 [ Symptoms ] my mother has parkinson is disease she complains her feet are sinking into the floor when walking is this a symptom [ Disease ] it sounds like she may have a symptom we call freezing  an inability to start walking or frequent disruption of walking in which her feet are stuck in one place it is a pd symptom and a very difficult problem to treat rarely it is associated with a high dosage of a dopamine agonist like requip or mirapex and can improve somewhat with a reduction in these medications it also may respond a bit by visual cues   and she can practice stepping over a line in the floor   or by marching  president harry truman was thought to have pd in his later years and would march to a cadence for his daily walks   but had trouble with walking at other times i would also suggest that she have some physical therapy by a therapist with experience in pd