samr Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Does anyone know of some breaking-edge treatments of parkinson, or how can I try and find them? Or had a good experience with a parkinson treatment? I have a family member, my grandfather that has very severe parkinson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I know nothing. If you are in the U.S. this website and page may be useful: http://www.michaeljfox.org/foxtrialfinder.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Check out this link to learn how the Feldenkrais Method might be helpful to your grandfather: http://www.google.com/search?q=feldenkrais+parkinson&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images Click this link to find a Feldenkrais practitioner near your grandfather: http://www.feldenkrais.com/practitioners/find/ If you'll tell me where your grandfather lives I might be able to make specific referrals to some of my colleagues (I'm a Feldenkrais practitioner in New York City). Good luck, John Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) How about a ketogenic diet? Here is a journal article discussing the potential effect of such a diet on people with PD: http://www.direct-ms...enic%20diet.pdf Summarized by someone else: "the theory is that replacing glucose with ketones (in this case, beta-hydroxybutyrate) can bypass the PD defect and slow progression by boosting mitochondrial function." Edited January 16, 2012 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samr Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Brian, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Brian, thank you. samr, did you miss the two messages prior to Brian's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samr Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) Hi, I don't live in the US, so http://www.michaeljfox.org/foxtrialfinder.cfmI is of no use. I have been using http://www.clinicaltrials.gov But, I have found http://www.words-plu...ut/istswtch.htm (Stephen Hawking uses a similar product from the same company! ) Which I will probably use. I don't really want to try Feldenkrais . Edited February 11, 2012 by samr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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