Each is about one hour long.  All are with the same instructor.

Dance for PD On Demand Streaming: some free, most paid subscription

By the Mark Morris Dance Group, New York

Cost: Free samples, $24 per DVD volume (5 volumes), or $60 membership for access to hundreds of streaming videos

Classes are designed to increase coordination, balance, flexibility, and strength through music and movement from a broad range of dance styles.  The digital archive includes Dance for PD, Dance for PD Pro, clases en Español, classes in Mandarin, Tap for PD, Sing for PD, Movement Lab, Movement Studio, Guided Meditation, Yoga for PD, and Pilates for PD.

Dance on Demand: 50 videos; paid subscription

By Empowerment Dance (GreenBay, WI)

Cost: $20/month

Access a growing playlist of over 50 dance classes designed to bring joy to anyone living with a movement concern. Sample class video

Visit Empowered By Movement for live streaming dance exercise classes.

Subscription Webpage

Dancing with Parkinson's Exercise Videos: 15 exercise videos from 2019 to 2022

By Dancing with Parkinson's US

Cost: Free

In early 2019, trained and licensed Dance for PD affiliate, Pamela Lappen, posted a series of twelve 30-minute videos on YouTube using the Dance for PD exercise model.  Between March and September 2020, she posted five more exercise videos (10-50 minutes).

Popping for Parkinson's: one 34-minute video from 2020

By Popping for Parkinson's

Cost: Free

A 34-minute sample Popping for Parkinson's class for both seated and standing participants.  Popping is a form of dance originating in California in the late 1970s.  Popping dance techniques is an innovative therapeutic tool for Parkinson’s disease.  Live classes are offered via Zoom every Tuesday at 9am (PT).  Register for live classes on the Popping for Parkinson's website.

Adaptive Yoga for PD and PWR! Moves: 200+ yoga videos; nearly 400 PWR videos

By Michigan Parkinson Foundation, 2020-present

Cost: Free

Recordings of Adaptive Yoga for Parkinson's and PWR! Moves exercise classes. Live classes are offered Mon-Sat, recorded, and posted to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation YouTube channel.

Exercise for Brain Change: 600+ videos; paid subscription

By Parkinson Wellness Recovery (Tucson, AZ)

Cost: $50/month

Unlimited access to an extensive library of 30-minute Parkinson specific guided exercise videos suitable for most levels.  In addition, members have access to PD specific wellness information, tips for tracking your progress and goals, handouts for self-assessment, and ask the expert seminars.

PWR!Moves of the Month: 25 videos from 2019 and earlier

By Parkinson Wellness Recovery (PWR!)

Cost: Free

This series of 25 short (1-6 minute) videos demonstrate effective ways to move when doing everyday tasks, walk, and fall safely.  Also included are some yoga poses and exercises to improve strength, mobility and balance.

Union City Cares Parkinson’s Exercise PWR! Moves Video Collection: 13 videos from 2023

By Union City Community & Recreation Services, Union City, CA

Cost: Free

The PWR! Moves series includes eight 40-60 minute videos that build on each other as well as four 55-minute recorded classes with participants. 

Neuroboxing workouts: 20+ videos from 2020

By Neuroboxing

Cost: Free

Two Neuroboxing Live! workouts posted on May 3, 2020 and May 7, 2020, as well as a PWR! Moves class with coach April.  Neuroboxing Live! classes are 55-minutes.  The PWR! Moves class is one hour.

Parkies Punch Back: 50+ videos from 2020

By Parkies Punch Back

Cost: Free

These 15- to 35-minute Parkinson’s workout videos aim to get the body moving and the brain thinking. Playlists include regular and seated Parkinson’s workouts, and regular and seated brain games.  There are forty videos with a mix of fitness levels.  Workouts include warm up, strength training, punching/boxing, and stretching.  Other elements in videos include balance work, brain challenges, and quick movement work. 

The Parkinson's Gym: 100+ videos; updated in 2024

By The Parkinson's Gym

Cost: Free for 10 videos; $96/3-month membership, $186/6-month membership, and $326/12-month membership for live classes and archived videos

Ten full length exercise videos (and informative blog posts) by personal trainer Zach Guza are free.  Equipment needed: a chair, broomstick, and light weights (or a couple water bottles or food cans).  Gym membership includes live workout classes, access to archived class videos, and personal consults with the trainer.

U-Turn Parkinson's Workout Series: 30+ videos

By U-Turn Parkinson's

Cost: Free

This collection of about 30 exercise videos includes seated and standing stretches, seated and standing workouts, and seated and standing boxing.

Union City Cares Parkinson’s Exercise Boxing Series: 26 videos from 2023

By Union City Community & Recreation Services, Union City, CA

Cost: Free

The Boxing for Parkinson’s series includes 25, 20-50 minute videos, each that builds on the next. There's also a bonus Tabata (High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT) workout video in this collection.

Adaptive Yoga for PD and PWR! Moves: 200+ yoga videos; nearly 400 PWR videos

By Michigan Parkinson Foundation, 2020-present

Cost: Free

Recordings of Adaptive Yoga for Parkinson's and PWR! Moves exercise classes. Live classes are offered Mon-Sat, recorded, and posted to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation YouTube channel.

Dance Beyond Parkinson's: 120+ videos; many are short

By Rachelle Smith-Stallman, Albany, NY

Cost: Free

Over 120 dance exercise videos on YouTube.  Many are short.  Videos are from 2020 to 2024.

Rachelle was featured at the Davis Phinney Foundation Victory Summit Albany in October, 2020.  Watch an interview with Rachelle here, and Rachelle's 25 minute Dance Beyond Parkinson's Summit presentation here.

Exercise for Brain Change: 600+ videos; paid subscription

By Parkinson Wellness Recovery (Tucson, AZ)

Cost: $50/month

Unlimited access to an extensive library of 30-minute Parkinson specific guided exercise videos suitable for most levels.  In addition, members have access to PD specific wellness information, tips for tracking your progress and goals, handouts for self-assessment, and ask the expert seminars.

Tai Chi for Parkinson's: 200+ videos

By PD Active

Cost: Free

Otto Ditmar has taught two series of Tai Chi classes for PD Active since 2020, adding up to hundreds of videos. Both Tai Chi for PD and Tai Chi for Gait and Balance are low-impact, mind body movement practice that improve balance, gait, functional capacity, and reduce falls.

Brian Grant Foundation Exercise Videos: 10+ videos; many are long workouts

By the Brian Grant Foundation

Cost: Free

The Brian Grant Foundation offers 14 Parkinson’s exercise videos, including a warm up (5 minutes), lunges (8 minutes), tai chi (7 minutes), aerobics and agility (20 minutes), boxing (8 minutes), boot camp (57 minutes), pilates and yoga (7 minutes), four workouts with Jimmy Choi, and more! Put them together for a customized, varied routine.

Parkinson Society British Columbia Exercise Recordings: 10+ videos

By Parkinson Society British Columbia

Cost: Free

This collection of exercise recordings includes 12 Move videos (standing), five Move videos (seated), 23 Rock Steady Boxing Level 3 and 12 Rock Steady Boxing Level 2 videos, 12 Pilates videos (seated/modified), eight Pilates videos (standing), four exercise with poles videos, 19 hand and dexterity exercise videos, four chair yoga videos, 17 balance exercise videos, 16 stretch and strengthen videos, 8 exercises for freezing videos, 13 Move with Martial Arts videos, and a 10 day exercise challenge (10 videos, 6 minutes each).  Most videos are 35 minutes to one hour long.

Union City Cares Parkinson’s Movement: 10+ videos

By Union City Community & Recreation Services, Union City, CA

Cost: Free

The Mindful Movement series includes 12 hour-long videos of seated or standing movements.

Dianna Daly Exercise Videos: nearly 60 videos from 2020

By Dianna Daly

Cost: Free

This YouTube channel features 25 exercise videos, including several balance in motion classes, seated exercises, yoga, stretching, strength and balance exercises for people with Parkinson's.  The instructor is Dianna Daly, a movement teacher for people with Parkinsons, yoga instructor, and dancer.  She mixes up the venue so some videos are filmed at the beach, outside on a deck or in the park.  Most videos are 3-minutes to 15-minutes long.

Exercises for People with Parkinson's: 40 videos from 2020 and 2021

By Power Over Parkinson's (POP)

Cost: Free

Recorded Rock Steady Boxing (RSB), postural routines, stability routines, shoulder mobility routines, plyometric routines, dance lessons, upper body, legs, core, and more!

Motivation Mondays: 40+ videos from 2020 and 2021

By Parkinson Association of Alberta, Canada

Cost: Free

Motivational Monday home workout fitness series includes over 40 YouTube video’s suitable for a wide range of fitness levels you can do in your own home. Select the workout that best suits you, and get started!

PFNCA Online Wellness Class for Parkinson's Recordings: 20+ videos from 2021 and 2022

By the Parkinson's Foundation of the National Capital Area

Cost: Free

Recordings of 24 exercise classes that include a warm up, low/medium/high intensity exercises, boxing, dance, and cool down.  There are also recordings of choir for PD classes and communications classes.

NeuroFit BC Exercise Videos: 40 videos from 2020

By NeuroFit BC

Cost: Free

The NeuroFit BC YouTube channel includes 21 MOVE! exercise videos, six Parkinson's specific special videos, and 12 Fundamentals of Functional Movement videos.

Parkinson's Wellness Videos: 8 videos from 2020

By JCC Greater Boston

Cost: Free

Eight YouTube exercise videos for those with Parkinson's, including four focused on neuromuscular integration, two total body conditioning and one seated strength.  Most videos are about 30 to 45 minutes.

NWPF Archived Exercise Classes: nearly 20 videos from 2020

By the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

Cost: Free

The NWPF YouTube channel include playlists with archived recordings of seven Tai Chi, eight Yoga, and 53 Feldenkrais Method exercise classes.

Dance on Demand: 50 videos; paid subscription

By Empowerment Dance (GreenBay, WI)

Cost: $20/month

Access a growing playlist of over 50 dance classes designed to bring joy to anyone living with a movement concern. Sample class video

Visit Empowered By Movement for live streaming dance exercise classes.

Subscription Webpage

Exercise for Brain Change: 600+ videos

By Parkinson Wellness Recovery (Tucson, AZ)

Cost: $50/month

Unlimited access to an extensive library of 30-minute Parkinson specific guided exercise videos suitable for most levels.  In addition, members have access to PD specific wellness information, tips for tracking your progress and goals, handouts for self-assessment, and ask the expert seminars.

Prime PD: $19/month

By Prime PD

Cost:  Free for Renew Active by United Healthcare, One Pass, and some other insurances, otherwise $19/month.

On-demand library of fitness class videos, including boxing, HIIT, yoga, meditation, and much, taught by coaches who know PD.

If you have a Medicare plan through United Healthcare, call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask for your Renew Active by United Healthcare® or One Pass™ Confirmation Code. You'll need it to register.

SmartXPD

By Patrick LoSasso

Cost: $14.95/month or $135/year after a free one week trial

A growing library of workouts for those with Parkinson's, including: 5-minute workouts, Undefeated Boxing, Rise & Shine morning blast, exercise ball, Brain & Body Bar, and Parkinsons' workout with towel and ball.

Total HealthWorks: nearly 30 videos, many are long workouts

By Total HealthWorks

Cost: Free

David Zid (Ziddy) is creator of the nationally recognized Parkinson's exercise program, Delay the Disease.  Interact with Ziddy in more than 130 recorded classes posted to YouTube prior to the formation of Total HealthWorks as a subscription-based online fitness and wellness platform. Join Total HealthWorks for live online Parkinson's exercise classes and access to more on demand exercise workouts.

Be Active & Beyond

By American Parkinson Disease Association, 2023

Cost:  Free

This 36-page guide to exercise and wellness provides information on exercises designed specifically for people with Parkinson’s Disease. This includes a daily exercise program, complete with step-by-step instructions and images, and an exercise log to keep track of efforts and goals.  In addition, it provides motivational tools to get you started and keep you going on your wellness journey.

Dance by Phone: exercise via audio

By the Mark Morris Dance Group, New York

Cost: Free within North America

People without internet access or digital technology can benefit from the experience of a dance class wherever they are and whenever they want a movement session, just by dialing 1-800-957-1046. Six activities including Sun Salutation, hand and foot movements, and more.

Dance for PD

By Dance for PD

Cost: four volumes ($29.99 each or $112 for all four), full media bundle $162

Each volume is a complete class with movements that draw from ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz and improvisation to create accessible, stimulating dances for all. Available for streaming or on DVD.

Exercise Booklet for People with Parkinson's Disease

By Parkinson Society British Columbia, 2021

Cost:  Free

This 44-page guide provides illustrated exercises, fall prevention strategies, and practical tools for people with Parkinson's disease to safely maintain an active lifestyle. It includes warm-up routines, 10 targeted exercises addressing common PD challenges, cool-down stretches, and goal-setting templates with progress tracking calendars.

Fitness Counts: A Body Guide to Parkinson's Disease

By Heather Cianci, PT, MS, GSC.  Published by Parkinson's Foundation, 2021

This 68-page manual provides general exercise information and suggestions for people living with PD to help increase fitness level and improve ability to do everyday activities.  It also includes resources and information for exercise professionals, physical and occupational therapists about treatment options for people with PD. Read online, download the e-book, or order a physical copy.

En Español: Enfermedad de Parkinson: Estar en Forma Cuenta

Move It! - An Exercise and Movement Guide for Parkinson’s Disease: DVD and book

By Ohana Pacific Rehab Services and Hawaii Parkinson Association, 2009

Purchase Info: Ohana Pacific Rehab Services, 808-262-1118, online

Cost: $24.50 for DVD; $19.50 for book; $40 for DVD and book

This program focuses on exercises, flexibility, and pragmatic solutions for walking, moving, falling, and getting up off the floor. Adaptive equipment is reviewed. Demonstrators have PD. Three levels of exercise shown. Designed by a physical therapist.

Parkinson’s Disease & The Art of Moving: book and download

By John Argue, 2000

Purchase Info: online for book (Amazon has the wrong book cover image but the correct text in 'Read a sample.')

Cost: $29.99 paperback, cheaper used copies may be available

Includes over 100 photos. Lessons include sitting exercises, voice and speech, floor exercises, leg stretches, power stances, and walking, freezing, and turning.

PWR!Moves: book for $25.95

By Parkinson Wellness Recovery (PWR!)

Cost:  $25.95

This book trains large amplitude functional movement with the practice of high effort and sensory awareness, along with neuroplasticity-principled components needed to fully address the motor, cognitive and emotional symptoms of PD.