Inside the Parkinson Power Protocol: 

The Parkinson Power Protocol (PPP) is a neuroscience-based training approach developed to support individuals in managing Parkinson's disease through an integrated, multidisciplinary framework. On this page, you'll find information on the potential benefits of the protocol, the methods through which these benefits are achieved, and the scientific research underlying this approach. You can also watch our Free Training.

What makes PPP
Truly Unique

The protocol is Structured, Progressive, Personalized, and Monitored to ensure that every aspect meets the specific needs of Parkinson’s patients. This structure provides a clear roadmap; progression ensures continuous improvement; personalization tailors each phase to your unique profile; and monitoring through clinically approved assessments and the PPP app tracks your progress and builds lasting habits. There’s truly nothing like the PPP—it’s a fully comprehensive approach that sets a new standard.
Movement is medicine—but only when done the right way.

Structured: With PPP, vague advice is a thing of the past. This protocol offers a step-by-step roadmap designed to guide you purposefully through each phase, so you can confidently follow a structured plan tailored to meet specific needs.

Progressive: Parkinson’s is a progressive disease, meaning it worsens over time. Our approach reflects this by focusing on continuous advancement, helping you stay proactive and resilient as you work to maintain your quality of life.

Personalized: There is extreme heterogeneity in Parkinson’s—meaning each individual’s experience with the disease can vary widely. PPP is customized to your specific Parkinson profile, evolving as you do, to deliver the most relevant and supportive outcomes.

Monitored: We’re dedicated to being results-focused. Using 13 clinically approved assessments, along with regular progress tracking through the PPP app, we ensure every step is measurable, meaningful, and aligned with your goals.

This is not your average
training program.

The protocol is structured around ten powerful building blocks, each developed to support individuals with Parkinson's in managing their symptoms. Whether you're preparing for or recovering from DBS surgery, seeking to enhance strength, or aiming to sustain a healthy, active lifestyle with Parkinson's, the Parkinson Power Protocol provides a comprehensive approach designed to support long-term wellness.

Potential Protocol Benefits

Daily Impact Benefits

✽ Increased strength and power
✽ Improved balance and posture
✽ Improved agility and coordination
✽ Improved mobility
✽ Increased energy and reduced fatigue
✽ Improved broad spectrum of symptoms (motor, cognitive, emotional)
✽ Build pre-DBS surgery resilience
✽ Support post-DBS surgery recovery
✽ Greater resilience and improved health
✽ Build a high-performing lifestyle with PD
✽ Learn to rely on powerful habits, not on motivation

Brain and Neurological Benefits

✽ Neuroplasticity: Rewires neural pathways for improved adaptability.
✽ Neurogenesis: Promotes the growth of new neurons.
✽ Synaptogenesis: Enhances the creation of new neural connections.
✽ Angiogenesis: Improves blood flow by creating new blood vessels.
✽ Gliogenesis: Boosts the production of glial cells to support neurons.
✽ Neuroprotection & Anti-inflammatory effects.
✽ Effectively supports an increase in grey matter volume in the brain.
✽ Effectively promotes white matter connectivity in the brain.
✽ Builds and maintains motor reserve.
✽ Supports cognitive reserve.

Multisystemic Benefits

✽ Endocrine: Balances hormones for better overall health
✽ Metabolic: Improves gut health and digestion
✽ Immunity: Strengthens the immune system and resilience to illness
✽ Cognitive: Enhances memory, decision-making, and learning
✽ Psychological: Reduces depression and boosts mood
✽ Musculoskeletal: Increases muscle mass and bone density to prevent frailty

How the Protocol Achieves These Benefits

The Parkinson Power Protocol (PPP) is designed to deliver the daily impact, neurological, and multisystemic benefits through a comprehensive, scientifically grounded approach. The protocol utilizes 10 specialized building blocks that target the physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Each method is backed by extensive research in neurophysiology, movement science, and clinical studies. Below, we explore how each component contributes to the overall benefits of the program.

1. Strength Training

  • Why it’s beneficial: Strength training builds muscle mass and increases physical resilience, which is particularly important in PD because individuals often experience muscle atrophy due to reduced movement. As muscle mass diminishes, people become more prone to falls and other injuries. Strength training also stimulates neuroplasticity—the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections, which can help to compensate for the neurodegeneration caused by PD.

  • Neurological impact: Strength training activates various neuroprotective mechanisms, including the release of neurotrophic factors like Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), which promotes brain health, encourages neurogenesis (creation of new neurons), and can slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like PD.

  • Systemic benefits: Strength training also enhances cardiovascular health, bone density (critical as falls are a major risk in PD), and boosts overall metabolic and immune system function.

2. Velocity-Based Strength Training (VBT)

  • Why it’s beneficial: Power (the ability to produce force quickly) declines at a faster rate than strength as people age. In Parkinson’s, this decline is even more pronounced, particularly on the side of the body more affected by the disease. By focusing on speed, VBT allows patients to enhance muscle power even when using lighter weights. Power training has been shown to improve functional mobility, gait speed, and the ability to perform daily activities more effectively than strength training alone.

  • Neurological impact: VBT emphasizes quick, explosive movements, which can help counteract the bradykinesia (slowness of movement) seen in Parkinson’s patients. This type of training improves the firing rate and coordination of motor neurons, increasing overall neuromuscular efficiency.

3. Functional High-Intensity Training (FHIT)

  • Why it’s beneficial: High-intensity training has been shown to improve cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive functions. For people with PD, FHIIT combines aerobic, strength, and functional movements, which can lead to significant improvements in balance, coordination, and mobility. It also helps mitigate symptoms like postural instability and tremor.

  • Neurological impact: FHIT enhances neuroplasticity by engaging multiple neural pathways. It boosts the production of neurotrophic factors (e.g. BDNF), which promote synaptogenesis (formation of synapses), neuroplasticity (ability of the brain to reorganize its structure, functions, and connections) and angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels), enhancing brain structure and function.

  • Systemic benefits: It improves cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength simultaneously, promoting overall functional capacity and independence. Moreover, the intensity of FHIT increases motivation and mental alertness, improving mood and reducing PD-related depression and apathy.

4. NeuroBallet®

  • Why it’s beneficial: Classical academical ballet, even more that generic dance, could be of greater benefits for parkinson(ism) thanks to its specific principles and working mechanisms, enhancing: neuromotor control, fluidity, balance, coordination, proprioception, sensorimotor integration, stability, posture and mobility. NeuroBallet4PD comprises both as an unilateral and bilateral training, functionally addressing the PD asymmetric peculiarity manifestation (and unilateral at the beginning). NeuroBallet4PD prevents the further degeneration of the most affected side of the body, while boosting the less affected side. Classes also effectively train memory, cognition, body, and spatial awareness.

  • Neurological impact: NeuroBallet® is a unique and innovative method combining: classical academical ballet, biomechanics, human movement performance, neuroscientific principles, and neurophysiological mechanisms. This revolutionary synergy stimulates multiple brain areas involved in motor programming, generation, control, and adaptation, in a more efficient and effective way that common dance for PD classes. It also enhances proprioception (body awareness) and kinaesthesia (awareness of your movements), via a specific physical and sensory neurofeedback training, key for adapting movements and improving motor planning, which deteriorate in PD.

  • Systemic benefits: NeuroBallet4PD engages muscles in a low-impact way. Beyond neuromotor control, it promotes emotional and psychological well-being as a creative and expressive outlet. By engaging in group classes and dancing with peers it has a positive effects in fighting anxiety, stigma, depression and social isolation. Dance and ballet are the secret languages of the soul, and NB classes encompass both the creation and release of that hidden language. They allow participants to express themselves freely, connect with their inner selves, and let go of fears, limitations, emotional blockages, and heavy thoughts.

5. Power Boxing

  • Why it’s beneficial: Boxing is known for improving coordination, reflexes, and full-body strength. In PD, where reaction times are slowed, Power Boxing improves quick, controlled movements. It also enhances hand-eye coordination, sensory integration and cardiovascular fitness. It has been proven to efficiently promote stability and balance, reducing the risk of falls.

  • Neurological impact: The high-speed movements in boxing activate fast-twitch muscle fibers, which can counteract the slowness of movement (bradykinesia) seen in PD. Boxing also stimulates the brain’s ability to process information quickly and react appropriately, helping with motor control, adaptation and cognitive function.

  • Systemic benefits: Power Boxing provides a mental and physical outlet for frustration and stress, improving mental resilience. The intensity of the workouts also promotes the release of endorphins, improving mood and motivation.

6. Mobility and Functional Stretching

  • Why it’s beneficial: Mobility training focuses on increasing the range of motion around joints, areas that become stiff and restricted in people with PD. Regular functional mobility work reduces rigidity and improve fluidity of movement, accounting for greater variety of movements. Combined to it, functional stretching provide the necessary completion for reducing pain and contractions.

  • Neurological impact: Mobility training engages proprioceptive feedback loops, which help individuals with PD improve their body awareness and control. It also stimulates the nervous system to improve muscle coordination, motor capacity and movement performance.

  • Systemic benefits: Improved mobility and flexible muscles means better posture, reduced stiffness and pain, increased ability to perform daily tasks. This training also decreases the risk of falls by improving joint stability and better resilience in case of falls.

7. NeuroFeedback Training

  • Why it’s beneficial: Neurofeedback training involves using technology to give real-time feedback about brain activity, helping individuals with PD to learn how to control certain aspects of their brain function. It is particularly useful for improving focus, relaxation, and motor control.

  • Neurological impact: Neurofeedback helps rewire neural pathways that may be damaged in PD, promoting better motor control, stress management, and emotional regulation. It can help improve tremor control, enhance concentration, and reduce anxiety.

  • Systemic benefits: Neurofeedback is a non-invasive, mental training tool that complements physical exercise. It enhances cognitive function and can improve mood and motivation by fostering a sense of control over PD symptoms.

8. Parkinson Meal Plan.

  • Why it’s beneficial: Proper nutrition plays a critical role in managing PD symptoms and disease progression. Nutritional habits in people with PD should include anti-inflammatory, antioxidant-rich foods that support brain health, gut health, and overall vitality. A complete meal plan integrated with powerful nutraceuticals can offer additional benefits for the gut health and its microbiome, reduce body inflammation, support mitochondrial function, and enhance overall well-being. Use of nutraceuticals require a thoughtful approach due to potential interactions with medications and possible side effects.

  • Neurological impact: ‘Gut, the second brain‘ is not a myth, and gut dysfunction is a common symptom in PD. The Parkinson Meal Plan creates tasty, nutritious meals rich in polyphenols, probiotics, and neuroprotective nutrients that can reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, enhance cellular function and cognitive sharpness, all key factors in PD progression.

  • Systemic benefits: This educative service and meal plans creation help building functional and healthy diet habits. They are meant to support and clarify what are the important ingredients to create a PD adequate plate. A meal for PD can be tasty and gastronomic, supporting the symptomatology, while improving overall energy levels, cognitive function, and mood.

  • LaBRONZA Nutraceuticals & EVOO Elixir: LaBronza Nutraceutical & EVOO Elixir combines a science based educational service for functional nutrition, and a high-quality extra virgin olive oil brand (La Bronza, a limited EVOO production of highest excellence, produced in Istria, Croatia). With its premium nutraceutical service and products, LaBRONZA aims to link culinary excellence and neuroprotective nutrition, to enhance gut-brain health, prevent diseases, improve performance, manage symptoms, reduce oxidative stress and cellular dysfunctions.

    LaBronza Olive Oil aims to reach health-conscious consumers, especially those concerned with (neurodegenerative) diseases, and those who appreciate cooking. Creating nutraceutical synergies for individuals with PD involves selecting specific compounds, being mindful of potential interactions with medications and the side effects that could arise.

    We become what we eat, so choose wisely, with a little extra help from us.

9. Power Speaking (Theatre-based Voice Training)

  • Why it’s beneficial: Speech and voice impairments are common in PD: reduced volume, poor articulation, and dysarthria, etc. Theatre-based vocal training helps individuals regain vocal strength, articulation, and expressiveness via an embodied approach rooted in philosophy (phenomenology of action, embodiment) and in performative arts (drama, pantomime, singing.)

  • Neurological impact: Voice training engages areas of the brain responsible for speech and movement, improving both vocal strength and motor planning. It also helps in retraining the brain to control the muscles involved in speaking, swallowing, and breathing.

  • Systemic benefits: Improved communication helps individuals with PD maintain social connections, reducing feelings of isolation and depression. The expressive aspect of theatre can also improve confidence and emotional well-being.

10. Parkinson Music Training

  • Why it’s beneficial: Music-based movement therapy is effective for improving motor function, balance, and walking speed in PD patients. The rhythmic nature of music helps regulate movement and can reduce symptoms like freezing of gait.

  • Neurological impact: Music activates multiple areas of the brain, including those involved in movement, rhythm, and emotion. Rhythmic auditory stimulation has been shown to improve motor timing and coordination in PD patients, and singing engages brain circuits that are involved in speech, breathing, and emotional regulation.

  • Systemic benefits: Music therapy can help alleviate anxiety and depression, improve sleep quality, and enhance cognitive function. The social and emotional engagement of group singing also fosters community and reduces feelings of isolation.

Scientific Foundation

The Parkinson Power Protocol (PPP) is built on a foundation of rigorous scientific research, spanning neurophysiology, biomechanics, nutrition, and movement therapy. Each method and training approach within the protocol is supported by peer-reviewed studies that demonstrate its effectiveness in improving physical, cognitive, and emotional outcomes for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.

A comprehensive list of all the scientific papers and studies underpinning the PPP is coming soon, but in the meantime, you can explore a brief selection of key scientific papers at this link:

🔗 Parkinson Power Protocol - Brief Selection of Key Scientific Papers - Google Doc