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In message <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Your message was not delivered to the following recipients: > > [log in to unmask]: No such host: listserv.tc.umn.edu > > ---------------- Your original message ---------------- > Received: from maroon.tc.umn.edu by mhub2.tc.umn.edu; Fri, 5 Apr 96 13:59:49 > -0600 > Received: from dialup-13-c-168.gw.umn.edu by maroon.tc.umn.edu; Fri, 5 Apr 96 > 13:59:47 -0600 > From: "Robert B. Howard" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Freezing, Falling, OFF > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 13:59:50 -0600 > > In message <[log in to unmask]> Parkinson's Disease > > - > Information Exchange Network utoronto.ca writes: > > For Doug McCorkle's Mother > > > > You wrote about vision and its relationship to the symptoms of PD. I have > > also > been in touch with Tom Wiess <[log in to unmask]>, whose thoughts on > this > subject are fascinating. He has some other "tricks" that are helpful, too. > The > simple matter of focusing on an outstretched hand has permitted my wife > (76/10+) > to negotiate a long hallway without a walker or my support. I really believe > that she could go through doorways, etc., using this technic if she were to > be a > little more willing to take risks. > His "droid" walking technic, wherein the PD patient walking next to the > CG > initiates movement and counts cadence for the two of them, is also helpful. > His > "blue filters' have been less clearly helpful with walking, but, at times, > they > do seem to have a welcome calming influence. Regards - Bob Howard > > > > Bob Howard, occasionally known formally as: > Robert B. Howard <[log in to unmask]> > 1320 Wisconsin St. > Hudson, WI 54016 > Voice phone (714) 386 3596 > Bob Howard, occasionally known formally as: Robert B. Howard <[log in to unmask]> 1320 Wisconsin St. Hudson, WI 54016 Voice phone (714) 386 3596