May 16, 2024

LSVT BIG & LSVT LOUD This episode of Things to Know RIGHT NOW explores two popular therapies for Parkinson's patients: LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD. PRO...

April 17, 2024

Deep Brain Stimulation vs. Focused Ultrasound This episode of Things to Know RIGHT NOW explores two popular treatments for Parkinson's patients: Deep Brain Stimulation and...

April 28, 2022

As you think about your DBS options, it is important to consider the programming of the device. The programming of the device—how your therapy...

November 30, 2020

There are several products available today that help those who desire independence. Life gives challenges and obstacles to those who are not fully prepared...

June 1, 2018

For many years camptocormia, designating a forced posture with a forward-bent trunk, has been considered as related to psychiatric manifestations. Times have changed, and...

April 7, 2018

My patients with Parkinson’s disease who are being treated with oral appliance therapy and/or physical therapies are reporting significant improvement in their quality of...

March 30, 2018

National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect both...

March 30, 2018

Carbidopa and levodopa is a combination medicine used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as muscle stiffness, tremors, spasms, and poor muscle control....

December 1, 2016

The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) BIG Program is designed to help with the initiation and execution of physical movements. The LSVT BIG program...

July 2, 2016

One of the winning words (it was a tie) in the June 2, 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee was ‘Feldenkrais’! How excited I was,...

June 2, 2016

We are just a bag of bones, connected together by tendons, muscles and ligaments. We are literally a large puzzle, our pieces of muscle...

March 31, 2016

Because all your movement patterns were put into the computer of your brain when you were a baby, the neuromuscular system is entirely unconscious....

March 31, 2016

Frequently people ask about the best exercises for people with Parkinson’s disease. There is not one simple thing that everyone could do and it...

November 1, 2015

An Encyclopedia Of Other Diseases And Conditions Resembling Parkinson’s Disease Addendum  In the August 2015 issue we listed a great number of A-Typical, or ParkinsonISMS, or...

September 5, 2015

Parkinson’s disease is characterized by a deterioration of motor functions, which are often visible as tremors, rigidity, slowness of movement and/or postural instability. Tremors...