Archive for November, 2009

Nov 27 2009

Jump Start to Wellness Program

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Jump Start to Wellness kick off is Monday at 9:00 am at the Little Creek Resort Hotel in Shelton, Washington. Now is the best time to check on cheap deals on flights to Seattle if you have been thinking about attending.

You can learn more information about Jump Start to Wellness by visiting:

http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html

Here is the schedule for Monday and Tuesday:

Monday’s Program (11/30)
9:00 – 10:30:   How to:

  • Ground
  • Open your chakras
  • Be in neutral
  • Clear your Lymph System
  • The Free Giveaway: How to Restore Your Hair to its Natural Color

10:30 – 10:45  Break

10:45-12:00    How to:

  • Release Dark Energy
  • Clear out debris in the hard drive of your brain
  • Muscle Test: What is the Cause of Your Symptoms?
  • Muscle Test Therapies

2:00 – 3:30     How to:

  • Run Quantums for yourself
  • Restore nerve function
  • Balance hormones

3:30 – 3:45   Break

3:45 – 5:00   Trauma Release demonstration with David Howell

5:00 – 7:00   Dinner Break

7:00 – 7:45   Medicine Side Effects and Interactions with Randy Mentzer

7:45 – 8:00  Break

8:00 – 8:30  Evening Meditation

Tuesday’s Program (12/1)
9:00 – 10:30   Family Constellation Work Part I

10:30-10:45   Break

10:45 – 12:00  Family Constellation Work Part II

12:00 – 2:00   Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:30   How to:

  • Align and strengthen your hara
  • Wrap and Zap your cranial nerves
  • Repair the Myelin sheath of neurons to perfect balance

3:30 – 3:45    Trucky Robertson

3:45 – 4:00    Break

4:00 – 5:30    How to:

  • Release Fear and Anxiety
  • Make Affirmations

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

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Nov 24 2009

Exercise and Parkinsons

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I have been increasing the intensity of my exercising and I am doing incredibly better. I just read a book called Spark by John Rately that talks about what exercising does for the brain. It is worth reading I recommend it highly. After reading the book I started increasing the intensity of my workouts and I think it has made a big impact on my recovery.

Taube

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Nov 23 2009

Zeolite and Parkinson’s

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Question:

Congratulations on finishing your book and thank you for making this available to those who are in need of help with the “charms” of PD.

It has been 14 months since I was diagnosed and I shared this news with you when it was confirmed. My journey has made me try mirapex for l0 months which made me feel worse than the symptoms I had at the time mainly the fatigue.  I stopped the mirapex three weeks ago and started amantadiine twice a day since then.  I feel better being off of mirapex but I do not feel normal.  The fatigue has lifted somewhat, I can stay up  longer hours however I am still slow in movement, bad handwriting, constipation, mask, left leg trembles at times, back pain when I walk.   I do eat a healthy diet and keep a good attitude most of the time.  I still drive a car but just locally, no long trips.  I challenge my brain with reading, scrabble games, chess games and going out to lunch often.

My sister bought me some “Zeolite” to try to see if it will help me.  I read some good things about it so far on the internet.  It makes sense to me the reasoning to cleanse the body of toxins so that the body is enabled to heal itself.  Your outline of your researched book makes ablot of sense to me and made the lightbulb in my head turn on!!! I am going to try the Zeolite starting Monday morning taking it in a glass of water three times a day dropping 10 drops of it each time. If you have any feedback you can share with me on Zeolite, I would appreciate it.

Terry

Response:

It is wonderful to hear from you and to learn more about your journey back to health.

Zeolite was highly recommended as a detox by one doctor I interviewed, Lyn Hanshew, MD which I discuss in Road to Recovery. Dr. Hanshew is convinced it will make a big difference to the symptoms of Parkinsons. Let me know the result if you decide to start using it. I have not interviewed anyone with Parkinsons who has given me any feedback on the effects of Zeolite on Parkinsons symptoms.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

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Nov 16 2009

Recovery Blocks from Family Systems

Have you been trying one therapy after another with some success, but still see no profound improvement in your symptoms? Are you at your wits end with experimenting? Have you spent tons money on therapies but do not feel substantially better? Have you started to believe that recovery is impossible for anyone with Parkinson’s?

There may be a dynamic at play here which is below the surface and entirely unconscious. A hidden dynamic in the family system from long ago and far away may be impeding your recovery.  How can this happen? How can an ancestor you never met and know nothing about influence your health today?

I interview Dee Yoh , family constellation facilitator, who explains nhow this can happen and have a compelling impact on a person with Parkinson’s. You are warmly invited to listen in to my interview with Dee this Thursday at 11:00 am pacific time.

Visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery

Or Call: 347-945-5358 at 11:00 – 12:30 am Thursday.

If you are planning on attending Jump Start to Wellness,  please listen to the interview! We will be taking a half day to do ” family constellation” work with participants.  You will get  a rich preview of what the work is all about and how it is done by listening to my interview with Dee. I will not be offering any explanation (or lecture!) at Jump Start to Wellness. Rather, I will simply do the work for whomever chooses to volunteer.

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Nov 14 2009

Jump Start to Recovery

I aired an interview with myself on my radio program last week where I address questions about the prospects for recovering from Parkinson’s. I also discuss the ideas that motivated Jump Start to Wellness which will be offered Monday, November 30th and Tuesday, December 1st at the Little Creek Resort Hotel in Shelton.

You can listen to the radio program by visiting: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

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Nov 13 2009

Recovery is Happening for Me

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I received permission from Monica to posted her e mail to me yesterday:
I, LIKE YOU, HAD NEVER BEEN ENOUGH FOR MYSELF.  MY BODY EXPRESSED THIS AT AGE 50 WITH SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS.  DEEP INSIDE I WAS SO TIRED OF BEING DRIVEN AND WHEN DIAGNOSED WAS RELIEVED TO HAVE  AN EXCUSE TO GET OFF THE MERRY-GO-ROUND. AFTER    5 YRS I AM HAPPY TO BE A MORE REAL ME.  IN MAY 09 I DECLARED MYSELF TO RECOVERY.  IN JULY 09 I BEGAN AQUAS.

IN OCT 09 I SHARED WITH JOHN COLEMAN MY PROGRESS AND TOOK EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY THE PRACTICE OF SELF-LOVE.  IM SEEING TEENY TINY IMPROVEMENTS THAT I ATTRIBUTE TO CHANGED THOUGHT FORMS.  ABOUT A MONTH AGO I MADE AN APPT TO SEE ABOUT STARTING PD MEDS IN DEC.  WHY?  BECAUSE MY RIGHT FOOT WAS STICKING TO THE GROUND A LITTLE MORE THAN  I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH.  I DECIDED TO BE IN A FEAR STATE OVER THIS INSTEAD OF THE IDEA THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS.  IT PASSED.  IM IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. IM STILL GOING TO SEE ABOUT MEDS….ALTHOUGH TAKING DOPAMINE CAPSULES HAS HELPED ME I THINK.

I THINK HAVING A MORE RELAXED FORGIVING OF SYMPTOM FLAREUPS IS THE KEY THOUGH.  THE OLD FEAR-BASED, DRIVEN, IM NOT ENOUGH EGO, IM REALIZING MAKES SYMPTOMS WORSE THAN THEY WOULD BE OTHERWISE.  OLD HABITS DONT SERVE ME AT ALL…
YOUR SELF INTERVIEW HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON MY WAY OF THINKING AND  I THANK YOU DEEPLY.

MONICA
When Monica sent me an e mail today giving permission to post her e mail, she added the following exciting news:
TODAY IS ANOTHER GREAT DAY AND IM SSOO HAPPY……IM ON A HIGH..RECOVERY IS HAPPENING FOR ME
Monica

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

Resources

Jump Start to Wellness
Parkinsons Recovery Weekly Reader
Parkinsons Recovery Chat RoomSymptom Tracker
Parkinsons Recovery Radio Network
Aqua Hydration Formulas

Books

Pioneers of Recovery
Five Steps to Recovery
Meditations for Parkinsons
Stop Parkin’ and Start Livin’

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Nov 09 2009

Treatments for Blood Pressure

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An update from Alan:

I continued working on the breathing for a second week. During this time, I’m taking my battery of 22 chiropractic appointments. I have eleven done, and I feel much freed up. My breathing is excellent tonight. My body just changed sides from the left to the right.(We primarily inhale through one nostril). I noticed while driving home that I don’t hold that exhaled position as long as I used to, if at all now. That is what I wanted to accomplish.

At the neurologist’s office, my blood pressure was normal this time. The doctor himself mentioned the study on tandem bike riding over time doing as much good as Sinemet. I have some pedals here that I didn’t really want but took anyway. Today, I’m deciding to use them. It will be some months of commitment.

And thanks for your work!’

Alan

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Nov 08 2009

Walking and Balance Problems

Today, I was looking for new inspiration and direction. My walking and balance is a little more wobbly, but the feeling on my left side (once quite numb) is much better in the last month now. So, in a way, I feel that I am doing better. I no longer feel like I have two different sides but have one body. I can make my left hand do things like brush teeth and type. (Having Parkinson’s does not make you ambidextrous; it is just that your non-sided hand must help out if it need be. There’s no comfort in that: it doesn’t have the coordination that the sided hand does, if that is the one that is affected). I hope that this (one-body experience) is part of my recovery. I want to work harder on my health, as I keep thinking of the interview of the woman who had deep stimulation (not the poetry writing lady, the one before that). She said if she had it to do over, she would have given the alternative therapies a better chance.

Searching around the recovery website, I read many blogs as well as listened to past interviews and this week’s interview, which included mention of stiffening in the chest related to the breathing. Taking your suggestion of working on one symptom, I decided to compensate for my shallow breathing for a week, moment by moment. I’m always deflated, and I know that I have not been getting enough oxygen. Starting that, I decided as well to root out one thought form that may be contributing to this condition. I thought that it would take some time to discover one, but it came up immediately. The woman with the CORD therapy said, in general, that Parkinson’s people have a reality print of
‘I can’t quite do this, or measure up’.
I understand that. I can affirm, I can do this, I can, I can–anything. Believe me, this is a different type of energy to have within myself, though I have accomplished a lot in my life. Idid it by simply pushing. I want my brain to learn something new here of real confidence.

I found a boost in this story from my own saved archives.

This story makes you think about your potentials, as the woman in the story did. She went to college in her 60s and got the geology degree that she always wanted. I can at least accomplish everything that is before me this week. Thanks for your site again. I’m working on getting it to two other people with Parkinson’s.

Alan

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Nov 05 2009

Theracyle and Parkinson’s

Question:

We have benefited from reading your news posts.  You have so much to share.  I want to ask your opinion about the Theracycle.  Do you know Parkinson’s sufferers who have benefited from this? Do you have testimonials or contacts or can you give my email to one of these.  We are trying many of the suggestions we have heard about in your posts.  I would like to get this equipment for my husband.

Best regards,

Karima

Response:

Thanks so much for your e mail. I am so glad to hear you benefit from my posts. Be sure to catch the radio program too if you have the chance. I interviewed Deborah today on the show!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery

On the Theracycle:

I do not know anyone specifically who has benefited from the Theracyle product. The principle of forced exercise is discussed in my radio program on April 23, 2009 with Dr. Jay Alberts, an exercise  researcher from the Cleveland Clinic. Jay tells me he thinks that forced exercise might be helping to rewire the brain. His early research suggests that it may provide benefits that are equivalent to current Parkinson’s medications.

You can likely get the same benefit from using equipment at the health club that forces the person to go at a faster pace than they can do on their own. I personally think a special approach that accomplishes the same purpose is the old fashioned tandem bike – with two seats. The healthy person peddles on the front as the person with symptoms of Parkinson’s peddles on the back – keeping up so to speak.

It is not 80 RPM that is critical in my personal opinion. It is that the person on the back is being helped to go at a rate a little faster than they can do on their own. Tandem’s give both persons something fun to do together. And, both benefit from the exercise.

My hunch (without having any evidence) is that the Theracyle is probably great for people. I also suspect there are alternatives (like the tandem bikes) that are less costly. Your husband could try out forced exercise at a health club to see how his body reacts to the exercise approach. It doesn’t have to be on a Theracyle.

I do know they are working on some programming for the Theracycle specifically for Parkinson’s. That will certainly prove interesting and promising I would suspect.

Whatever you decide, please let let me know the outcome. As you are well aware, I will spread the word!

All the best,

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

Resources

Jump Start to Wellness
Parkinsons Recovery Weekly Reader
Parkinsons Recovery Chat Room
Symptom Tracker
Parkinsons Recovery Radio Network
Aqua Hydration Formulas

Books

Pioneers of Recovery
Five Steps to Recovery
Meditations for Parkinsons
Stop Parkin’ and Start Livin’

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Nov 05 2009

Healing at Jump Start is for Everyone

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I have had a number of calls from people asking about the two for one offer to attend Jump Start to Wellness. If you are a persons with the symptoms of Parkinson’s and wish to attend Jump Start to Wellness on November 30th and December 1st, you are most welcome to attend with another person – whether it be a spouse, family member or friend. The other person attends for free.

For more information, visit:  http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html

If you are a caretaker or family member who has been affected by Parkinson’s Disease, you are most welcome to attend Jump Start to Wellness with or without the family member or friend who has Parkinson’s. The program  is designed to help everyone who attends.  Bring a friend or family member for free.

I have learned from experience that the best thing I can do for my the health of my own family is to take care of my own needs. When I heal myself, I heal my entire family.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

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