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	<title>About Parkinson's Disease &#187; Parkinsons</title>
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		<title>Are Symptoms of Parkinsons Degenerative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results of my Thanksgiving holiday survey that asked about Parkinsons symptoms  far exceeded my expectations. I asked members of my Parkinsons Recovery audience who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s to report how they were doing relative to one year ago. Here is the question: Since Thanksgiving of last year (2010) have you been feeling [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Results of my Thanksgiving holiday survey that asked about Parkinsons symptoms  far exceeded my expectations. I asked members of my Parkinsons Recovery audience who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s to report how they were doing relative to one year ago. Here is the question:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Since Thanksgiving of last year (2010) have you been feeling better, the same or worse overall?</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Thirty-six persons responded over the course of the two days before Thanksgiving holiday.</p>
<p>If you happen to buy  into the untrue belief that Parkinson&#8217;s is a degenerative disease, you would expect that Parkinsons symptoms would get worse over time. That is, people who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s should feel worse and worse with each passing year.  They will not feel better.  Moreover, if you actually endorse the belief that Parkinsons is degenerative, you would expect the following result:</p>
<p>Number feeling Better &#8211; 0</p>
<p>Number feeling the same 0</p>
<p>Number feeling worse-   36</p>
<p>Only such a result would confirm the false belief that Parkinsons is &#8220;degenerative.&#8221;  It would say that 100% of the people who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s are worse off this year than last. Only such a result would support the false belief that Parkinson&#8217;s is degenerative which many people still underwrite.</p>
<p>This was not &#8211; I repeat not &#8211; the result of the Parkinsons Recovery survey. Seventy percent (70%) of the respondents reported that they were doing the same or better than a year ago. A mere thirty percent (30%) reported that they were feeling worse overall.</p>
<p>Thirteen (13) persons reported they felt better overall. Twelve (12) persons reported that they felt the same as last year. In total, 25 out of 36 persons (70%) who responded said they were doing as well or better than last year. Isn&#8217;t this result exciting news?</p>
<p>I am going to design a followup Holiday Survey with a longer lead time to respond. My followup survey will ask people who do not currently experience the symptoms of Parkinsons as well as people who do to report how they are doing overall this year as compared to last year. What do you suppose a comparison of people with Parkinsons symptoms to people without Parkinsons symptoms will reveal?</p>
<p>I obviously do not know, but just think about the overall health of people you know in general &#8211; especially friends and family. How many people without Parkinson&#8217;s are feeling worse overall this year than last? Is it 30%?</p>
<p>I will not be surprised to find that 30% of the general population are feeling worse this year as compared to last year. It is thus very likely that people who just happen to currently experience the symptoms of Parkinsons are fairing no better or worse than the general population.</p>
<p>I will put out just such a survey and report the results over the holidays. I can&#8217;t wait to analyze the results.</p>
<p>If you have not already done so, please sign up for the newsletter if you would like to add your input to the Parkinsons Recovery Holiday Survey.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Pioneers of Recovery<br />
<a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com">www.pioneersofrecovery.com</a></p>
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		<title>Perepheral Neuropathy and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 02:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert: I will try to help you stop scratching your head and losing hair.  This will be an easy question for you with your broad base of experience. I was diagnosed first as having perepheral neuropathy (non diabetic) in my toes and feet.  Next I was found to also have PD. This is my first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>Robert: </em></p>
<p><em>I will try to help you stop scratching your head and losing hair.  This will be an easy question for you with your broad base of experience. </em></p>
<p><em>I was diagnosed first as having perepheral neuropathy (non diabetic) in my toes and feet.  Next I was found to also have PD. </em></p>
<p><em>This is my first introduction to a web site of this kind and hopefully some of my questions and searching for answers can be better directed thru your website. This will be good. </em></p>
<p><em>Do many of those who have PD also have a rather contemporaneous onset of neuropathy affecting walking, standing, gait, balance, etc.?  Are there places to read on the interrelationship of these two diseases and ways to recover from both at the same time since they both seem to contribute to the loss of mobility? </em></p>
<p><em>Thank you in advance for your thoughts. </em></p>
<p><em>Sincerely,</em></p>
<p><em>Jerry</em></p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>The timing of your question is certainly uncanny. Last week I aired a radio show with Randy Eady who has a clinic in Delray Beach, Florida, Randy Eady. Randy is known throughout Florida as the Foot Whisperer. I suggest you listen to this show for obvious reasons. You can find the Parkinsons Recovery radio show by visiting: <a href=" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery "></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href=" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery ">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery </a></p>
<p>Download the show for free and play it on an MP3 player if you do not want to listen at your computer.</p>
<p>Yes &#8211; the symptoms you describe can be associated with a diagnosis of Parkinson&#8217;s. My research reveals large differences in the symptoms of individuals who have been diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease. Each person&#8217;s situation is typically unique. The symptoms you experience are very likely to be vastly different from the symptoms of another with the same diagnosis.</p>
<p>You are also interested in exploring the two diagnoses (perepheral neuropathy and Parkinson&#8217;s) with a focus on allopathic treatment options. I am sorry to report you will not get any insights from the resources and information I provide at Parkinsons Recovery. That is clearly in the domain of medical doctors, Since I am a researcher type (Ph.D.) not a medical doctor, this is clearly not my area of expertise. I gladly refer all such questions to medical doctors.</p>
<p>I also prefer to research the answer to questions that do not focus on the implications of a specific diagnosis. The thinking involves asking what is wrong with your body that needs to be fixed by someone else. I hold the belief that while you are obviously experiencing bothersome symptoms, your body is giving you valuable information about what is out of balance.</p>
<p>I believe your body is working perfectly (though I fully acknowledge this reality is hard to stomach right now). Your body is asking for some adjustments that are necessary to bring your neurological system back into balance. Adjustments may involve some combination of diet, exercise, supplements, body work, detoxes or a whole host of other therapeutic interventions.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me</a></p>
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		<title>Power Within to Get Relief from the Symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the e mail below last night from Danny. It makes my heart sing to know that my new book, Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease [http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me]  is having a positive impact on people who are on the Road to Recovery. Robert Rodgers, Ph.D. Parkinsons Recovery www.parkinsonsrecovery.com Your book, Road to Recovery is absolutely [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received the e mail below last night from Danny. It makes my heart sing to know that my new book, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease</em></span> [<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me</a>]  is having a positive impact on people who are on the Road to Recovery.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">www.parkinsonsrecovery.com </a></p>
<blockquote>
<div>Your book, Road to Recovery is absolutely phenomenal.  I&#8217;ve only read the  first 50 pages and I can&#8217;t put it down.  I had to force myself to take a break and write you this email.  During my 10+  years with Parkinson&#8217;s, I have had doctors, family members, support group friends and personal friends insisting that with Parkinson&#8217;s  I will get progressively worse as time goes by until I am eventually completely disabled.</div>
<div>.</div>
<p>How refreshing to finally find someone who tells me that that is not  necessarily the case, that I have the power within me to relieve my symptoms and to heal myself. I have always felt deep down that  it is possible to get better and as you know I have made much progress in that direction through the use of tai chi.</p>
<p>In  your book, you provide proof that it is indeed possible through a myriad of alternative approaches, with the research and  stories of people who have been successful.You provide the information in such a positive and optimistic light,  allowing the reader to experiment, discover, and develop his own Road to Recovery that is suitable for his own individual  journey.</p>
<p>You encourage us to live life to the fullest, using our creative powers to experience the wonderful things that  life has to offer us.  These are indeed the best years of our lives.</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you, thank you.</p>
<p>Danny</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Parkinson&#8217;s Treatments: Macro Food and Amethyst Biomats?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I am a woman on a mission (to recover) and just found out about something called amethyst biomats. They are infrared and considered a medical device, also expensive. Do you know anything about them for Parkinson&#8217;s?   I spoke to a friend of my sisters who cured herself from scleroderma with meditation, macro food, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Question:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>I am a woman on a mission (to recover) and<br />
just found out about something called amethyst<br />
biomats. They are infrared and considered a<br />
medical device, also expensive.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about them for Parkinson&#8217;s?<br />
 <br />
I spoke to a friend of my sisters who cured<br />
herself from scleroderma with meditation, macro<br />
food, and she told about this mat and she uses it.</p></blockquote>
<p>Taube</p>
<p><strong>Response.</strong></p>
<p>I have a long list of therapies people with Parkinson&#8217;s<br />
have told me helps, but this is the first I have heard<br />
about amethyst biomats. Anyone else out there have any<br />
experience with amethyst bio mats (or macro food<br />
for that matter)? If so, please comment below!</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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		<title>In Search for a Cure: Is there a Holly Grail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[About Parkinson's Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Are you familiar with the approach to treating Parkinson&#8217;s used by the Australian natural therapist Noel Batten, detailed on his website http://www.parkinsonsdiseasecure.com and what is your opinion of that method? Response: Out of the many people I have talked with or interviewed, I have not run across one person who has had any experience [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Question:</strong></p>
<p>Are you familiar with the approach to<br />
treating Parkinson&#8217;s used by the<br />
Australian natural therapist<br />
Noel Batten, detailed on his website<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdiseasecure.com">http://www.parkinsonsdiseasecure.com</a><br />
and what is your opinion of that method?</p>
<p><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>Out of the many people I have talked<br />
with or interviewed, I have not run<br />
across one person who has had any<br />
experience with this particular treatment<br />
modality.</p>
<p>I am familiar with the web site and can<br />
offer my reactions based on my impression<br />
of his website.</p>
<p>It appears to me this man implicitly<br />
offers a &#8220;cure&#8221; in five days. This is<br />
quite ridiculous. No &#8220;cure&#8221; exists.</p>
<p>People certainly have recovered and are<br />
symptom free today, but the minimum time<br />
I have heard it takes to recover is two<br />
years. The average time appears to be<br />
3-4 years. </p>
<p>The sales pitch on the web site involves<br />
before and after videos of people who<br />
received his treatment. What you observe<br />
are marked improvements. This is the norm<br />
for many forms of body therapies.</p>
<p>People often do show marked improvement<br />
after receiving a variety of different<br />
treatments. They often look like<br />
different people.</p>
<p>I have interviewed a number of people who<br />
report seeing a therapists of one type of<br />
another (craniosacral, Bowen, energy healing,<br />
drumming, healing touch, reiki, etc.),<br />
who tell me that for a period of time after<br />
the treatment (4 hours, one day, two days -<br />
the time varies) they were totally symptom<br />
free. After the the brief honeymoon however,<br />
symptoms returned.</p>
<p>The videos on this web site do show the<br />
physical manifestation of trauma to the<br />
physical body. The body becomes contorted<br />
and twisted. Various body therapies<br />
are helpful in releasing the tension that<br />
is held in the body tissues.</p>
<p>The theme of this web site is:</p>
<blockquote><p>Come to me. I will fix you.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is not how people recover. The people<br />
who recover wind up figuring out ways to<br />
heal themselves.<br />
 <br />
No one can fix them or cure them. The tone<br />
of the sales pitch on this web site feels<br />
manipulative to me.</p>
<p>My research shows only a combination of<br />
approaches will work. There is no single<br />
answer. There is no holly grail.</p>
<p>There are however two benefits to  a search<br />
for the holly grail if you choose to go on<br />
such a journey. </p>
<p>First, you exercise your mind. This<br />
creates new neural pathways and is a good<br />
thing. (Of course there are many other ways<br />
to accomplish the same benefit).</p>
<p>Second, if you physically have to move or<br />
travel to find the people who claim they<br />
will fix you, you will receive the benefits<br />
of physical exercise. This also is a good thing.</p>
<p>Does this man&#8217;s therapy help? I certainly can not<br />
say.</p>
<p>I am very impressed in general with the<br />
research on alternative therapies. Study<br />
after study shows that one therapy after<br />
another helps relieve symptoms.</p>
<p>I have stacks of studies for one therapy or<br />
another that report positive findings. Many<br />
studies use small samples, so the results<br />
will never show statistical significance<br />
because of the small sample sizes.</p>
<p>The actual effect sizes reported in<br />
many studies are impressive. In some studies <br />
effects are not large but they nonetheless<br />
reflect improvements. Effects in many of<br />
these studies are also larger than<br />
any effects reported in the drug studies.</p>
<p>My point is that there a many modalities that<br />
provide ways to get symptom relief. The challenge<br />
is to do a little experimentation for yourself<br />
and figure out which ways are most useful<br />
for you.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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		<title>Can You Archive the Articles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[About Parkinson's Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have been subscribed to your newsletter since the end of July this year, and find the articles highly inspiring and helpful. I have not found a newsletter archive on www.parkinsonsrecovery.com, and wonder if you are planning to create one. Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing. Response: My confession is that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Question:</strong></p>
<p>I have been subscribed to your newsletter since the end of July this year, and find the articles highly inspiring and helpful. I have not found a newsletter archive on <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">www.parkinsonsrecovery.com</a>, and wonder if you are planning to create one.</p>
<p>Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing.</p>
<p><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>My confession is that I have written material that is<br />
scattered all over the place. Some of it appears<br />
here. Much of it is posted on the Parkinsons Recovery<br />
Newsletter.  Other material is posted on other<br />
websites.</p>
<p>I do not have plans to archive the material I have<br />
written for the newsletter. The material posted on<br />
this blog (<a href="http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com) ">www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com) </a><br />
is  automatically archived. I am currently <br />
assembling all of the material into a book which<br />
I will release soon. </p>
<p>Thanks for asking. I am so happy to learn the<br />
informaton is helpful. Stay tuned for exciting<br />
news to come!</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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		<title>Support for Healing Parkinson&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Hello, I am so happy to have received the link to this website..VERY INSPIRATIONAL!! I am an Energy Practitioner and Motivational Coach. I am presently working with 2 clients who have been diagnosed with PD. My 1st client, after 3 years since diagnosed, he has been doing incredible work/ inner work on himself and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello, I am so happy to have received the link to this website..VERY INSPIRATIONAL!!<br />
I am an Energy Practitioner and Motivational Coach. I am presently working with 2 clients who have been diagnosed with PD.</p>
<p>My 1st client, after 3 years since diagnosed, he has been doing incredible work/ inner work on himself and is transforming and shifting to a higher level of consciousness, awareness and spirituality- which is bringing him much trust, faith and hope in his recovery. His attitude is very Positive and he is feeling GOOD more than not!!! NO DRUGS!!! HE IS RECOVERING!!</p>
<p>On the other hand, my second client , also has been about 3 years since diagnosed.. still very depressed and closed to any new thing that I bring to him to help his attitude to guide him in the right direction of his recovery. I have directed him to this website, the blog etc.. He refuses.. but every week I continue to see him to do energy work, massage and coaching.</p>
<p>There are times that he gets very inspired and makes a couple of steps forward, but the majority of the time, he goes backwards. He is not getting any support or encouragement from his family- and lives in a very stressful household. I am getting frustrated as a practitioner but know only too well that everyone chooses to either heal or not.. It is in their own time and I can not force anything..</p>
<p>Do I continue with my therapy?? I have been working with him now for about 1 1/2 years. He said that he was going to give himself til November 2008, with doing alternative work before he chooses medication.</p>
<p>His family wants him to go on medication, he really does not want to go on medication but does not want to do the work that will get him on the path to recovery. It is a catch 22- He does not feel good, there fore he does not have the energy or motivation to do the work- but not understanding that if he does the work (yes- will be hard at first) but by continuing, he will feel better. He eats well and takes all of the supplements that is suggested but not moving his body and has become VERY STIFF AND SORE- CAN NOT MOVE.</p>
<p>Can you offer to me any words of advise or encouragement or support for me. If the only thing that I can do at this time is just to be there for support for him, than that is what I will continue to do, but it is frustrating watching this 36 year old man going down hill when he does not have to be. He wants to see PROOF.. Like I said, I have directed him to this website for proof… but he is not looking…thank you so much for your time in reading my blog…</p>
<p><strong>Response</strong></p>
<p>Warm congratulations to the one client of yours who is feeling so much better. He is clearly on the path of recovery. It is a bumpy ride, so having you there will make all the difference in the world. </p>
<p>Your deep concern of course lies with your second client who is getting worse. Your question is : how do I help him? Your experience is very similar to my experience. Some people are deeply committed to heal and are willing to experiment until they find what approaches work for them. They do get better. I can assure you and your clients that there are many people on the path to recovery.</p>
<p>The second person would prefer to have someone fix them, to make the symptoms magically vanish.  I don&#8217;t blame them one bit.  When I have an ache &#8211; I feel the same way.  Of course &#8211; no such &#8220;cure&#8221; exists with Parkinson&#8217;s, yet many people prefer to believe it will happen to them.</p>
<p>There are many very deep, unconscious reasons why your second client will not do anything to help himself.  On the most basic level he does not have the energy to do anything but see you. A nutritional IV can help persons in such situations. A nutritional IV is a direct infusion of essential vitamins and minerals directly into the body. It is not a chelation. It is mainstreaming food the body is not getting. Some naturopaths and  some medical doctors specialize in nutritional IV&#8217;s. It helps people get back on their feet and  give a much needed burst of energy. </p>
<p>Second, I would recommend you suggest to him that the reasons for his symptoms may in part lie in the area of toxins. There are many gentle ways to detox the body. It sounds like to me he is not ready to address any of the stress or trauma which sounds like is a key reason for the symptoms from your description. He may be open to doing a little detox work. </p>
<p>Third, some people &#8211; and he may be one of them &#8211; take on a condition from another family member out of love. Sometimes it is a parent or a grandparent. Sometimes it is a brother  or sister. It depends. This is an unconscious entrapment into disease (his happens  to be Parkinson&#8217;s). This is a larger  family system issue that keeps people sick until they address the issue. He is unlikely to go there now, but maybe later. </p>
<p>Fourth, when people are stuck like him, there is a very conterintuitive suggestion to make. Give him a mantra to say three times a day for a week. The mantra is</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>I refuse to get better.  I like my life just the way it is.<br />
</em></strong><strong><em>                                The answer is no. </em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>If he can connect that that place within himself  that refuses to heal, he may be able to move out of his stuckness. We all get stuck sometimes.</p>
<p>Why might he not want to heal? There may be negative pleasure in having the debilitating symptoms. This too is unconscious. He is not doing anything about his situation  because having the disease gives him something. The condition defines his role in his family and the roles of all the other family members.   If he gets better, it puts all of that delicate balance out of whack.</p>
<p>The point here is to make explicit his moment to moment choice to feel worse and worse.   You can talk about all the things that will happen like nursing homes and wheel chairs so the truth is spoken out loud. We all make choices in our lives. Maybe the truth of the matter is that his true (though unconscious) choice is to check out of living and die.   </p>
<p>Having said all of this, I think in the end your job is to honor whatever choice he makes. Who is to judge that his choices are not the best for him, whatever they may be? When you ask what you can do for him, I would suggest you now put this back on him.</p>
<p>Ask him what he needs from you. Then give it to him in a loving way &#8211; honoring whatever choices he makes.  You can facilitate his journey on whatever path he choices to take. Somethimes the most loving thing to do for a client is to honor their choice to get worse.</p>
<p>Keep up the wonderful work. Know in your heart that you are the perfect healer for him at this time in his life. </p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  My Parkinsonian symptoms are going on with me now for 4 months and the strongest is my slowness of movements, speech and the way my face looks so sad.  Today I just felt fatigued and some feeling in my brain like a flush or a wave of slowness.   I am seeing a neurologist [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Question: </strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">My Parkinsonian symptoms are going on with me now for<br />
4 months and the strongest is my slowness of movements,<br />
speech and the way my face looks so sad.  Today I just felt<br />
fatigued and some feeling in my brain like a flush or a wave of slowness.<br />
 <br />
I am seeing a neurologist for the second time on 9/l6 for<br />
further evaluation.  I have yet to be formally diagnosed<br />
with parkinsonism.  In a small corner in my mind I carry<br />
he thought that these symptoms are temporary and it is<br />
not Parkinson&#8217;s.  Do others that you may know of have<br />
similar symptoms like my self that turn out not to be Parkinson&#8217;s<br />
and they are well again?<br />
 <br />
Thank you for letting me update you on what is going on<br />
with my health.  I am reaching out as far as I can for help<br />
and guidance on all I can do.  My life has changed l00%<br />
this past 4 months.<br />
 <br />
I was taking SAMe for three months for depression. <br />
It elevated my mood and I was feeling 80 percent better<br />
so I stopped taking it one week ago.  I weaned myself off<br />
in a week.  Now I am wondering if stopping SAMe is<br />
the reason I do not feel so good now.<br />
Are you familiar with SAMe?<br />
 </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Response:<br />
</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Well &#8211; you have been on a roller coaster these past few months. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The question you ask is: Do I know of people who have symptoms like<br />
</font><font face="Arial">yours who have been able to recover or feel better? </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The encouraging answer is yes!  I interview people all the time with symptoms<br />
</font><font face="Arial">like yours &#8211; give them any name you wish &#8211; who have figured out ways to feel<br />
</font><font face="Arial">better. I just finished an interview with John Coleman, a naturopath doctor<br />
</font><font face="Arial">from Australia who had Parkinson&#8217;s in 1995 but who has fully recovered today.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">You can hear his interview by clicking on the link below:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.instantteleseminar.com/Default.asp?eventid=4116702">http://www.instantteleseminar.com/Default.asp?eventid=4116702</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">I will soon have a member web site available for<br />
access where I will be </font><font face="Arial">posting interviews and doing<br />
teleseminars with people like John. Many </font><font face="Arial">are not health<br />
care professionals like John &#8211; just people who have figured out<br />
</font><font face="Arial">what to do for themselves to feel better. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">I personally believe there are two basic ways to<br />
approach problems like yours. </font><font face="Arial">First, many people<br />
spend a great deal of energy and time trying to figure<br />
out what </font><font face="Arial">is wrong. From my experience, this approach <br />
tends to sustain a great deal of </font><font face="Arial">fear and makes sure that<br />
you will experience the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s because<br />
</font><font face="Arial">fear triggers hormonal imbalances in the body.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The second approach is to say &#8211; OK &#8211; my body is giving<br />
me some information. It is working perfectly &#8211; as it always does.<br />
It must be the case that my body needs something I am not<br />
giving it &#8211; perhaps good food, exercise, mind challenges,<br />
</font><font face="Arial">levity, relaxation, detoxing, etc., etc.). With this approach <br />
a person can begin to </font><font face="Arial">make some changes in their life and <br />
eventually turn their health around.  It does take </font><font face="Arial">time and trust.  </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">As for tests revealing problems with lesions and tumors and<br />
cancers and &#8211; you name </font><font face="Arial">it &#8211; my personal feeling is (and remember<br />
this is only my personal feeling) &#8211; everyone has </font><font face="Arial">things like this<br />
in their bodies. Everyone has cancers in their body at one time or <br />
</font><font face="Arial">another. Most people have lesions of one type or another. Etc. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Clearly it is a good idea to get things checked out by doctors<br />
and consider  their </font><font face="Arial">recommendations. Medicine sometimes<br />
works miracles for people. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The challenge for anyone in a situation like yours is that<br />
if you spend most of your time focusing your </font><font face="Arial">attention on<br />
what is wrong with your body  - if those thought </font><font face="Arial">forms<br />
dominate your thinking &#8211; you will be guaranteed to manifest<br />
something wrong. </font><font face="Arial">Our thoughts create our reality.  </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">As for the drug you asked about &#8211; I stay away from making<br />
any comments about </font><font face="Arial">drugs since I am not a medical doctor<br />
and I am not qualified to do so. However,  I have an<br />
</font><font face="Arial">appointment this week with Randy Mentzer who is a certified<br />
nutritional counselor and a pharmacist.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Randy is amazing. I hope to do a teleseminar with Randy<br />
in the next several weeks. Be sure to </font><font face="Arial">listen. You can ask<br />
</font><font face="Arial">questions. I can ask him your question and he will answer it! </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Teleseminars are so cool. So, stay tuned. I hope to have the<br />
announcement out this week about the teleseminar with Randy. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">I am hoping for good news from the doctors for you&#8230;</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">All the best,</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
</font><font face="Arial">Parkinsons Recovery</font></p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. I have been very selfish. How so you ask? I have genuinely enjoyed interviewing people who have Parkinson&#8217;s who have found ways to get relief from their symptoms. I have also truly enjoyed asking experts in various modalities about their experiences in working with people with Parkinson&#8217;s My confession [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a confession to make.<br />
I have been very selfish.<br />
How so you ask?</p>
<p>I have genuinely enjoyed<br />
interviewing people who have<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s who have found<br />
ways to get relief from their<br />
symptoms. I have also truly<br />
enjoyed asking experts in<br />
various modalities about their<br />
experiences in working with<br />
people with Parkinson&#8217;s</p>
<p>My confession is that I have<br />
always asked the questions I<br />
want to ask, so you never <br />
have the opportunity to ask<br />
the questions you want to ask.<br />
I admit it. I have been selfish<br />
and self serving.</p>
<p>The good news is that I am ready<br />
to make amends. I am doing a<br />
teleseminar this coming<br />
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at<br />
4:00 pm Pacific time (7:00 pm<br />
Eastern time) where you will have<br />
the opportunity to ask questions<br />
of my surprise guest, Dr. John<br />
Coleman, a naturopath doctor from<br />
Melbourne Australia.</p>
<p>John is a friend and a naturopath<br />
doctor from Melbourne, Australia<br />
who had an advanced stage of<br />
Parkinson&#8217;s in 1995 but who is<br />
symptom free today.</p>
<p>Click on the link below to get the<br />
details on the interview with John<br />
Coleman. You can listen to the<br />
interview over the phone or connect<br />
through the web on your computer.<br />
Ask any questions you wish today<br />
and I will put them on the list to<br />
ask John Thursday. Or, you can always<br />
ask questions during the interview.</p>
<p>TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=4116702">Interview with Dr. John Coleman, ND</a></p>
<p>I hope you are able to join us.</p>
<p>Again, click on the link below<br />
and get the scoop on the teleseminar<br />
coming up this Thursday.</p>
<p><a href="http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=4116702" title="Live Interview with John Coleman, ND">Interview with Dr. John Coleman, ND </a></p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery</p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Do external interventions (supplements, massage, cranial sacral therapy, body work, etc.) undermine the body&#8217;s ability to function?&#8221;   Response This question hinges on the very essence of healing. What can we do to support the body&#8217;s natural ability to heal itself and what are we doing to undermine it?  The answer is tied to identifying what we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Question: </strong></p>
<p>Do external interventions (supplements,<br />
massage, cranial sacral therapy, body<br />
work, etc.) undermine the body&#8217;s ability<br />
to function?&#8221;  </p>
<p><strong>Response</strong></p>
<p>This question hinges on the very essence<br />
of healing. What can we do to support the<br />
body&#8217;s natural ability to heal itself and<br />
what are we doing to undermine it? </p>
<p>The answer is tied to identifying what we<br />
need to  heal. A bare bones answer is: <br />
nourishment, touching, connection<br />
with others, feeling of safety, sense of<br />
accomplishment and belonging. </p>
<p>The body needs a well established <br />
group of vitamins mineral and<br />
nutrients.  Without them our cells<br />
die and our energy depletes. If we are<br />
deficient in any one of the essential<br />
nutrients, our bodies let us know<br />
they are unhappy.  </p>
<p><strong>Vitamin B6</strong>. For example, the body<br />
is not designed to manufacture Vitamin<br />
B6 internally. If it has a vitamin B6<br />
deficiency, the body will enthusiastically w<br />
elcome a B6 supplement. B6 supports<br />
the body&#8217;s natural ability to balance<br />
hormones.  </p>
<p><strong>Stress</strong>. We need to feel safe and secure in<br />
the world. If we are spinning about<br />
in fear all the time, our bodies pump <br />
out adrenaline continuously which<br />
alters the balance of hormones. </p>
<p>Any intervention that invites a release<br />
of stress and trauma from the tissues<br />
of the body (e.g:  medication, centered<br />
prayer, energy healing) supports the <br />
body&#8217;s natural capacity to heal. <br />
Releasing fear and trauma re-establishes<br />
a sense that it is safe to be here on the<br />
earth.</p>
<p><strong>Toxin Removal. </strong>Interventions that help<br />
the body release toxins and pathogens<br />
are always welcome. They unclog<br />
obstructions in the neural pathways and<br />
cleanse the waste that has been trapped at<br />
the cellular level and that is lodged in the<br />
digestive track, liver, kidneys and spleen.</p>
<p><strong>Co Q10.</strong>The body can become confused<br />
about interventions that override one or more<br />
of its primary responsibilities.  Consider <br />
one example: Co Q10. The body manufactures<br />
CoQ10 on its own. Research on Parkinson&#8217;s has<br />
suggested that some people with Parkinson&#8217;s may<br />
have Co Q10 deficiencies. The idea here is to<br />
put Co Q10 directly into the body. </p>
<p>This may very well be a wonderful and very<br />
smart thing to do. You may feel a lot better<br />
because of it. But a possible and logical<br />
consequence is for the body to ever so <br />
gradually disassemble its ability to produce<br />
Co q10 on its own steam.</p>
<p>When a manufacturing production line is<br />
closed down, it takes a great deal of effort<br />
to bring it back on line.  Isn&#8217;t this also<br />
what happens with skills that we develop?<br />
If we do not use them, we gradually<br />
lose them.</p>
<p>Another way to approach a<br />
Co q10 deficiency is to give<br />
the body Vitamin C. If the body<br />
has sufficient quantities of vitamin C,<br />
it has a much better chance of<br />
being able to produce Co Q10 on<br />
its own &#8211; no supplement needed.</p>
<p><strong>Dopamine.</strong> Let&#8217;s cut to the quick and address<br />
dopamine. Prescription medications have saved<br />
some people&#8217;s lives. Sometimes<br />
it is the best choice a person can make.</p>
<p>I do not think the important question<br />
is whether to begin taking prescription<br />
medications or not. Nor is the important<br />
choice whether to take prescription<br />
medications or natural herbal substitutes<br />
for dopamine.  The key question turns on<br />
a commitment to support your body with<br />
the nutrients it needs to heal.<br />
<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Support for Living</strong>.</p>
<p>I believe the most important<br />
choice is to do everything necessary<br />
to bring all systems of the body back<br />
on line. The systems need to be readied<br />
for a marathon.  If you have symptoms<br />
that are troublesome it is a sign that<br />
one or more systems in your body<br />
are limping along. </p>
<p>I believe a plan that works well for the body<br />
is to work on strengthening all of the basic<br />
building blocks of the body by:</p>
<ul>
<li>eating well (which means fresh food) </li>
<li>eliminating toxins</li>
<li>eliminating pathogens (including bacteria and viruses)</li>
<li>releasing trauma</li>
<li>strengthening the immune system </li>
<li>moving lymph out of the body through exercise</li>
<li>having fun</li>
<li>laughing</li>
<li>challenging your mind</li>
</ul>
<p>It may be the case that to do justice to<br />
everything on the list every day, certain<br />
hormonal deficiencies will need to be<br />
supplemented:  Perhaps dopamine,<br />
perhaps co Q10 or whatever. This of<br />
course is what medical doctors are trained<br />
to help with. </p>
<p>As long as you focus on bringing<br />
all of the systems and organs in your<br />
body back on line, your body will reach<br />
a point when it will be able to<br />
manufacture most &#8211; if not all &#8211; of the<br />
essential hormones you need without<br />
any outside intervention. Then again,<br />
sometimes infusions of certain<br />
hormones are needed over the long<br />
term. </p>
<p>The best intent is to support<br />
the body so that it can do as much<br />
work in producing the hormones<br />
itself as possible. Set a new vision<br />
of the future for yourself. Consider<br />
the possibility that instead of having<br />
to take more and more medication<br />
or supplements in the future, you<br />
will be able to gradually and ever <br />
so gently be able to maintain or<br />
even reduce the dose of your<br />
current medications.</p>
<p>Why is that? Because all of the organs<br />
systems in your body are now healthy<br />
so there is enough energy and resources<br />
to manufacture the hormones your<br />
body needs. Sure it takes time to bring<br />
every system back on line. Who is in<br />
a big rush here?   </p>
<p>Remember that any changes you<br />
make to the dose and/or timing of<br />
your medications should only be<br />
taken in close consultation with<br />
your doctor.  </p>
<p>I am fully aware than most people<br />
wind up taking more medications<br />
over time. I would like to consider<br />
a different future.  </p>
<p>The body knows how to heal itself.<br />
Give it a chance to heal and be<br />
pleasantly surprised with the outcome.  </p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">Parkinsons Recovery</a></p>
<p>© 2008 Parkinsons Recovery</p>
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