Category: sleep

Parkinson’s Regeneration Training

Karl Sterling is a neuro-rehabilitation specialist and NASM Master Trainer based in Syracuse, New York, and is the creator of the Parkinson’s Regeneration Training ® and NeuroMotor Training ® education programs.

While his extensive experience as a rehabilitation specialist includes working with a variety of populations, he primarily specializes in working with clients who have movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, MSA (Multiple System Atrophy), MS, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy, Autism, and more.

Karl travels extensively around the world as public speaker, keynote speaker, and educator in the movement disorder, human movement, and personal growth arenas. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Agile Human Performance, Inc. and owner/CEO of NeuroMotor Training LLC, which currently offer courses worldwide.

In his second book, “Parkinson’s Empowerment Training” author Karl Sterling goes deep into exploring many areas that will help the person with PD to manage symptoms and improve quality of movement, cognition, memory, and life. Topics include:

  • the power of hope, empowerment, and belief
  • how to maximize neuroplasticity
  • sleep management
  • benefits of using Power Plate and whole body vibration
  • learn about the many roles of dopamine
  • improve memory and cognition
  • “Nutrition in Parkinson’s Disease” written by dietitian, Cynthia Lopez

www.karlsterling.com

Lessons Learned from Hiking the Appalachian Trail

Questions Mountain Sage Addressed:

* Is Recovery Primarily mental or does “getting out of your mind” help?

* How does “You do not think till you pull the trigger” apply to recovery?

* Why are people who experience Parkinson’s symptoms always so active?

* How do you react in public when tremors flare?

*  Is sleep important?

* How to you get into the deep sleep that promotes recovery?

* How has V2VG (Vet to Vet Group) helped you out?

* Does helping others help you when you yourself need help?

Sleep as a Key to Long Term Recovery

Neurologist Stasha Gominak MD believes the key to recovery is sleep. here are some of the questions she answered that were asked by you!

Question 1

I tried to take  lots of L tyrosine to help smooth out amino acid therapy on/off times at the recommendation of the doctor overseeing the
amino acid therapy. I could not sleep because symptoms were so much worse, but when I did sleep, I had the worst nightmares imaginable.
I tried this several times and each time the same result. Any idea why this is?

Question 2

M questions for the session on sleep are – I generally find that I can fall asleep quite easily – but I very frequently wake up after two or three hours with a lot of pain. I tend to be quite immobile in bed and usually sleep on my back and after some time get quite uncomfortable and find it difficult to move.

Are there any suggestions about how I can become more mobile and more comfortable. I’ve asked several people about this but nobody has any really good suggestions.

Related to this – I’ve a very weird thing that
happens which is that my left ankle becomes quite
fixed in position in bed – and quite uncomfortable.
This frequently also affects the pain in my back
as apparently there is a link between the muscles
in the ankle and the back.

Question 3

My PD meds make me sleepy, so I take them basically 24 hours a day. They help me sleep at night — but would it be a deep sleep or not? That’s my fear, that I may not be getting enough deep sleep.

I also take Melatonin on a regular basis.  Carbohydrates, too, put me to sleep, so I often eat rice cakes before bed.

Question 4

What about those of us who are up because we
need to use the bathroom? And. how does one deal
with the PDdrugs when the body awakens seeming to need them during the night.

Lastly it is often very difficult to walk in the early morning hours which make the trips very difficult?

 

Sleep and Parkinson’s Disease

Now you may be able to prevent or reverse your Parkinson’s disease while you sleep…

Dr. Stasha Gominak MD received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed her Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

From 2004 to 2016 she had a busy general neurology practice where she became fascinated with issues connected with sleep disorders. She published several pivotal articles about the global struggle with worsening sleep. Since 2016 she has divided her time between teaching the public about sleep and teaching clinicians the RightSleep© method of sleep repair.