Scrolling Therapy

Scrolling Therapy is an app designed to make facial therapy exercises more engaging by turning them into a way to control your social media feeds. 

Some people with Parkinson’s deal with facial masking. More formally known as hypomimia, facial masking refers to the stiffening of facial muscles that makes it more difficult to express emotions by making faces, such as smiling or frowning. According to the company behind Scrolling Therapy, Dentsu Creative, 45 minutes of facial exercise each day can help to improve this symptom. 

Scrolling Therapy is designed to make facial therapy exercises more engaging, by turning 5 common exercises into ways to interact with social media. For example, you can make a surprised face to scroll down your feed, a disgusted face to scroll up, and smile to like a photo or video. Doing this can strengthen the facial muscles, enhance motor control and improve brain activity, according to Dentsu Creative. 

The app is currently compatible with Facebook and Instagram, letting you integrate the exercises into your usual social media time and claims to be able to improve Parkinson’s symptoms in 12 weeks of daily use.