PADs for Parkinson’s is the only nonprofit organization in North America dedicated to the training of dogs for the detection of Parkinson’s Disease. Today, PADs supports and maintains 18 dogs in the program. Ranging from Poodles to Pomeranians. Schnauzers to Shepherds – Herding to Hunting, all with the amazing ability to sniff out an odor molecule among hundreds of thousand of organic compounds.
PADs has been training dogs for Parkinson’s detection since early 2016. Just four months after the discovery of an odor associated with Parkinson’s Disease. The PADs training facility is located in the Northwest on San Juan Island. You can visit (Parkinson’s Alert Dogs) PADs online at padsforparkinsons.org
Michelle Turner Created Movement Lesson™ LLC, a unique therapy method that utilizes a combination of gentle touch through rotational and purposeful movement within the principles of oppositional gravity through counterbalance and rotation to create an individualized and profoundly effective therapy session.
What are the 3 main concerns to be active with Parkinsons. Michelle explains how you can improve your bodys key stabilizers
1. Balance Walking better – Benefits of Pole Walking – Maintaining an active lifestyle
2. Sleep Learning how to lie down Exercises I can do for relaxing my body
3. Speech/Vision Working the room. How vision will improve every movement in my body. Exercises to improve speech and vision. Exercises to improve breathing with rotation
Guests on the radio show today were Jill Mattson and Sharry Edwards. What a fascinating discussion!
Background
Our immune system is our best defense against illness. Sharry Edwards, who founded the science of BioAcoustics, has determined that with the onslaught of the current pandemic, the body is in dire need of specific nutrients to help counter the Coronavirus. Two critical ones are glutathione and quercetin. A healthy immune system always needs these nutrients – and in the case of the Coronavirus, they are extraordinarily essential.
Mattson’s compositions contain Edwards’ Frequency Equivalents of glutathione and quercetin. There are seven other Frequency Equivalents of substances that boost the effectiveness of the immune system. (Vitamin C, adrenaline, epinephrine, ACTH, and others.) You ingest sound and your body uses this energy. We currently cannot prevent infection by the Coronavirus, but we can help significantly reduce the severity of the disease by building up our immune systems.
Embedded in Mattson’s music are frequencies for emotional clearing and healing. There are frequencies for a dozen flower essences and twelve crystals! The music is profoundly calming and provides a peaceful feeling amidst the tension surrounded by the coronavirus epidemic. When your body is at peace and relaxed, it devotes more energy to the building and repair of your body.
BioAcoustic pioneer Sharry Edwards is offering to do a free profile of your voice print to check out the integrity of your defense against the corona virus.
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. Irene discusses how Feldenkrais® is useful for treating a wide variety of symptoms that are found in a diagnosis of Parkinsons Disease.
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.
Stochastic Resonance Therapy (SRT) was born in the German city of Frankfurt when Dietmar Schmidtbleicher developed a new training device for Olympic athletes. Since then, the whole-body vibration device he developed has been studied and shown to be effective in the treatment of Parkinson’s motor symptoms. While you may have already heard of the benefits of vibration therapy and Parkinson’s, chances are you haven’t heard of SRT until now.
SRT is different from other types of vibration devices. It delivers randomized and non-uniform oscillations and perturbations to the body, whereas all other devices on the market deliver uniform, sinusoidal vibrations. The random nature of SRT vibrations elicits the automatic stretch reflex in the muscles, which leads to postural adjustments being made in the spinal cord and the cerebellum (the part of the brain that automatically adjusts movement patterns). These adjustments keep the head still and the body upright while on the device. Hundreds to thousands of stimuli are delivered to the spinal cord and cerebellum in a matter of minutes.
In the literature, SRT has been shown to decrease tremor and rigidity, improve postural control and balance, and lead to better gait patterns in Parkinsons patients. For further information contact:
The following is an update on the status of the SRT therapy for use in the USA from Kyle Harris…
The SRT Zeptoring is available for purchase in the US by way the company in Berlin. It is primarily intended for use within a clinical setting, ie physical therapy clinic, and the price point reflects that. And as far as I know there’s are still only two units in the States.
However, it could be purchased for private in home use, cost being the prohibitive factor. It is equivalent to purchasing a luxury car.
I still hope to help this technology to the US, but the going has been incredibly difficult. Medical professionals are understandably hesitant to invest in a machine that they currently cannot bill for insurance. The SRT Zeptoring would easily clear the FDA requirements to be able to bill insurance, the German-based company is still waiting to officially expand here while they focus on expanding in Asia and continue to do very well in Europe.
Maybe some of your listeners would have the resources to be able to visit Germany to try the device. I would be more than happy to put them in contact with my contacts at the Berlin headquarters.
Hopefully in a a couple years we will be on he road to SRT being available via the US healthcare system.
Parkinsons Dis. 2016:2016:7948721. Postural Stability in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Is Improved after Stochastic Resonance Therapy
Abstract
Background. Postural instability in Parkinson’s disease (PD) increases the risk of falls and is not improved by pharmacological therapy. Objective. We performed a double-blind, randomized sham-controlled study to test the effects of stochastic resonance (whole body vibration) therapy on postural stability in PD.
Methods. Fifty-six PD participants were allocated to either experimental or sham groups. The experimental group received four series of vibration over eight days, with each series consisting of six stimulus trains of 60-second duration using a randomized whole body vibration. Participants allocated to the control group received a sham treatment.
Results. Within-group analysis revealed that postural stability in the experimental group improved by 17.5% (p = 0.005) comparing experimental and sham groups. The between-group analysis of change after treatment comparing both groups also showed a significant improvement of postural stability (p = 0.03). Only in the within-group analysis several items were improved after Bonferroni correction, too, rigor 41.6% (p = 0.001), bradykinesia 23.7% (p = 0.001), tremor 30.8% (p = 0.006), and UPDRSIII sum score 23.9% (p = 0.000), but did not reach the level of significance in the between-group analysis.
Conclusions. Stochastic resonance therapy significantly enhanced postural stability even in individuals with increased risk of falling. Thus it offers a potential supplementation to canonical treatments of PD.
Fred Phillips is an author and former martial arts instructor. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008. He is my guest on Parkinsons Recovery Radio to discuss his journey with this challenging health condition, his philosophy and approach to recovery, and his recovery protocol. Fred was originally a guest on Parkinsons Recovery Radio several years ago.
Fred blogs about his experience and can be found at: fredphillips.wordpress.com. He lives on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada.
Here are the questions Fred answers.
1. For those who may not be familiar with your story could you provide an overview of your experience with Parkinson’s
2. What caused you to develop Parkinson’s?
3. What has happened since we last spoke?
4. Has your philosophy or approach changed
5. What has been your experience with medication?
6. What does your overall protocol and daily regimen look like?
7. What advice would you offer others experiencing Parkinson’s?
8. Have you published any new books since we last spoke?
N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is relatively inexpensive supplement that supports that bodys natural ability to produce glutathione. Glutathione is one of the bodys most important and effective antioxidants.
Persons with Parkinsons have significant oxidative stress which depletes levels of glutathione. This, in part, explains why they tend to have a significant deficiency of glutathione.
Research studies find that NAC has been effective as a therapy for injuries to the brain in general as well as a therapy for addressing symptoms of Parkinsons.
Dozens of natural therapies are documented at my online course What Really Matters.
Is CBD oil recommended as a therapy for neurological symptoms?
Is it safe to take if I am also taking Parkinson’s medications?
I have tightening in muscles in my arms and shoulders which makes it difficult to breathe while walking. Has anyone had success dealing with this problem?
I am taking mars venus superfood with minerals and detox lemonade. Has anyone had success with this protocol?
Had anyone ever tried near infrared saunas with any success for Parkinson’s symptoms?
Please explain and compare the advantages of three therapies: Electromagnetic Pulse Therapy (BEMER), photobiomodulation (Vielight) and Biontology.
I have problems sticking with a program of recovery that is helping me feel better. Have you witnessed this type of cycle? Please provide insights in how to getting past this.
Why does Parkinson’s progress in many Parkinson’s patients? Is it psychological or is there an underling disease mechanism at play?
Natural Pharmcist Ross Pelton discusses the impressive body of research which has focused on PEMF therapies to address a variety of symptoms associated with a diagnosis of Parkinsons. Ross offers an overview of the over 10,000 articles and 2,000 clinical trials have been published on PEMF. PEFM medical devices are used daily in over 4,000 European hospitals & clinics but have not yet been accepted as a standard therapy in most US medical settings.
Health benefits of PEMFs are extensive. It results in improved circulation in the bodys 70,000 miles of micro-capillaries. PEMF:
Penetrates the body.
Causes micro-capillaries to contract or pulsate at a faster rate.
Delivers more blood supply, oxygen & nutrients to all cells via the 70,000 miles of micro-capillaries in the body.
Virtually everything in the body begins to function better when cells get more oxygen & nutrients and improved removal of cellular wastes.
Barbara Frank is a Holistic Practitioner, Internationally Certified Lymphologist, author of a Nobel Nominated book How To Take 10 Years Off Your Face and Add 10 Years To Your Life Naturally, who uses Folk Medicine as well as purified herbs and natural modalities to help those who want to use her expertise.
She started 40 years ago and does telephone consultations for people all over the world and has had an enormous success rate. She grew up with her mother, grandfather and grandmother who practiced Folk Medicine and incorporates a lot of what she’s learned over the years and designs protocols for people based on their symptoms and complaints. This is Folk Medicine at its finest. For a full bio go to barbarafrank222.com
Barbara Frank, world renowned Folk Medicine Practitioner and Internationally Certified Lymphologist, whose unorthodox approach to Biblical medical teachings from the bible uses those ancient teachings to change people’s lives so they can get to the state of body that they should be in.
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