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	<title>About Parkinson's Disease &#187; mobility challenges</title>
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		<title>How to Motivate that Lazy Leg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Can you recommend any techniques to improve my walking? At present I tend to drag my right leg. If I go for a walk I am OK after about half a mile. I tend to drag my leg on short runs and around the house John Response: First, consider doing Tai Chi on a [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><em>Can you recommend any techniques to improve my walking? At present I tend to drag my right leg. If I go for a walk I am OK after about half a mile. I tend to drag my leg on short runs and around the house</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>John</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>First, consider doing Tai Chi on a regular basis. It is a good idea to connect with a teacher who is proficient. There are excellent DVDs on Tai Chi that also extremely helpful if accessed on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Arieh Breslow in particular has produced an outstanding DVD &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964473038?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=zerpoihea-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0964473038">When Less is More</a> &#8211; that is mindful of the mobility challenges that confront individuals who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Second, I have a suggestion offered by professional dancer Pamela Quinn during my radio show interview with her on September 30, 2010. You can hear the show by visiting the Parkinsons Recovery Radio Show Network Page at:  <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The entire show is worth  hearing from start to end. Pamela offers a number of suggestions to persons with mobility challenges. She suggested that you practice kicking a soccer ball using the leg that drags. It helps to wake up that lazy leg.</p>
<p>You obviously do not want to kick a soccer ball while going to work or doing errands. Instead &#8211; you simply pretend that you are kicking the soccer ball as you walk from one place to the next.  It works just as well as if you were actually kicking it.</p>
<p>Third, try bouncing a ball as you walk &#8211; just as you did when you were a boy.  Your foot is dragging because your body is navigating through neural pathways that are dysfunctional. When you bounce a ball while you walk &#8211; you create new neural networks. This short circuits the old pathways that are presently hindering that lazy leg&#8217;s functionality.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Recovery </a></p>
<p>Resources<br />
<a href="http://www.aquas.us/">Dehydration Therapy: Aquas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.org/">Parkinsons Recovery Membership</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cataracts.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Eye Problems</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vibroacoustic.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Vibroacoustic Therapy</a><br />
<a href="http://parkinsonsrecovery.net/">Parkinsons Recovery Chat Room</a><br />
<a href="http://www.symptomtracker.info/parkinsons/login.php">Symptom Tracker </a><br />
<a href="http://www.news.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease News</a></p>
<p>Books<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/">Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease<br />
</a><a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com/">Pioneers of Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com/">Five Steps to Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/meditation/meditation.html">Meditations for Parkinsons</a></p>
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		<title>Remedies for Slow Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I am wondering about how to deal with slow movement. I never hear this question addressed. Are there any ways to overcome this? It is my worst symptom. People tell me I move very gingerly. Thank you for your help. Karen Response: The big picture is the reprogram your neural networks. It appears that [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><em>I am wondering about how to deal with slow movement.  I never hear this question addressed.  Are there any ways to overcome this? It is my worst symptom.  People tell me I move very gingerly. </em></p>
<p><em>Thank you for your help.</em></p>
<p><em>Karen</em></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>The big picture is the reprogram your neural networks. It appears that your movements are being controlled by neural pathways that are a bit rusty.</p>
<p>There is no reason for panic! The brain has an incredible capacity to reconfigure pathways. You just have to begin moving a bit differently to configure the new pathways which will make walking easier and require less effort on your part.</p>
<p>First, I suggest that you listen to my interview with Professional Dancer Pamela Quinn from New York City. Pamela offers a number of suggestions you should find helpful. You can find her program from last week by visiting the Parkinsons Recovery Radio Network page below:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery</a></p>
<p>Second, I suggest that you add a little music (with a nice hefty beat) when you walk. Use an MP3 player or IPOD  or something portable. Find some music you like to listen to which has a marching type of beat. Music with a strong beat does wonders for movements that are slow and cumbersome. Michael Jackson recorded some great songs with incredible beats you can dance to.</p>
<p>Third, there are a number of brain challenge exercises and programs which provide great ways to forge new  neural pathways. You might try out a few. They always have free ones to try out on the websites. I posted information on one such program on this blog September 30th from Posit Science which is backed by sound research.</p>
<p>Fourth, inside of thinking of walking from point A to point B, think to yourself that you will dance from Point A to Point B. You may be surprised by the difference created by the different in thought forms.</p>
<p>Let us know what turns out to help!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Recovery </a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Resources<br />
<a href="http://www.aquas.us/">Dehydration Therapy: Aquas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.org/">Parkinsons Recovery Membership</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cataracts.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Eye Problems</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vibroacoustic.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Vibroacoustic Therapy</a><br />
<a href="http://parkinsonsrecovery.net/">Parkinsons Recovery Chat Room</a><br />
<a href="http://www.symptomtracker.info/parkinsons/login.php">Symptom Tracker </a><br />
<a href="http://www.news.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease News</a></p>
<p>Books<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/">Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease<br />
</a><a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com/">Pioneers of Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com/">Five Steps to Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/meditation/meditation.html">Meditations for Parkinsons</a></p>
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		<title>A Clever Solution to Walking and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Jump Start to Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobility challenges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hans de Rijke from The Hague in Holland called in during one of my shows and told us all about how he overcomes any and all challenges with walking by bouncing a ball. Isn&#8217;t that clever? Hans sent me a video demonstrating how this simple technique works. You are going to have to turn you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hans de Rijke from The Hague in Holland called in during one of my shows and told us all about how he overcomes any and all challenges with walking by bouncing a ball. Isn&#8217;t that clever?</p>
<p>Hans sent me a video demonstrating how this simple technique works. You are going to have to turn you head to the side to watch. Just count that as part of your day&#8217;s exercise program.</p>
<p><img src="" /></p>
<p>Do you have a ball hanging around at home? Why not give it a try? Hans explains that no one takes notice of a man bouncing a ball down the street.  It  helps make you feel a lot younger than walking down the street with a cane.</p>
<p>The Parkinsons Recovery <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Recovery </a>program is all about helping you figure out ways you can get sustain relief from your symptoms. Join us in San Diego October 18th-20th.</p>
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		<title>Riding Scooters, Bouncing Balls and Using Nordic Walking Sticks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Exercise and Parkinson's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Robert Last spring I was in the hospital for my half-year visit to my neurologist. In one of the corridors I nearly had a collision with a white-dressed woman who was riding on a scooter. (We call it a step.) After I stepped aside (she did not even apologize) I had a flash of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>Dear Robert</em></p>
<p><em>Last spring I was in the hospital for my half-year visit to my neurologist. In one of the corridors I nearly had a collision with a white-dressed woman who was riding on a scooter. (We call it a step.)</em></p>
<p><em>After I stepped aside (she did not even apologize) I had a flash of insight: That’s a good way to move along l halls and long corridors of the train stations and the schools where I work.</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-005.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2527" title="keep on moving 005" src="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-005-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></em></p>
<p><em>I contacted a surf shop nearby and they showed me all kinds of scooters (even with a motor on it) and for my 60<sup>th</sup> birthday I received a beautiful scooter. I am very happy with it and I use him to do some shopping. I go to the railway station by bus and I take the scooter on my back and I use it on the platforms. </em></p>
<p><em>Every Tuesday when my wife and I look after my grandson, we go together on the scooter to the public library. Even when I have an unexpected off-period and it’s difficult for me to walk I can use the scooter.</em></p>
<p><em>After bouncing the ball, kicking the football &#8230;</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-013.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2528" title="keep on moving 013" src="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-013-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></em></p>
<p><em>and walking with Nordic-walking sticks &#8230;</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-002.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2529" title="keep on moving 002" src="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/keep-on-moving-002-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></em></p>
<p><em>It’s for me a good way to move along.</em></p>
<p><em>And tomorrow I am going to my weekly Salsa-lesson in a restaurant near the beach. And I’m going by scooter!!</em></p>
<p><em>Hans de Rijke</em></p>
<p><em>The Hague</em></p>
<p><em>Holland</em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Problems with Balance, Walking, Talking and Sweating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ayurveda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have had Parkinson&#8217;s  since 2008. I am now taking amantrel-100 2 tab and pramipex-0.5 2 tab daily. I still have a balance problem, a walking problem. Turning is also a problem &#8211; especially to the left, dryness in mouth, problem of pronunciation of some words while talking. excessive sweating at the left side [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have had Parkinson&#8217;s  since 2008. I am now taking amantrel-100 2 tab and pramipex-0.5 2 tab daily.</p>
<p>I still have a balance problem, a walking problem. Turning is also a problem &#8211; especially to the left, dryness in mouth, problem of pronunciation of some words while talking. excessive sweating at the left side of forehead is remarkable since 2005.  I also feel pain at neck below head backside of ears.</p>
<p>Kindly help,</p>
<p>Sibnarayan<br />
India</p>
<p><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>You have a series of symptoms which is typical of people who are diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. It is likely that the cause is multi-faceted.</p>
<p>First, there is an Ayurvedic doctor in India, Dr. Paneri from Gujarat, who sees people with Parkinson&#8217;s exclusively and is getting remarkable results. His website is: <a href="http://www.drpaneri.com ">http://www.drpaneri.com </a></p>
<p>Second, check the side effects of the drugs you are taking. It is likely some of the problems you are experiencing may be simply the side effects of the drugs. You may want to talk with your doctor about adjusting your medications.</p>
<p>Third, I suggest that you focus your attention on finding doctors and health care practitioners who can help you detox the toxins in your body, I am guessing that toxins are a primary cause of your symptoms. You may well have an abundance of heavy metals and pesticides that have accumulated in your body.Once they are removed your symptoms may well subside.</p>
<p>There are many ways to detox &#8211; just check around and find an approach that appeals to you. I have been using<br />
zeolite personally with great success &#8211; but there are many other excellent methods that are effective as well.</p>
<p>You can get a wide variety of suggestions on detoxes from my new book which is described at: <a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me</a></p>
<p>Know always that the body knows how to heal itself. We just have to give it a little extra loving kindness and attention sometimes.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Recovery </a></p>
<p><strong>Resources<br />
<a href="http://www.aquas.us/">Dehydration Therapy: Aquas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.org/">Parkinsons Recovery Membership</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cataracts.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Eye Problems</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vibroacoustic.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Vibroacoustic Therapy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Wellness</a><br />
<a href="http://parkinsonsrecovery.net/">Parkinsons Recovery Chat Room</a><br />
<a href="http://www.symptomtracker.info/parkinsons/login.php">Symptom Tracker </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Books<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/">Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease<br />
</a><a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com/">Pioneers of Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com/">Five Steps to Recovery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/meditation/meditation.html">Meditations for Parkinsons</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Parkinsons Disease Progression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 23:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a letter I received from Dirk who describes the exciting progress of recovery of his wife. Please take not that &#8220;progression&#8221; in this case &#8211; as with so many other stories I document here on the Parkinsons Recovery blog -  is toward recovery, not deterioration. Veronika is clearly on the road to recovery. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below is a letter I received from Dirk who describes the exciting progress of recovery of his wife. Please take not that &#8220;progression&#8221; in this case &#8211; as with so many other stories I document here on the Parkinsons Recovery blog -  is toward recovery, not deterioration. Veronika is clearly on the road to recovery.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<blockquote><p><em>.Dear Robert,</em></p>
<p><em>You are doing a great job. Compared to a year ago, Veronika is doing somewhat better. She has more energy, the lip curling disappeared, her arms are moving better when walking, so we are optimistic and believe that the turnaround &#8211; similar to Nathan Zakheim &#8211; is forthcoming but might be a year or two away. [Nathans' story of recovery is documented in <a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com">Pioneers of Recovery</a>].</em></p>
<p><em>Our diet is 70% raw and we bought recently a water ionizer (Kangen Water) that might also help with her osteoporosis.</em></p>
<p><em>She is now for one year on Dr. Paneri&#8217;s medicine. A friend of ours from Vancouver, who has also PD and is on Dr. Paneri&#8217;s medicine, confirmed that it is working. Last winter &#8211; because of a postal error &#8211; he was for one month without ajurvedic medicine and felt lousy and as soon he got new supplies his condition bettered. He went last summer over to India and spend a few weeks around Dr. Paneri. He told me that he met quite a few patients who were definitely on the road to recovery.</em></p>
<p><em>I am doing everything I can to help her and get her body in a condition to heal itself. But there are still some issues from her abusive childhood experiences that might be the root cause of her PD. Earlier this year we were listening in Puerto Vallarta to your interviews<br />
[<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery</a>] and I have to dig those ones out again, that were dealing with psychological damage.</em></p>
<p><em>It is too bad that &#8211; so far &#8211; we were not able to attend one of your seminars [<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Wellness</a>]. But we will make it one of these days.</em></p>
<p><em>Thank you  again.</em></p>
<p><em>Cheers,</em></p>
<p><em>Dirk</em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Problem Walking?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My Parkinson has been hovering for months now.  I have rather rapidly had to have help walking.    So now my devoted wife Liz has to get me started by the old Army method &#8220;hut one hut two.&#8221;   I do have an appointment Feb. 19 with my neurologist.  He has had the medicines I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">My Parkinson has been hovering for months now.  I have rather rapidly had to have help walking.    So now my devoted wife Liz has to get me started by the old Army method &#8220;hut one hut two.&#8221;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I do have an appointment Feb. 19 with my neurologist.  He has had the medicines I&#8217;ve been taking gradually phased out. Then on Feb. 19 he will introduce my system to a new and different drug which has some notable success.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">My problem is how do I stand (e.g. survive) till then?  Sinemet is what I have to rely on till then.  (A urologist has me on two drugs to confine urology problems.  So far this seems to be satisfactory)</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I will appreciate your suggested road to nirvana.  My wonderful wife is 81 years old and in July I will catch her.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I have several suggestions for you to consider, though I am not absolutely </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">clear what symptom precisely you want help with. I understand walking is </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">a problem, so </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">let me focus on that symptom.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Suggestion Set One: </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Do you have a tennis ball or a rubber ball of any type? </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">When you walk, bounce the ball just like you did when you were a boy, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Bounce the ball on the ground as you walk. If that doesn&#8217;t help &#8211; throw </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">it into the air as you walk. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">There is also a plastic ball which you find at fairs which has a rubbery string or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">chain that is </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">attached to the ball itself. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">You put the rubbery string around </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">your hand and throw the ball toward the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">ground as you walk (though the ball </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">does not touch the ground). </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">It is great fun &#8211; and it helps mobility greatly. (This brilliant suggestions is inspired by Hans from Holland.) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Instead of walking with a cane or walker (where people perceive there is an old person attempting to walk) you are bouncing a ball like a child (so people perceive a youthful energy &#8211; and so do you!). </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Play music while you walk and your mobility will improve. Listen </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">with an ipod. Y</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">our wife is helping you with the music of her marching </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">orders, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">but she can&#8217;t </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">sing every step you walk (unless she has tireless v</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">ocal cords). Listening to music while you walk is also a great help, especially music that has a beat to it. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Nitendo Wii. Ever heard of it? Young people know about </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">it. You play games like tennis which require you to exercise your balance. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Buy a wii game and try it out. You can always purchase it on a 30 day </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">warranty so if it doesn&#8217;t work for you, just return it. Play a game </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">(whatever you are called to play) every day, Have fun. Watch </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">your mobility improve. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Natural herbs can be a huge benefit for the problem you describe.</span> I will be <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">posting an interview with a herbalist next week (Andrew Bentley) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">which you should find intriguing. Andrew d</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">iscusses various natural herbs which </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">are very helpful </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">for the problem you describe. He gets great results helping peopkle with parkinsons using herbs I have never heard about before. M</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">embership costs a token $1 for the first 30 days. C</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">heck out the interview to be </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">posted next week. The signup page is:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Hopefully, three times is a charm and one of these ideas will be </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">a winner for you,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">All the best,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.</span></div>
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