People who experience Parkinson’s symptoms have discovered many ways to reverse their symptoms. Bianca discovered Qigong was the answer she was looking for.
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When I launched my research program into the causes of Parkinson’s symptoms, I expected to identify one or two that accounted for most of the problem. To my surprise, it did not take long to identify a wide variety of factors that contribute to Parkinson’s Disease.
One such factor that surprised me was candida. Here is a short video that captures a clip from my interview with Lydia Epp who found candida was the cause of her symptoms.
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I received the email below which certainly made my day. Reports like this encourage me to continue my research into the various causes of Parkinson’s symptoms and the therapies that help to reverse them.
Robert Rodgers PhD
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Robert:
I have read all your books. They are really great. I have had Parkinson’s for five years now and those books have been my crutch. I don’t take any medication and have done it all alternatively. I have used a lot of your ideas and your books are very motivational. I have reversed a lot of my Parkinson’s symptoms. But there is still a few more to do. I don’t listen to your radio show as the time zone is very different. I’m really honored to be in touch with you. Your books are a lifeline to me.
I also wanted to add that your books gave me hope when NONE was around, the only hope friends and family believed in was the medication!!! I just wanted to let you know the great contribution you have made to our/my world. Your books really helped me when I was right right down . I had family and friends but in reality I was alone but I kept rereading your books and taking  small steps. I just kept trying until finally I felt I was on the road to recovery and that’s where I am now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will recover from Parkinson’s, It’ just finding what needs tweaking for me/you being the car mechanic😊Catherina
Thank you again.
Gait Disturbance and the Critical Role of New Neural Pathways
I have concluded that after a decade of research, most people believe the way to correct gait disturbances is to keep close watch over the medications and supplements they take. Problems surface when medications (or supplements) no longer work. It is certainly logical to conclude that the problem centers on an issue with the type or dose of medicines.
I disagree with this conclusion. Â Even when the underlying causes of a gait disturbance has been addressed and healed (such as clearing out toxins, releasing traumas and eliminating infections) a person is likely to continue to experience gait disturbances. But why is the so?
The body has slipped into some bad habits. The safe and effortless way to move has to be re-remembered. In this video, I highlight a brief clip that demonstrates what one rehabilitation clinic is doing to help the body “re-remember” how to move the right (and upright) way.
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No doubt many factors contribute to ataxia gait disturbances, but one plays a central role. Such disturbances (which is a fancy way of saying a person is having difficulty walking) are more prevalent and problematic when a person is multi-tasking. When walking alone and totally focused on the task of walking, ataxia gait difficulties are minor. In contrast, when walking and talking with a friend at the very same time, ataxia gait disturbances can become problematic.
OK. So that is the problem. What can you do about an ataxia gait when you walk? An eloquent solution is to practice multi-tasking with totally fun and engaging exercises that coordinate the intricate interactions between the mind and body. For a suggestion of just such an exercise, watch my short video below.
Discover other strategies, therapies and programs that will convert an ataxia gait problem to rock solid walking in the Parkinsons Recovery online course Rock Solid Walking.
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In a recent Parkinsons Recovery Radio show, Bill Hubert made an interesting observation. People with mobility problems often walk with one long step followed up by a short step. That is to say, the right step is consistently longer than the left (or vice versa). This is described by some observers as a Parkinsons Shuffle. Shuffles can eventually lead to falls.
So much for describing what is a common problem with an abnormality of gait for a surprising number of people. What in the world can be done about this problem?
In this video, Bill Hubert from Bal-A-Vis-X describes a simple therapy that corrects the Parkinsons Shuffle.
What is Bal-A-Vis-X? This is is an exciting program designed and created by Bill Hubert from Wichita, Kansas. I believe his ideas and approach can have a profound influence on the ability of persons who experience Parkinson’s symptoms to find compelling relief.
Do you have difficulty with walking or freezing?
I believe his program offers promise that mobility can be significantly improved.
- Do you use a walker?
I believe his technology and approach can make you entirely independent again.
- Do you fall occasionally or often?
I believe his program offers the possibility of reducing if not preventing falls altogether.
- Are you currently bound to a wheel chair or fear you will be in the near future?
I believe his program can help you become independently mobile.
Discover the strategies, therapies and programs that convert problematic mobility to one that is rock solid in the Parkinsons Recovery Rock Solid Walking Online Course.
Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
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Unlock Freezing
Do you sometimes freeze up for no apparent reason? Here is a tip from the amazing physical therapist Kevin Lockette that helps to unlock freezing every time.
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What Shoes Tell You about Balance Problems (and Possible Back Pain)
I have a suggestion that will eat up 15 seconds of your day. That is not a bad deal, right? Better yet, what you discover in these 15 seconds will very likely reveal the actual reason for any balance issues (or back problems) you may currently be experiencing.
Convinced to do it? I hope so.
Examine how the heels of your shoes are wearing. Â (OK. Maybe the task is a little longer than 15 seconds if you have to take off your shoes, but not much longer). If the heels of your shoes show more wear on the outside than inside, it probably means your hips are misaligned. Your balance will be compromised. Worse, your back may be screaming out in pain whenever you take a step.
I know just about as much as you do about hip misalignments. How do I know wearing on the heels of shoes tell all? In my earlier years I had severe back pain. My solution initially was to see a chiropractor. Did the chiropractor observe me walking so the problem could be evaluated? Nope! All he did was look at the bottom of my shoes.
Here is a picture of the shoes I wore at the time.
You probably first noticed that these shoes have not been polished. Â Well, hey. I was focused on earning my PhD, not on making sure my shoes were polished.
What I want you to notice is the wearing on the outside half of the heels on both shoes. I was placing most of my weight on the outside edges of both feet when walking and running rather than the inside edges. Centered balance is achieved when we place more weight on the inside edges of our feet than the outside. The foot is built to withstand more weight there.
Years pass. Check out what the heels of my current shoes look like today.
First, notice that I wear shoes today that do not have to be polished. I still did not polish shoes after I finished graduate school so I now buy shoes that do not need polishing.
Second, notice that the wear on the bottom of the heels is more even – not perfect by any means – but a lot better than shown in the first image of shoes from graduate school days.
How does the wearing on the soles of my shoes “tell all” today? Â I have no back pain.
In summary, if you are having balance problems, examine the heels of your shoes. The cause of the problem may well be rooted in a misalignment of your hips.
I have just developed a program that offers a wide variety of strategies, tips, suggestions, therapies and programs that bring hips back into perfect alignment. Click on the link below for the inside scoop on my new program.
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Many options exist to bring hip problems back into balance. If your hips are not in perfect alignment today (by inspecting wearing on the heels of your shoes) rest assured that you hips eagerly await your tender loving attention. They do not want to be out of balance any more that you do!
Robert Rodgers PhD
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
P.S. A chiropractor did not solve my back problem. I figured it out all by myself.
Balance Problems
Most people figure that solutions to balance problems must be difficult, painful and tedious. Surely it must take months and months to address balance problems successfully. Right?
In the following video I present one eloquent suggestion that will lead you to a very different conclusion. Solutions to balance problems are actually easy when you  realize that you had the solution in your  hip pocket all along.
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Many persons who have issues walking with ease and confidence engage a battle with stuck muscles. They are determined to make their muscles stop behaving badly! When a war is declared on the delicate tissues of body gait issues become even more problematic. Muscles tighten up. The body becomes as rock solid as the Rocky Mountains.
In the following video, I explain why attempting to “force” the body to move “normally” backfires every time,
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Michael’s Journey on the Road to Recovery
Michael sent me this update on his journey down the road to recovery and gave me permission to post it here along with his email. ”
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At this point, I can no longer see Parkinson’s strictly as a disease.
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Radiance Healing flows into the mind, body and soul on a fundamental level, providing positive effects in all these areas. This energy pours divine light to the soul and gradually dissolves accumulated negative qualities. Over the course of receiving the energy for one year, the energy permeates into one’s system profoundly on the body, mind and soul levels.
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Fatigue & Stress Reduction; Improvement of Migraine, Shoulder & Back Pains, Anxiety, Irritability, and High Blood Pressure; Relief from Climacteric Distress; Recovery from Pre & Post Delivery; Recovery from Surgery; Over All Health Improvement & Health Maintenance; Disease Prevention; Relief Allergic Rhinitis & Other Allergic Symptoms; Improving Various Chronic Symptoms; Boost Vitality & Spirit of People with Chronic Fatigue; Raising the Spiritual Conscious Mind.
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It delights me no end to report that there are dozens of highly effective ways to improve balance and eliminate falls. These approaches come in various packages – some are structured programs and some are not. In this video, I preview six ways that I suspect you have never even heard about!
Why not consider running with one of the six programs and see where it leads you? You will celebrate the result when you do, especially when you experience how much progress you can make to improve balance and prevent falls.
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Elisabeth is interested in selling her used Theracycle. See her offer below.
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“It’s heavy so hopefully somebody in the San Francisco Bay area  would be interested. There is presently a THERACYCLE 100 on e-bay for $2,700. I would not charged that much. The cycle is in very good condition and we never had any problems with it. If you are interested email me at: elisabethstromberg@sbcglobal.net.”
Thank you again,
Elisabeth
Hi RobertI have come across an intranasal device called Vielight which has three models plus a transcranial model called a Neuro. Do you know anything about these devices?
They apparently help the body to deal with all manner of problems, incl PD. There is loads about this on the I/net.
I would be most interested to hear from anyone who has tried this.
Many thanks, as always.Anita

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Robert-
I can add to what I wrote you last week that an inclined bed therapy benefit is that it is also slowly but definitely clearing up a stubborn case of Psoriasis I have had for months and months on the back of my legs. Varicose veins in my feet also seem to be improving. Arthur Fletcher talks about both of these conditions as potentially benefiting from Inclined Bed Therapy and that has absolutely happened in my case.
Psoriasis is interesting to me in connection with PD because, like Parkinson’s, the cause(s) are basically mysterious/unknown and the treatment options offered by conventional medicine are often ineffective and have harmful side effects. I wonder if anyone has looked to see if there is any correlation between the two diseases? I had no history of Psoriasis until Parkinson’s symptoms emerged. Maybe just a coincidence?
-Bill
The following reflection from Fiona was inspired by a recent radio show interview on Uprighting with my guest Michael Protzel who teaches the Alexander Technique in New York City.
Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
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Dear Robert
Thank you for an interesting interview and for putting my question. I have been asking questions about uprighting both in dedicated practicing and as I go about my day. I have found it interesting to practice on a trampoline where there is different feedback via the feet, also on stairs and inclines. I have had glimpses of a different way of standing and experienced the pull of my right hand side; no wonder that I have to lean to the left to compensate. My RHS feels like stone- my LHS like wood – neither are very flexible materials! There is now greater ease in my body and the fear I felt in walking has reduced.
I was interested in the notion that the eyes should be engaged in AT. Mine are apparently engaged but closer investigation reveals that they are not. I discovered there is a name for this “attentional blink” (though it is not confined to vision) which describes the fraction of a second of non-attention while the brain switches tasks. It is easy to see why multi-tasking is so stressful and inefficient.
This period of non-attention gets longer under stress so there becomes a noticeable time period when you effectively don’t know what you are doing. I have had an odd feeling of this as a sensation of forgetting what I am doing as I walk. This may be some of the explanation for freezing. Before listening to the interview I regarded my freezing as protective and very annoying now I am regarding it as protective and very wise!
Apart from freezing I have improved my health vastly. The alexander technique approach has helped immensely. My worst writing is better than my best of a year ago. Then I couldn’t bear to write more than a line or two now I can write several pages. I have lot more energy and look forward to the day. I sleep 7-8 hours when I was once only sleeping for two. I don’t get cramps and the pain in my quads is much less. I could go on.
There are two curious things. First I have put all my energy into improving walking, which hasn’t improved, and second I couldn’t tell you what I have done to get better in these other ways. I had a flash of insight that I put all of my stress into my legs and only when that space was full did I put more stress into other places. It has been an illusion that my hand was first affected (my original symptom was hand tremor) caused by the fact that I couldn’t feel the stress in my legs. No matter how much I focused on my legs and feet I was never going to let go of stress there until it had been released from other areas first. I have had a lot of trauma in my life, including the birth of my sister when I was 14 months when I was consolidating my walking and had a tenuous bond with my mother and father. This may be a factor in walking issues for me.
If I had to give a reason for my improvement I would say it was a byproduct of mindfulness and the huge consequences and insights that come from being present. To be mindful it is necessary to do things you love that have meaning for you so your heart is in it and think in terms of what gives energy and what takes away energy. If you are wholehearted about what you do beneficial changes just occur.
This is just what you keep telling us in all your wonderful communications but It takes so long for the penny to drop!! I can only say I have experimented, asked questions rather than search for answers, and kept going. The Alexander Technique is one of many approaches I have explored. This way you change your relationship with your circumstances. The thing I love is literature, especially poetry which I use to take me into slow time.
I mentioned in my question that I was looking at magic eye pictures and interestingly all my dyskinesia disappears when I can see the 3D image. I suppose this must be so as the images would only appear if I use my eyes in perfect coordination. This is an exciting discovery as I have found a way that gives strong feedback on my left/ right coordination, provides evidence that dyskinesia may be revealed by levodopa rather than caused by it, and found an activity that is profoundly relaxing and mindful. Furthermore I can now read without glasses which I haven’t done for 13 years! I discovered this by accident when I realized I could read the paper when I picked it up. In my excitement I could no longer focus and lost it.
Since then, only about a week ago, I have practiced daily and if I am patient, the words come in to focus. When I look at a page of text I ask the question – what can I see – rather than what can I read and turn the book at angles, upside down etc. – anything I can think of to change my habit. Poetry turns out to be rather suitable for this because of its lay out and rhyme and because the font is larger than plain text. I try with a half known poem, go to one I don’t know and then try the paper. This is a lot of fun, gives excellent feedback, you know if a word is in focus or not.
I owe you so much for giving me permission to experiment, try out my own ideas and make my own decisions and for tirelessly providing suggestions. I was inspired by your interview on the radio show about the Alexander Technique. You are indeed wholehearted in what you do.
Fiona
Now here is a natural, free therapy that may well be worth giving your serious attention. As you can see from the feedback from Bill below. he found it to be useful.
Robert Rodgers PhD
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease 
Hi Robert-
For me Inclined Bed Therapy really shows great promise. I have inclined the bed I sleep in for about a week now and have already seen definite improvement in some areas:
- Deeper, more restful sleep.
- Â Fewer trips to bathroom at night to pee.
- Reduced lower leg swelling (edema)–this was an early PD symptom for me although I didn’t know it at the time.
I will send you a more complete report in a couple of weeks when more time has passed and I have more experience with this change.
Thank you so much for bringing this idea to my attention.
Bill
The 2016 Parkinsons Recovery Support Group
My new support group has a few slots open. You can join an amazing group of individuals from across the globe who are dedicated to exploring ways that help to reverse symptoms of Parkinson’s. Sign-ups include the bonus of free lifetime access to my new Jump Start to Recovery Course.
I hear countless reports from those of you who have been deeply depressed after attending a Parkinson’s support group. If you have set the intention to reverse your symptoms, it is depressing to connect with others who are convinced their condition is destined to “deteriorate” over time. You know this is not true, but no one else in the support group seems to agree with you.
The 2016 Parkinsons Recovery Support Group will convene for the first time next week and continue meeting once a month throughout the year. The persons who have enrolled in the 2016 support group live in countries across the globe.
We will connect by phone or computer each month at either of two designated times each month. For each of our 12 sessions I will report any new discoveries that have helped people get well. I will then connect with each of you individually. Lastly, I will open up the discussion for everyone to talk with one another. All sessions will be recorded for access at a later time.
Here is the greatest deal ever. When you join the 2016 Parkinsons Recovery support group, you will have the opportunity to enroll in my new online Jump Start to Recovery Course for free. I love the platform I am using to support the course because it offers access not just for a year but for a lifetime. How cool is that?
Some of you may already be registered for the course. Great. If you are not currently enrolled in the Jump Start to Recovery course, I will send you a link to register for free after you enroll in the 2016 Parkinsons Recovery support group.
Since you are located in very different time zones, I have scheduled two times each month for the support group to connect: The last Monday of each month at 12:00 noon pacific time USA and the last Tuesday of each month at 8 PM Pacific time USA. This way, everyone will have an opportunity to meet together for the live, in person programs. Sessions will convene starting this month and continue throughout 2016.
Interested? Registration for the 2016 Parkinsons Recovery support group is a mere $10 a month or $120 for the entire year (which includes free enrollment in the Jump Start to Recovery online course) Click on the link below to enroll.
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Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
My name is Wally I’m 23 year old from Australia. My father has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. For the past 6 years we have tried multiple medications; even had surgery where they put a pump to his stomach connected to a needle witch injects him with the medication. Nothing has worked and he is getting worse. I just watched your video about the coconut oil and will get him onto it. Should I just rub his whole body with it head to toe? And make my mum cook food with it?
Thanks a lot
Wally
Hi Wally:
It is exciting to discover there are so many simple therapies that can make a huge difference to people who currently experience the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. For the full scoop on how you can use coconut oil, I recommend that you listen to the recording of my interview below with Dr. Bruce Fife, ND, who – in my opinion – is the “go to” doctor when it comes to any and all questions about the use of coconut oil (whether applying it to the skin or eating it).
I personally love putting coconut oil all over my body after showers and using it for cooking . Food tastes so delicious when coconut oil is used.
May your father see improvements in his health with each passing day.
Robert Rodgers PhD
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
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