Archive for March, 2011

Mar 31 2011

Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has added Parkinsons as one of three new conditions caused by the defoliant Agent Orange in veterans deployed in Vietnam. A website veterans may want to explore is www.bluewaternavy.org if they were aboard ship and traveled the inland waterways. The VA is urging veterans who fall into that category to apply for compensation.

The Department of veterans affairs for the longest time refused to recognize illnesses from sailors in the combat zone, since they didn’t have “boots on the ground” contact. But we were getting poisoned from the water we used. After the ground was sprayed, the dioxin seeped into the ground and got carried off into the harbors. That is where we pumped it in and converted it to fresh water. The same water we were drinking, bathing with, cooking, and doing the laundry.

The rate of PD in civilian populations is 1 out of 100 over 50 years old. In Vietnam veterans, it’s 1 out of 40.

Sal

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Mar 29 2011

Treatment for TMJ to Relieve Parkinson’s SymptomsMJ

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We tracked your interview with Cheryl (on the radio show) who had treatment for TMJ issues. How is she doing now? Has she stabilized? Is she continuing to improve? Has she regressed? I ask because there is a cranial facial specialist in Canada, relatively close to us, and we are considering following Cheryl’s path.

In our case, my husband does have a TMJ misalignment. The space between the TMJ and the eustachian tube, which should be abut 4 mm, is 1 mm. The misalignment is possibly as a result of tongue-thrusting as a young child.  (Try sticking your tongue out, and you will notice your lower jaw moves backwards.) Dr. Rondeau explained that this constricts blood vessels and a branch of the trigeminal nerve that pass through this space.

Diane

Cheryl sent me an update on her situation which I posted here on the blog on March 21st. Scroll down to read her update. I am happy to report that she continues to get more and more relief from her symptoms.

In my opinion, TMJ mis-alignments are one of many causes of the neurological symptoms associated with Parkinsons Disease. If it does happen to be a factor for you in particular – as it is for Cheryl – it would seem to be a very smart move to have an appliance fitted.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease

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Mar 29 2011

Multi-Dimensional Healing at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit

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Deborah Russell and I have been personal and professional partners for 10 years. My work has focused on figuring out the causes of Parkinsons Disease and identifying therapies that are making it possible to fully and completely recover. Deborah focuses on helping people with chronic illness who have been unable to find a satisfactory resolution using medicines, supplements, surgeries or other methods. Deborah provided 20 minute mini-sessions to people throughout the day and evening at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit.

On the two days following the Summit we offered our Jump Start to Wellness program for individuals currently experiencing the symptoms of Parkinson’s.

As Deborah explains in this video, her healing skills span multiple modalities. She is a medical intuitive, a certified counselor, a craniosacral therapist and an energy healer. Her skills are truly unique, as they combine together to offer a powerful multi-dimensional healing experience. To discover more information about Deborah Russell, visit Zero Point Healers.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease

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Mar 28 2011

Treatments for Tremors

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I have a non-Parkinson’s essential tremor, also known as a familial tremor. Does anything you do address any of these types of symptoms? I would love to know if you address the symptoms separately or the condition itself?

Thanks so much!

Travis

Response:

My response will likely come as somewhat of a surprise to you. I approach symptoms from the perspective of a researcher. My approach is markedly different than the approach taken by medical doctors. Medical doctors are trained and qualified at diagnosing illness.

From your question, I gather that a diagnosis has been declared. Once the diagnosis is made, medical doctors are in a position to prescribe specific treatment protocols in the form of prescription medicines and/or surgeries. Be advised that I am not qualified or trained to practice medicine in this manner.

I have a quite different perspective. I do not believe that diagnosing conditions is conducive to health and wellness. Once we fall into the trap of wondering what is wrong with our bodies by insisting on a formal diagnosis, we embrace a plethora of negative thought forms that have very low frequency. Wondering what is wrong with our bodies is not the route to health and wellness. The diagnostic approach is depressing. It also depresses our life force.

More importantly, a diagnostic approach to health assumes that the solutions falls outside of us. Someone else surely has a medicine or a surgery that will fix us. This disempowers our ability to heal. I believe that all healing comes from a place within each of us and that we all have the capacity and power to heal. The more I learn about the body, the more I honor the miracle of life.

In the second edition of my book, Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease, I do include some of the treatments for tremors that people have reported to me help them get relief. But I must say, if there is a tremor, the more important question to ask is:

What is your body telling you?

If a tremor is present, something is out of balance. You can treat a symptom such as a tremor, but why not get to the root reason your tremor? Once you identify the cause, you can address it rather than trying to mask the symptom.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease

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Mar 28 2011

Feldenkrais™ as Treatment for Parkinson’s

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Irene Pasternack was a guest on my weekly radio show on December 24, 2011. She and her husband Ed (also a Feldenkrais practitioner) provided free Feldenkrais™ treatments and classes at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit. People who took advantage of her free sessions and classes during the Summit soon discovered for themselves that Feldenkrais™ is a very powerful therapy for persons currently experiencing Parkinson’s symptoms.

Become more knowledgeable about how Feldenkrais™ helps people with neurological challenges by visiting her website at http://www.whatmoves.us

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery From Parkinsons Disease

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Mar 27 2011

Candida and Parkinson’s Symptoms

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I particularly enjoyed your Internet Radio show today on the connection between Parkinson’s and Candida. Finally someone of stature in the scientific community recognized the relationship. I have been of this opinion ever since my wife got Parkinson’s right after a systemic candida infection (which we are still fighting).

Keep up the good work as you seem to leave no stone unturned. I listen to every show.

We are beginning to experiment with a Rife Machine as it has been shown to stop tremors.

Marshall

Thanks for the fascinating report Marshal. Let us all know results of the Rife Machine therapy.

I hope everyone gets a chance to listen to the show. Lidia Epps’ accounting on the radio show of the connection between candida and Parkinson’s is truly fascinating.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
www.parkinsonsdisease.me

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Mar 27 2011

Voice Profiling at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit

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Last week I posted the presentati0n by Sharry Edwards from Sound Health Options on using voice profiling to diagnose and treat Parkinsons Disease.  What follows is a video taken at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit of a brief over by Shawndeya Costello who devoted three days to doing free voice profiles for participants at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit and Jump Start to Wellness.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease

For more information about Voice Profiling, visit Sound Health Options.

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Mar 26 2011

Neural Feedback at the Parkinsons Recovery Summit

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I initially connected with Jacyln Gisburne, Ph.D., on December 24, 2009 when she was a guest on my weekly radio show. Her work with Parkinson’s patients is truly ground breaking. The neural feedback technology she has developed in this video is one she has been using with persons currently experiencing the symptoms of Parkinson’s with noteworthy success. It paves the way for maintaining a sustained journey on the road to recovery.

Dr. Gisburne devoted three days in Vancouver, Washington during the Parkinsons Recovery Summit and Jump Start to Wellness to offer free, one hour treatments to persons currently experiencing the symptoms of Parkinson’s. People who took advantage of her generous offer found the therapy provocative and extremely helpful. She was not able to provide treatments to everyone.

Is recovery as simple as having her connect the electrodes to your head for 20 minutes and challenge your neural networks for forge new connections? No. But it is a rich initiation to the journey which must be taken by anyone who has dedicated themselves to healing the underlying conditions that have been creating neurological disturbances associated with Parkinson’s Disease.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease

For more information about Dr. Gisburne’s work, visit Rocky Mountain NeuroAdvantage

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Mar 21 2011

Clarification on TMJ and Parkinson’s

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For the record, I never had a TMJ issue.  Henry(my appliance)  is prescribed by a TMJ dentist, but it’s for Parkinson’s patients.  If you have TMJ that’s a separate issue.  The two don’t necessarily need to be together.  I don’t mean to be picky.  I just want people to be aware one isn’t an off shoot of the other.

Thank you again for the work you do Robert, and the difference you are making in so many people’s lives.

Respectfully,

Cheryl

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Mar 21 2011

TMJ and Parkinsons Disease

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Cheryl was a guest on my radio show several months ago. She reported experiencing remarkable improvement in her Parkinson’s symptoms after getting a TMJ appliance that corrects jaw mislignments over time. She named her appliance Henry. Below is an update on her progress which she gave me permission to post.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Parkinsons Recovery

I have some great news today. I went to my neurologist at UCLA.  He’s been monitoring me since 2006.  He was genuinely amazed and started asking me questions about Henry.Everything during my neurological exam rated NORMAL for the first time. And, I’ve lowered my medicatins.  Can you believe it?  He couldn’t.   I could.  I’m going in the right direction.  Yahoo!

I’m not perfect. I don’t want to come off like that. But it was a huge step in the right direction to get the medical community to look seriously at what the powers of Henry can offer…pretty cool, uh?

Respectfully,

Cheryl

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