January 1, 2018

One of the best ways to care for your body is regular physical activity. We all know that exercise is good for our heart,...

December 30, 2017

July 2, 2017

As some of you might have noticed, cash-based therapy practices are a growing trend throughout the United States. But why? I know a lot...

June 4, 2017

As we all know, there are several medications that can temporarily relieve the symptoms of Parkinson’s, but exercise is the only treatment that has actually been...

June 1, 2017

May 14, 2017

May 11, 2017 At Build 2017 in Seattle Wednesday, Microsoft went for the waterworks at the conclusion of CEO Satya Nadella's keynote address: it...

December 1, 2016

The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) BIG Program is designed to help with the initiation and execution of physical movements. The LSVT BIG program...

November 1, 2016

The benefits of massage therapy have long been recognized by people with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonisms. Because the diseases’ typically cause muscle stiffness and...

November 1, 2016

July 2, 2016

One of the winning words (it was a tie) in the June 2, 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee was ‘Feldenkrais’! How excited I was,...

June 2, 2016

We are just a bag of bones, connected together by tendons, muscles and ligaments. We are literally a large puzzle, our pieces of muscle...

March 31, 2016

Because all your movement patterns were put into the computer of your brain when you were a baby, the neuromuscular system is entirely unconscious....

March 31, 2016

Frequently people ask about the best exercises for people with Parkinson’s disease. There is not one simple thing that everyone could do and it...

March 1, 2014

Newer research is showing the benefits of using a weak electrical signal through the brain to help with all body functions. Studies have examined,...

June 3, 2013

One of the major challenges that people with Parkinson’s face is a struggle with movement quality and specificity. The complexities of movement fluidity and...