Dear All:
    Couple of weeks ago, we all received an uninvited message entitled 'Parkinsons and its successful treatment" from J-M. Jost, which talked about an instrument called GIGER MD. Most of us were really annoyed and deleted the message.  I was also annoyed, but decided to get further info before I rejected it.  I am giving below my correspondence with regard to this  device called GIGER MD.  If you go their web site, there is a cartoon doing the exercise of their trademark.  Since then I included that exercise in my daily routine.

    It appears that they are putting up a show in Florida as given below:

     "P.S. I know that the Combo Ltd. will be with their GIGER MD Instruments present on 24th - 26th June 2002 on the Conference of Spina Bifida Association of America in Florida (there you could try the therapy instruments). Please contact them if you require further details." 

    I am not sure of the exact location of the conference.
    I am putting this up so anybody interested can also follw up, especially people living in Florida.  I think it is worth investigating.
    I shall let you know, if I get any additional info.
    Cordially,

    Raj
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: T. Nyffeler 
  To: Brightline 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:49 AM
  Subject: Re: Giger MD medical device


  Dear Mr. Rajaraman 
  In spite of your description - your age, parkinsonism and the 
  years suffering essential tremor (postural and kinematic tremors), 
  I can insure you, you would not only do great effort with regard to 
  these symptoms, but also for the whole body in general (e.g. 
  strengthening the cardiovascular system: when the whole body 
  and its muscles are in motion the rate of blood circulation is increased. 
  The pressure in the veins decreases. The blood's viscosity is also 
  smaller. The blood circulation through the capillaries is improved.). 
  As mentioned in the last e-mail, you will enhance your vegetative 
  (e.g. drooling), the higher mental functions (e.g. slurred speech) 
  and the locomotion skills. 
  In our clinic we treat a lot of patients with heaviest neurological diseases 
  or injuries to their and also our complete satisfaction. These kind of 
  neurological diseases are from the clinical point of view (gravity) not at all 
  comparable with yours. We treat in our clinic even patients who are 
  over 80 years old with greatest success. As explained last time, the GIGER MD 
  therapy is a learning therapy, where exact induced movement pattern is 
  required. With this therapy you will be able to feel and see how the stiffness 
  and rigidity will disappear. The skeletal muscles, which are responsible 
  for the maintenance of balance, are further strengthened. 
  Actually I don't know the exact price of the GIGER MD medical device. 
  To know the price, contact the Combo Ltd. in Solothurn, Switzerland. 

  I hope, I could help you. 

  Sincerely,   Th. Nyffeler 
    

  P.S. I know that the Combo Ltd. will be with their GIGER MD Instruments 
  present on 24th - 26th June 2002 on the Conference of Spina Bifida 
  Association of America in Florida (there you could try the therapy instruments). 
  Please contact them if you require further details. 
    

  Brightline wrote: 

     Dear Mr. Nyffeler:    Thank you for your prompt response.     I have a specific question for you.  In my case, I am 68 years old, and have had ET for several decades.  Only in the past couple of years, I have been developing symptoms of such as    1. stiffness and pain in my calf muscle, when I get up in the morning, more so inmy right eg than in m left leg    2. difficulty in etting up and out of my car seat, and difficulty in rolling over in my bed,    3. reduced swinging n my right arm more so than in m left arm, while I walk, and    4. drooling.    5. Slurred speech    6. I have some sense of "postural insablity", but I am not sure if thi is caused by PD or due to my hypertensin.  Do you know if hypertension can be caused by the advanced stags of ET?    I am wondering if Giger MD would do me any good, in your opinion.    What is the cost of this equipment?     Thanks for your time/     R. Rajaraman***************************  
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: T. Nyffeler
      To: Brightline
      Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:31 AM
      Subject: Re: Giger MD medical device
       Dear Mr. Rajaraman 
      Thank you for your e-mail. In our clinic we treat mainly 
      patients suffering neurological diseases or injuries. After 
      our 20-years-experience in therapy and rehabilitation in the 
      field of neurology we have to say that nowadays we practice 
      almost only the GIGER MD therapy because the success in 
      treatment is not comparable to other methods. We have now 
      a lot of foreign patients coming to us because they know about 
      its effectiveness. The GIGER MD therapy is based on the 
      reorganization of lost neurological functions. With other 
      words it is a learning therapy. Applied intensively, the patients 
      gain clinically great benefits. Those who do the greatest effort, 
      they have additionally an instrument GIGER MD at home. 
      Regarding to parkinsonism, tremors are decreased, spasticity 
      is released and all the vegetative functions are improved. 
      Our clinic does not sell these instruments and we have documents 
      about the GIGER MD therapy only for our own use. Our internal 
      studies we have done are not for publishing. Should you be 
      interested in the GIGER MD therapy, so please contact the 
      Combo Ltd., 4503 Solothurn, Switzerland. You can afford 
      from them a scientific book about the reorganization of the 
      human CNS with a lot of interesting specific studies. 

      Combo Ltd. 
      4503 Solothurn 
      Switzerland 
      Phone: 0041/ 32 621 97 41 
      Fax:     0041/ 32 621 97 45 
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      Yours faithfully,   Th. Nyffeler (Clinic Manager) 
        
        
        
        

      Brightline wrote: 

        Hi!    What can you tell me about the Giger MD medical device with regard to Parkinson's.   How efficient is this to treat PD?  Does it actually reverses the progression of PD as it is claimed to do?    I would appreciate receiving complete information on this including the resuls of double blind studies if any.    How strongly would you recommend this for a PD patient?  Is this good also for patients with ET and PD?     CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY PUBLISHED REFERENCE ON THIS DEVICE?     Thanks for your time.     R. Rajaraman**************
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: J.-M. Jost 
          To: 'Brightline' 
          Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:35 AM
          Subject: PARKINSON and its successful treatment


          Dear Sirs



          Parkinson's disease is a result of the loss of dopamine-producing

          brain cells. Loss of dopamine causes the nerve cells to fire out

          of control, leaving the patients unable to direct or control their

          movement in a normal manner. Slowness of movement

          (bradykinesia), rigidity and tremor are the central features on

          which the physician bases a diagnosis. At the first sight, people

          could think that Parkinson's disease is exclusively a disease of

          movement. But bladder and urinary symptoms, for example, are

          also frequently present in this condition.

          With the revolutionary GIGER MD Therapy you will improve the

          vegetative functions (e.g. bladder control), mobilisation as well

          as the locomotion skills.

          For the treatment of Parkinson's disease with greatest benefits 

          please view the following website:



          http://www.parkinson-hotline.com 



          This site on NEUROTHERAPY for people suffering Parkinson's

          disease has at the end a form, where your questions can be

          directed to us. This site contains many informative articles and

          recent research study materials (Reorganization of the human

          CNS, Dr. med. Dr. dipl. Ing. G. Schalow & Dr. A. Zäch, ISSN

          0231-5882).



          If you have any further questions about the GIGER MD

          Instruments and their applications, please contact us. We have

          also a great number of references as medical doctors, clinics

          and a lot of physical therapists working now only with our

          instruments. Until now, more than a half of the physical

          therapists, belonging to the Central Executive Committee of the

          Swiss Physiotherapy Association, are using our GIGER MD

          Instrument with greatest success.

          The fact that our instruments are a very successful quality

          product, proves the takeover of the purchase price from the

          Swiss Invalidity Insurance.



          If you require any further information about the GIGER MD

          Therapy or if you want to contact any of our clients to ask for a

          trade reference, please contact us.



          We are looking forward to hear from you.



          Yours faithfully, Jean-Michel Jost







          *instrument= hardware (medical device) and software (display of

          the physical output, progress and personal data as well as

          therapeutic instructions with on-line help and specific GIGER

          MD data)

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