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		<title>Adopt the Placebo Effect as a Potent Therapy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I read the book of Dr J. Coleman [Stop Parkin and Start Livin]  as well as many other books &#38; it is encouraging to know we can recover. I understood that 90% of the work is to nurture healthy beliefs, to find &#38; release known &#38; unknown negative images &#8211; bottom line to change [...]]]></description>
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<p>I read the book of Dr J. Coleman [<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/startliving">Stop Parkin and Start Livin</a>]  as well as many other books &amp; it is encouraging to know we can recover. I understood that 90% of the work is to nurture healthy beliefs, to find &amp; release known &amp; unknown negative images &#8211; bottom line to change the mind. It is a daily routine to maintain the focus on wellness &amp; recovery while we are feeling symptomatic. I must confess it is a tough journey but it is worth it. I choose this path &amp; GOD is helping.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like the way the drugs make me feel &amp; my plan is to reduce the doses when I am ready. I started to take regularly FAVA BEANS as part of my diet, also taking 3 serving of fish/week pm. I cannot describe my way any further because we are told there is no specific programme, everything must be individualized.</p>
<p>at last my question for Dr. Rodgers &#8211; What is the best way to trigger a placebo EFFECT &amp; maintain it to reach the recovery.</p>
<p>Thank you for your work</p>
<p>Abi</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Response:</strong></p>
<p>I agree totally that the key is a transformation of our negative thoughts. I believe this transformation was so critical to recovery that I recently published my book, <a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">Five Steps to Recovery</a>, and recorded meditations that go along with the book that say absolutely nothing about therapies that can help and everything about the five critical steps that are necessary to transform thought forms.</p>
<p>The placebo effect is simply a way of installing the belief that you are going to get better. You have already triggered a placebo for yourself by virtue of your acknowledgment that thoughts are the difference that makes the difference to recovery.</p>
<p>The formidable challenge turns on the second part of your question: How do you maintain the belief that recovery is possible, especially when symptoms can flare at any moment. It is easy to switch a positive<br />
outlook into a negative one in a matter of seconds.</p>
<p>The key is to acknowledge that maintaining the belief that recovery is happening is a moment to moment process. We all can choose in any given moment to criticize, judge and be negative about our situation or to instill thoughts that embrace hope, new possibilities, new visions and new life for ourselves and our family.</p>
<p>We have over 60,000 thoughts a day.  An interesting twist for most of us is that 90% of those thoughts are the same thoughts we had yesterday, the day before and a year ago. We trash ourselves with negative thoughts day in and day out.</p>
<p>Simply put, we humans are really not very creative when it comes to the thoughts that we express to ourselves. Perhaps we have an affinity for being redundant. Perhaps we get negative pleasure in beating up on ourselves.</p>
<p>A practice that works is to recognize the hamster wheel of negative thinking when it starts to turn &#8211; to acknowledge the power of negative thought forms when they rear their ugly head &#8211; and to release, remove, detach and eject and shield those thoughts from pestering us again. The challenge is to hop off of the hamster wheel and hop onto a vehicle that takes us on a road we do want to travel, the <a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">Road to Recovery</a>.</p>
<p>Maintaining the beliefs that will make us well depends on a steady focus and unwavering intention. Day by day negativity is released, allowing new possibilities to become manifest. This is not an easy process. It takes time and focus. But, it is doable.</p>
<p>At Parkinsons Recovery we devote time and attention to helping people who attend our <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Wellness</a> programs with just this type of transformation. It makes the difference between coming  back into balance and nurturing the spirit of our souls or sustaining a state of disharmony that nurtures the symptoms of discomfort and disease.</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://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Wellness</a><br />
<a href="http://www.radio.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Recovery Radio CDs</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.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">Parkinsons Recovery Radio Network</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>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+treatment" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease treatment</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson+disease" rel="tag">Parkinson disease</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease</a></p>
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		<title>Recovery from Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 07:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Robert, I have been continuing to follow your work and today I just felt compelled to write and convey my deep appreciation for you. Your work is invaluable and the information you provide is the most probative for anyone interested in recovery from Parkinson&#8217;s and other forms of chronic illness. I know that I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>Hi Robert,</em></p>
<p><em>I have been continuing to follow your work and today I just felt  compelled to write and convey my deep appreciation for you. Your work is  invaluable and the information you provide is the most probative for anyone  interested in recovery from Parkinson&#8217;s and other forms of chronic illness. I  know that I have already indicated my appreciation in times past but I felt the  need to do so again.</em></p>
<p><em>Robert, before I was diagnosed I was a mess, my  hands, legs, head and entire body would shake. I have never been fond of doctors  and always felt it would somehow subside, I finally went to see my general  physician who said I had some sort of advanced PD, he recommended me to a  neurologist who told me the same. Not wanting to accept this PD business I just  continued to ignore it, then one day I was with my children at the mall and fell  down a long flight of steps and unable to get up. </em></p>
<p><em>Still resistant I did agree to  talk with Abraham Lieberman and he and I wrote back and forth for a long time,  he agreed to treat me at no cost but I would of course have to get to Miami,  instead he procured an appointment with Dr. Jankovic at Baylor University. They  examined me for 4 hours and the diagnoses was the same. I started the  medications that improved my condition substantially.</em></p>
<p><em>The long and  short of it is I no longer have any symptoms of PD nor do I take any meds. This  was the result of about three years of research and slowly making changes in all  aspects of my life. I do have a good understanding of why and how I recovered  however articulated this might not be so easy, it was not simply changing  modalities but the capacity to perceive life and my existence in a way that is  contrary to all I have been taught and conditioned, changing my perspective was  not an easy feat but when that occurred I realized that healing and restoration  was possible. </em></p>
<p><em>Bobby<br />
</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+research" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease research</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+early+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease early symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson+disease" rel="tag">Parkinson disease</a></p>
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		<title>There is Nothing Wrong With You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a follow-up correspondence from Brad whose story appears on my blog yesterday: Robert Rodgers, Ph.D. Parkinsons Recovery www.parkinsonsrecovery.com I got &#8220;PD&#8217;ed&#8221; at church today.  I was a visitor and had no sooner entered than I was greeted by a young man with very obvious Down Syndrome.  He instantly spotted my shaking hand and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below is a follow-up correspondence from Brad whose story appears on my blog yesterday:</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">www.parkinsonsrecovery.com<br />
</a></p>
<blockquote><p>I got &#8220;PD&#8217;ed&#8221; at church today.  I was a visitor and had no sooner entered than I was greeted by a young man with very obvious Down Syndrome.  He instantly spotted my shaking hand and said with a big smile,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, you don&#8217;t have to be nervous, it&#8217;s only Ash Wednesday.  Or perhaps you&#8217;re very excited because you have such a beautiful wife!&#8221;</p>
<p>From his perspective there was absolutely nothing &#8220;wrong&#8221; with me; to the contrary everything was &#8220;right&#8221; with me.  My partner and I agreed that there was a profound lesson to be learned from this man&#8217;s innocent and perceptive observation.</p>
<p>Brad</p></blockquote>
<p>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+early+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease early symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson+disease" rel="tag">Parkinson disease</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+research" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease research</a></p>
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		<title>Alternative Therapies for Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What follows is a fascinating e mail I received from Brad who has given me permission to post it here. Robert Rodgers, Ph.D. Parkinsons Recovery www.parkinsonsrecovery.com I am still &#8220;in the closet&#8221;, so to speak, that is to say I have not publicly discussed my diagnosis.  I am very new to this discovery as I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What follows is a fascinating e mail I received from Brad who has given me permission to post it here.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">www.parkinsonsrecovery.com</a></p>
<blockquote><p>I am still &#8220;in the closet&#8221;, so to speak, that is to say I have not publicly discussed my diagnosis.  I am very new to this discovery as I received my diagnosis one year ago (at age 52).  Sometimes I get &#8220;PD&#8217;ed&#8221; by strangers who notice my symptoms and ask (or tell) point blank that I &#8220;have Parkinson&#8217;s&#8221;, which I cannot evade.  The only purpose for taking the currently available meds is too hide the condition from others during, say, public speaking or other event which might lead to self-consiousness or embarrassment.  The meds serve no other purpose, they do not treat any underlying condition whatsoever.  I suspect this denial, or hiding from PD symptoms, is very psychologically damaging (Michael J. Fox treats this in depth in his books).  It leads to over medicating and adds stress, thereby worsening the condition.</p>
<p>In my case, I was lead to believe that the use of L-Dopa would provide dramatic relief and thereby confirm the diagnosis (remember that PD is a &#8220;negative&#8221; diagnosis, that is, it is indicated by ruling out all other possible explanations, however, in reality this is impossible to do.  So PD is labeled &#8220;idiopathic&#8221;, or of unknown causation).  Instead of relief, absolutely nothing happened, except that I immediately worsened and developed new symptoms in addition to a multitude of side effects.  My brain has resisted L-Dopa therapy over these twelve months.  L-Dopa is only sporadically effective and is very hard to predict.  It takes very high doses to alleviate all symptoms (breifly) and during periods of high stress (particularly social stress) it does not work at all.  So I have made a conscious decision to  minimize my use of L-Dopa and seek alternatives right from the start.  Sometimes I go for days without medicating at all and my symptoms usually stay about the same or sometimes better.</p>
<p>Things I am doing that seem to help:</p>
<p>Continue to ride and race bicycles.  I have had to give up certain types of racing that require extremely fine motor skills, but I ride with accomplished groups regularly, at least 5,000 miles per year.  Balancing a bicycle utilizes different neural circuits from your center of gravity than balancing on your feet, so I actually cycle better than I stand or walk.  Some medication is required to control dystonia and keep my &#8220;slow&#8221; leg in sync with my &#8220;fast&#8221; leg, but I have experienced symptom-free rides occasionally.</p>
<p>Continue serious weight training.  Since lifting weights does not involve high speed movements, it is largely unaffected by the symptoms.  I have always been very strong and have become even stronger with pd symptoms than I was previously.</p>
<p>All other forms of physical activity, such as stretching, hand and finger exercises, table tennis, hiking, walking, basketball, anything that involves motion.</p>
<p>Healthy food, water, and sleep/rest.  Avoid all trauma and toxins insofar as possible.  Drama-free social life, mental engagement and exercise, healthy spiritual practices.  These seem to be so &#8220;common sense&#8221; that they may be overlooked, but the proof is in disrupting any one of these and the symptoms immediately worsen.  Improve them, and they immediately get better.  Simple.</p>
<p>&#8220;Alternative therapies&#8221; that I am trying or considering include mercury detox.  This is very dangerous, because disturbing mercury in dental work and/or chelating mercury that has been bound to brain tissues for a long time can worsen matters by &#8220;stirring up&#8221; heavy metals that may then be reabsorbed or recirculated prior to elimination.  A personal decision has to be made balancing the risk/possible benefits of this approach.  It is too early to tell what impact this decision will have on me because I have only had mercury-free teeth for less than thirty days after more than thirty years.  I do believe eventually mercury will be banned in dental work.  There are better alternatives available.  My dentist conceded only after agreeing that having already developed pd symptoms, the levels of mercury that may be safe for a normal healthy adult might not be appropriate for me.</p>
<p>Hypnotherapy is showing great promise.  If nothing else, achieving relaxed states reduces stress.  However, even western medicine recognizes &#8220;psychogenic Parkinson&#8217;s&#8221;, from which full recovery is possible.  It distinguishes this from &#8220;real&#8221; or &#8220;organic&#8221; Parkinson&#8217;s which by definition precludes recovery.  So if you recover, it must have been psychogenic and vice-versa, if you don&#8217;t recover it&#8217;s not psychogenic.  This is circular reasoning.  Self-observation proves that all PD is at least partially psychogenic.  Besides, it is a Western assumption, wholly based on faith, that there is any real difference between the mind/spirit and body at all.  There is plenty of evidence, including in Western science, that there is no difference.  One cannot exist or be healthy without the other.  During hypnotic states (basically that relaxed dreamy state just before falling asleep), observable symptoms abate.  What more proof that these symptoms are controlled by mental states (or brain waves, if you will) is needed?</p>
<p>Long held attitudes and &#8220;belief systems&#8221; are hard to change but they clearly play a role in recovery.  There is a website with which you may be familiar, it&#8217;s www.pdrecoveryproject.org, I think, that discusses this in depth.  It&#8217;s chapter 45 of a lengthy treatise.  It&#8217;s basic theory is that negative self-hypnosis or &#8220;accidental&#8221; hypnosis is a causitive factor in PD symptoms.  At home, we avoid using the term &#8220;disease&#8221; or even &#8220;Parkinson&#8217;s&#8221;, instead referring to &#8220;Mr. P&#8221; or &#8220;my condition&#8221; or &#8220;symptoms&#8221; because one thing is for sure, if for one minute, you believe that you will not recover, your prophecy will be self-fulfilled.  On the other hand, if you believe improvement or recovery is possible (not guaranteed), then that will be true also.  Cancer victims refer to &#8220;fighting&#8221; cancer, PD&#8217;ers often talk about &#8220;accepting&#8221; PD.  While &#8220;accepting&#8221; oneself as one is or accepting the public acknowledgement of your symptoms may be helpful, the will to live (not mere survival, but living well) is the driving force behind recovery from any illness.</p>
<p>On the drawing board: acupuncture.  The brain is an electrical system.  Western science proves this through DBS.  DBS, however, is a crude and intrusive means of maintaining that system.  Again, the website mentioned above details how electrical disuptions in other parts of the body (particularly the foot or ankle) may affect the brain.  I had such a traumatic injury in which the tibia was fractured and did not &#8220;knit&#8221; after 99 days in a cast.  Subsequently, a &#8220;TENS&#8221; unit was utilized passing an electrical current, night and day, for several months through the fracture.  While this did cause an 80% &#8220;healing&#8221; of the bone to occur, there may have been electrical side effects unbeknownst to me from this therapy.</p>
<p>I realize that this is rather lengthy, but PD is a vastly complex and mysterious condition.  The mere lack of dopamine is neither it&#8217;s cause nor solution.  I agree with you that the current scientific research will never result in a &#8220;cure&#8221; because there are a multiplicity of causes and therefore a multiplicity of &#8220;cures&#8221;.</p>
<p>I appreciate this opportunity to share my thoughts in writing because it has helped me be a little more organized in my own research and thinking.  I do not yet know in what way my experience may be used to help others, but I will consider your idea.  Thank you for your time and the work that you are doing.</p>
<p>Brad</p></blockquote>
<p>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/about+Parkison%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease" rel="tag">about Parkison\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinsons+disease+dementia" rel="tag">Parkinsons disease dementia</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+early+symptoms" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease early symptoms</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Parkinson%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%27s+disease+treatment" rel="tag">Parkinson\\\\\\\&#8217;s disease treatment</a></p>
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		<title>Positive People Positive Results for Parkinson&#8217;s</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is an e mail I received from Rose with encouraging news of recovery from the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s from a &#8220;healing.&#8221; YOU ARE SO RIGHT ON!  NEGATIVE THOUGHTS=INSTANT FAILURE!  BAH!  HUMBUG! THERE IS THIS OTHER BOOK, CALLED &#8220;THE SECRET&#8221;..POSITIVE PEOPLE ATTRACT POSITIVE PEOPLE = SUCCESS&#8230;WORTH READIING. I WENT TO MY HEALER FOR THE FIRST [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below is an e mail I received from Rose with encouraging news of recovery from the symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s from a &#8220;healing.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">YOU ARE SO RIGHT ON!  NEGATIVE  THOUGHTS=INSTANT FAILURE!  BAH!  HUMBUG!</span></p>
<p><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THERE IS  THIS OTHER BOOK, CALLED &#8220;THE SECRET&#8221;..POSITIVE PEOPLE ATTRACT POSITIVE PEOPLE =  SUCCESS&#8230;WORTH READIING.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I WENT TO  MY HEALER FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN NASHVILLE. SHE WAS WONDERFUL.  WE FOCUSED  ON SOME BAGGAGE I&#8217;VE BEN CARRYING&#8230;.NOT THE PARKINSON&#8217;S DISEASE&#8230;AND WE  IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE BIGGER PIECES AND I &#8216;GAVE&#8217; THEM TO OTHERS AS IT WAS  THERE:S TO HANDLE.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MY TALKING  SPEED WAS VERY MUCH IMPROVED THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS!  I STILL HAVE A WAYS TO  GO, BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE RESULTS WITH JUST ONE SESSION AND WILL SEE HER  AGAIN IN MARCH.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ROSE</span></div>
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<p>P.S. The deal of a lifetime to join us on the Parkinsons Recovery cruise to Alaska expired February 12th. Meet other people on the road to recovery.  Take advantage of free Parkinsons Recovery workshops on the cruise.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/alaska ">http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/alaska</a></p>
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<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/">Parkinsons Recovery </a></p>
<p>Resources</p>
<p><a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/alaska">Cruise to Alaska</a><a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me/alaska"><br />
</a><a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/jumpstart.html">Jump Start to Wellness<br />
</a><a href="http://parkinsonsrecovery.net">Parkinsons Recovery Chat Room</a><a href="http://www.symptomtracker.info/parkinsons/login.php"><br />
Symptom Tracker<br />
</a><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">Parkinsons Recovery Radio Network</a><a href="http://www.aquas.us/"><br />
Aqua Hydration Formulas </a></p>
<p>Books</p>
<p><a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease </a><a href="http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com"><br />
Pioneers of Recovery </a><br />
<a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">Five Steps to Recovery<br />
</a><a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com/meditation/meditation.html">Meditations for Parkinsons </a></p>
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		<title>Five Steps to Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/2010/01/08/five-steps-to-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts and Parkinsons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most formidable challenge for everyone on the road to recovery is to persist, stay on track and maintain the commitment that is needed to recover. This I must say is no minor challenge. People tell me consistently that when they take a vacation from eating healthy food, exercising or abandoning therapies that help [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the most formidable challenge for everyone on the road to recovery is to persist, stay on track and maintain the commitment that is needed to recover. This I must say is no minor challenge. People<br />
tell me consistently that when they take a vacation from eating healthy food, exercising or abandoning therapies that help them, their symptoms worsen. Guaranteed.</p>
<p>How does anyone maintain the focus that is needed to stay on track? It certainly helps to have a daily infusion of hope which is why I invented the <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.org">member website</a> and the <a href="http://www.weeklyreader.parkinsonsrecovery.com">Parkinsons Weekly Reader</a>.</p>
<p>New Year&#8217;s resolutions can also certainly help us all sustain the discipline and commitment that is so critical to a recovery program.</p>
<p>My exciting announcement for the New Year is that I just released my book, <a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">Five Steps to Recovery</a>, as a paperback.<a href="http://parkinsonsdisease.me"> Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease </a>was released Christmas. It has been an exciting<br />
month for me and <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">Parkinsons Recovery. </a></p>
<p>Until now, <a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">Five Steps to Recovery</a> has only been available as a download (or desktop). I kept promising many of you that the print book would be available soon (but it has been six months). Five Steps to Recovery lays out the five steps  that are necessary to transform negative thought forms into positive ones. When we hold positive thoughts moment to moment, day in and day out, we can manifest whatever our heart desires &#8211; health, wellness,<br />
abundance, happiness, joy &#8211; you name it.</p>
<p>You can find out more about Five Steps to Recovery and how to order the paperback by visiting:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com<br />
</a></p>
<p>Information on ordering Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease is here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me">http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me<br />
</a></p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">Parkinsons Recovery<br />
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		<title>Walking and Balance Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/2009/11/08/alternative-therapies-for-parkinsons-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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<div><em>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&#8217;s does  not make you ambidextrous; it is just that your non-sided hand must help out if  it need be. There&#8217;s no comfort in that: it doesn&#8217;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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery"> interview </a>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.</em></div>
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<div><em>Searching around the <a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.org">recovery website</a>, I read many blogs as well as  listened to past interviews and this week&#8217;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&#8217;m always deflated, and I know that I have not been  getting enough oxygen. Starting that, I decided as well to <em>root out</em> 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  <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery">CORD therapy</a> said, in general, that Parkinson&#8217;s people have a reality print of </em></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>&#8216;I can&#8217;t quite do this, or measure up&#8217;. </em></div>
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<div><em>I understand that. I can affirm, I  <em>can</em> do this, I can, I can&#8211;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.</em></div>
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<div><em>I found a boost in this story from my own saved  archives.</em></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/2006/01/Dont-Waste-Your-Best-Years.aspx "><em>http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/2006/01/Dont-Waste-Your-Best-Years.aspx </em></a></div>
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<div><em>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&#8217;m working on getting it to two other people with  Parkinson&#8217;s.</em></div>
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<div><em>Alan</em></div>
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		<title>Train Your Mind. Change Your Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/2009/10/11/train-your-mind-change-your-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some resources to share: http://www.befitoverfifty.com/pages/thera.htm?source=OverTo Although the first part is &#8220;depressing&#8221; to read, the section on &#8220;Why Exercise Is So Important&#8221; is simple and motivating. There are yet more exercise programs for people with muscular and neurological disorders on this link, but I am not sure of their availability. I am reading a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Here are some resources to share:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.befitoverfifty.com/pages/thera.htm?source=OverTo">http://www.befitoverfifty.com/pages/thera.htm?source=OverTo</a></p>
<p>Although the first part is &#8220;depressing&#8221; to read, the section on &#8220;Why Exercise Is So Important&#8221; is simple and motivating. There are yet more exercise programs for people with muscular and neurological disorders on this link, but I am not sure of their availability.</p>
<p>I am reading a new book (to me), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345479890?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=zerpoihea-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0345479890">Train Your MIND, Change Your BRAIN</a> by Sharon Begley, (Ballantine). This is a survey of how the brain adapts to the kind of thinking we do and the feeling modes that we experience.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama figures in this story with his patient challenge to neurological researchers on the reverse of the belief &#8220;the brain creates the mind or the mind is the result of brain activity&#8221;&#8211;doesn&#8217;t the mind affect the way the brain operates? Beliefs in science are hard to confront.</p>
<p>This book is about research on this confrontation. There are stories of experiments in re-training the thinking of people with depression and obsessive/compulsive disorders. As they corrected for their distorted thinking, they experienced relief, even when medication was supposed to give them relief. Re-training our thinking is crucial because our brains respond to the perception of our reality. The experiments related in the book can inspire ideas on working our own programs. Parkinson&#8217;s isn&#8217;t even mentioned, but strokes are.</p>
<p>The evidence shows that plasticity or brain/neural changing doesn&#8217;t occur only in childhood but throughout life. A Tibetan monk, whom the Dalai Lama knew, was imprisoned by the Chinese for 18 years, a time which included torture. When freed, he was found to be the same gentle, mentally sharp man that the Dalai once knew, just like he was before the imprisonment. Was he ever afraid? Yes, he was afraid that he would lose his compassion for the Chinese.</p></blockquote>
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&#8220;Because of forgiveness, his bad experience with Chinese not got worse,&#8221; said the Dalai Lama.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>This anecdote shows that mind is over matter. The book goes on to explore, from the Buddhist perspective, what mind is or does. The link between Buddhist thinking and scientific neurological research is attention and attention training.</p>
<p>Thanks for all that you do!</p>
<p>Alan</p></blockquote>
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		<title>I Never Saw It Coming</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/2009/09/27/i-never-saw-it-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never saw it coming. My life&#8217;s been rearranged. So altered, not original, I&#8217;ll never be the same. The breath I breathe reduced, The functions that I had, the limitations place on me, sometimes, it makes me sad. I struggle almost every day to do those basic things. Can never plan what I&#8217;ll do next, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I never saw it coming.<br />
My life&#8217;s been rearranged.<br />
So altered, not original,<br />
I&#8217;ll never be the same.</p>
<p>The breath I breathe reduced,<br />
The functions that I had,<br />
the limitations place on me,<br />
sometimes, it makes me sad.</p>
<p>I struggle almost every day<br />
to do those basic things.<br />
Can never plan what I&#8217;ll do next,<br />
not sure what next, life brings.</p>
<p>My heart still has the want to&#8230;<br />
My head might misdirect,<br />
but I get up, keep going.<br />
My feelings I protect.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not the kind to give up.<br />
I&#8217;m not the kind to quit.<br />
Sometimes, I&#8217;m very mobile.<br />
Sometimes, I have to sit.</p>
<p>So, if your body&#8217;s healthy,<br />
your mind is good and strong,<br />
today&#8217;s the day, give life your all,<br />
tomorrow, it could be gone.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webstarts.com/theresalwayshope07">Kenneth Allen Patrick</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Dopamine and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: You do not believe that Parkinson&#8217;s is a disease!!!!! Do you not believe that there is physical damage to the part of the brain that produces Dopamine? Do you not believe that the damage has been verified by examining brain tissue from deceased Parkinson&#8217;s patients? &#8220;The body is not broken. The body is not [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>You do not believe that Parkinson&#8217;s is a disease!!!!!</p>
<p>Do you not believe that there is physical damage to the part of the brain that produces Dopamine?</p>
<p>Do you not believe that the damage has been verified by examining brain tissue from deceased Parkinson&#8217;s patients?</p>
<p>&#8220;The body is not broken. The body is not diseased. It is simply out of balance&#8221;</p>
<p>Is the brain not part of the body? Is the brain just &#8220;out of balance&#8221;?</p>
<p>Dennis</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Response:<br />
</strong><br />
Thanks so much for your e mail and your question. I know many people think the same way you think.</p>
<p>I am not a medical doctor. I am a researcher. I find that the Road to Recovery involves examining our thinking about &#8220;disease.&#8221; &#8211; any disease. In this case of course it is Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. If we focus on the &#8220;disease,&#8221; we are holding very negative thoughts about what is happening by thinking:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;My body is broken.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Since thoughts can manifest anything our heart desires, holding this thought will insure that our body will forever remain broken.</p>
<p>What percent of the body is &#8220;broken&#8221; in the case of Parkinson&#8217;s? I assure you that answer varies widely across persons. My hunch is that a tiny proportion of cells are problematic: perhaps 1%; maybe 3% for some people. At least 97% of the cells are working perfectly. I would say that is close enough for me to say that the body is working perfectly. Speaking for myself, I get much more energy by focusing on what is working than what is not working.</p>
<p>You say that damage has been verified by autopsies. This is certainly true, but only in a minority of autopsies. For a majority of autopsies, they find no substantia nigra damage. Don&#8217;t take my word for it. Do your own research on the matter. I have been surprised myself to see how low the percent actually is.</p>
<p>My point is that you are holding the belief that cells in your brain are dead. It may be the case that a tiny fraction of cells in your brain are dead,  but cells are dying throughout the body all the  time.  It is the natural process of life and death.</p>
<p>It is also possible you are one of the majority where there is no damage to your substantia nigra. There is no way to tell without an autopsy.</p>
<p>A third of the people who have a diagnosis of Parkinson&#8217;s are misdiagnosed. It happens. There is no definitive test for it. Perhaps you are one of the one third who have been misdiagnosed? There are certainly many possible causes for the symptoms. For example &#8211; perhaps toxins are the culprit and not cell damage in the substantia nigra.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s say all of these speculations are wrong and that yes, you do have neural damage in the substantia nigra and that yes, you do have Parkinson&#8217;s Disease.</p>
<p>New cells can be created anywhere in the body anytime. If you happen to have an overabundance of dead cells in the substantia nigra for the moment, you can set your intention to grow new ones. If the body can make new cells, I would say it is working perfectly.</p>
<p>Here is the rub: If you focus on the dead cells (assuming they even exist) you are assuring that new cells will not be created. Your  thoughts are centered in a negative sphere. If you focus on the reality that your body can heal itself, it will heal itself.</p>
<p>This is what I have learned from my research. At the core of  all healing are our thought forms. If you think your body is broken I can assure you it will remain &#8220;broken&#8221; and become more &#8220;broken.&#8221; If you believe your body can heal itself, new cells will be born, hormones will be balanced, and your body will return to health and wellness.</p>
<p>The most powerful force in the universe are thoughts. When we change how we think, we change the course of our lives. This is what motivated me to write <a href="http://www.fivestepstorecovery.com">The Five Steps to Recovery </a>which is all about how to transform our thoughts.</p>
<p>Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.<br />
Parkinsons Recovery<br />
<a href="http://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com">www.parkinsonsrecovery.com</a>
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