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I have only been diagnosed officially for several months, and am on Amantadine, but I find I always feel better after my weekly Yoga class... I should do some Yoga stretches between classes also, but have yet to determine which exercises are the most effective or got into a regular routine of exercise. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/20/2006 at 10:02 PM rickmcgirr wrote: >Besides the PD drugs, the one therapy that I rely on the most, is >therapeutic massage. Just yesterday I had a session. It is very helpful >with all the built up tension from weeks of tremors in most of the right >side of my body. I only wish I had the money for a session every week. >I'd >be running a business, a triathalon, and for congress! > >I must say, the reason why ther. massage is so effective for me is that I >have as my therapist a true healer, an excellent practitioner, a person who >is educated in scientific medicine (she's a registered nurse) as well as >being a serious student and instructor of alternative approaches to health >and wellness, some western or eastern, some scientific or spiritual. In >fact, her card says "wellness practitioner". For those who have only had >mediocre experiences with massage, I'd like to suggest that you interview a >few people in an effort to find someone who is educated, whose fingers have >anatomical knowledge, (after all, there's a lot more to it than your >average >back rub) and whose other, unscientific aspects you can identify with. > >For a 'scientific naturalist' like myself, that's sayin' a mouthful. I do >manage to suspend my disbelief and go with the flow of the occasion, with >massively helpful results. If you can relax, be quiet, breathe, and let go >of your tension, concentrate, you get more out of a session. You could end >up having a profound experience. > >I also rely heavily on stretching, Yoga, and regular aerobic exercise. > >Other than that, I throw back a few shots of Jack with the boys in the >band, >play screamin rock n roll all night long, and only smoke 'heavies'! Now >that's therapy! > >Good luck, Sam. You're in a good position now. Take full advantage. > >Enjoy! >Rick > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sam Weber" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:54 AM >Subject: FW: Neurofeedback > > >>I would also be most interested to hear all thoughts on this subject as I >>am >> keen to explore all my non-chemical, non-invasive options (and am >grateful >> to still be in a position to do so!). >> Sam >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Meg Duggan >> Sent: 19 January 2006 20:48 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Neurofeedback >> >> >> Does anyone have any experience with neurofeedback? We have an >M.D./Ph.D. >> in town who is doing quite a lot of neurofeedback work with Parkinson's >> patients. Some of the patients are reporting that they feel less >mentally >> disorganized and more serene. I am hoping to gather some anecdotal >> evidence >> on neurofeedback to see if it is worth pursuing. Any comments or >> experiences would be most appreciated! Thanks, Meg >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/234 - Release Date: >> 18/01/2006 >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/235 - Release Date: >> 19/01/2006 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/235 - Release Date: >> 19/01/2006 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/235 - Release Date: 1/19/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn