Parkinson’s UK

Tech Guide

Reach Your Peak

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Company:Reach Your Peak

Page updated: 6 February 2025

Reach Your Peak is an online exercise platform where you’ll find Parkinson’s specific programmes and exercise routines.

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Features

  • ‘Get Started’ 10-week exercise programme to take control of your Parkinson’s
  • Programmes and workouts allow you to exercise at a time, place and frequency that suits you
  • Pre-recorded sessions include dance, yoga and voice training (with a speech therapist)
  • Is it a registered medical device? No

Categories

Product type
  • Website
  • App
Targets
  • Slow movement
  • Dystonia & muscle cramps
  • Rigidity (stiffness)
  • Balance
  • Coordination
Helps with
  • Doing physical activity
  • Walking
  • Improving my mood

Panel review

Quick overview

Reach Your Peak’s ‘Get Started’ course is a 10-week online exercise programme providing progressive, Parkinson’s-specific workouts. Reviewers liked the gradual increase of intensity over the 10-week course and found the instructors kind and motivating. However, some reviewers found it difficult to watch the videos on a phone screen and wanted more flexibility in the workout schedule.

Highs

  • Provides both seated and standing workouts for all abilities
  • Offers progressive workouts that gradually increase in intensity
  • Instructors are encouraging and motivating
  • Reviewers felt their fitness had improved

Lows

  • App can only be used on a smartphone or tablet
  • Workout schedule is not very flexible

First impressions

Majority of the reviewers described the set up process of the Reach Your Peak app as either “very easy”. The reviewers liked the ”helpful" free e-handbook which explores the benefits of Parkinson’s-specific exercises, explains different exercise elements and shares other useful information about working out when you have Parkinson’s.

Daily use

Reviewers liked that the workouts got progressively more challenging over the 10 weeks, but some felt the exercise schedule was too repetitive.

Value

Our review panel had mixed thoughts on the value of the programme. Some felt it was good value for money but others felt it was expensive.

Read the full Panel Review

Read time: 10 minutes

Questions

Is there any connection between Reach Your Peak and Parkinson’s UK?

Reach Your Peak donated 6 free 10-week subscriptions to support our panel review, and we passed these directly to the reviewers.

In 2023, Parkinson’s UK awarded Reach Your Peak a grant to help fund the development of an exercise platform.

We have a series of policies and practices in place to make sure that our review is independent of any existing relationship between our organisations or staff. If you’d like to find out more about this, you can read about it in our transparency statement.

Background information on Reach Your Peak

Maria Lewis and Sally Tawhai founded Reach Your Peak with a mission to empower individuals living with Parkinson’s, to lead fulfilling and active lives.

Maria has been a physiotherapist for almost 30 years. For the last 7 years, she has dedicated her work to people with Parkinson’s. Sally is an equally experienced physiotherapist with a wealth of knowledge in sports, musculoskeletal health and exercise.

Reach Your Peak offers tailored programmes that focus on improving physical mobility, mental resilience, and emotional well-being. For people with Parkinson’s, these programmes provide practical strategies to enhance strength, balance, and cognitive function.

Other frequently asked questions

None yet available.

Details

Cost
  • Total: Programme prices vary
  • Up front: £120 (for 10-week Get Started programme)
  • Subscription: £40 a month for 3 months (for 10-week Get Started programme)
Size
  • 306.2 MB
Version
  • 3.27.3
Phone type
  • Android and iOS