Category: balance

Balance Based Torso Weighting for People Prone to Falls and Mobility Challenges

Improve your balance and mobility with Balance-Based Torso-Weighting (BBTW). The BBTW method — an assessment of directional instability and subsequent strategic weight placement on the torso — has been shown to provide same day improvements in people with balance and mobility challenges. Join me as I interview Cynthia Gibson-Horn, PT, cofounder of Motion Therapeutics, to discuss this innovative treatment that produces immediate improvements in balance and mobility for people with Parkinson’s disease and others with balance and mobility challenges. For more information, visit: www.motiontherapeutics.com

During the radio show today, Cindy began by previewing a video of a person with Parkinson’s symptoms who was helped immensely by Cindy’s jacket that is weighted to address the imbalances in a person’s body. Click on the link below to see this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRbmOkUzoq4&list=UUApZX-0NOFentcTAv9-xp3A&index=1&feature=plcp

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery

 

Neuro-Rehabilitation Through Optometry

What do glasses, prisoms and color have to do with Parkinson’s Disease? Dr. Janet Kohtz, a Neuro Optometrist, explains how glasses and neuro-rehabilitation therapy can positively impact persons who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinsons Disease. Her patients have been able to adjust their posture, balance and gait to free themselves from walkers. For further information about how neuro-rehabilitation therapy can help to reverse Parkinsons symptoms, visit www.optometrists.org/Riverside

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery

 

Feldenkrais® for Parkinsons

Irene Pasternack [http://movebeyondlimits.com] tells us how you can use the Feldenkrais Method to improve your balance, prevent falls, cope with freezing, maintain facial mobility, speech volume and swallowing, and find greater comfort and ease in day-to-day activities. The show includes a short Feldenkrais® lesson to improve posture, comfort and stability in sitting. In addition to making you feel more comfortable, this lesson helps improve the mobility of your neck, head, and eyes, and has a direct impact on your balance in standing.

Irene Pasternack discusses how Feldenkrais® is useful for treating a wide variety of symptoms that are found in a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery

The Magic of Dance for Parkinson’s: Pamela Quinn

Pamela Quinn danced professionally for 20 years with ODC/San Francisco and with actor/writer Michael O’Connor before being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at age 42. Recently, she made a video entitled ‘Welcome to our World”, which shared first prize at the 2010 World Parkinson Congress. Pamela has developed an amazing range of creative movements, exercises and dances that have helped herself and others cope with the many and various symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. Learn more about her at www.pamelaquinn.net

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery