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    • Does it make sense to use vibrations to treat shaky hands?

      March 15, 2023

      Dr. Peter Tass, a professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, thinks so. Yesterday, Dr. Tass spoke to my Sunday Mornings with Twitchy Woman group on Zoom. He started with some history about vibration therapy. One of the first therapies to be used for Parkinson’s Disease was vibration therapy using a vibrating chair and/or a vibrating…

    • More Exercise Tips from Dr. Daniel Corcos

      February 8, 2022

      We learned a lot more from Dr. Corcos during the Q & A part of the meeting on January 23. I have tried to summarize some of the more important points brought up during this time. A 70% heartrate is not considered vigorous. It has been shown that a heart rate of 60-65% does not…

    • Making it Personal: How we can help each other

      February 23, 2021

      Clinicians and therapists have depths of expertise, but what about the million-and-one little questions that come up after a Parkinson’s diagnosis? Friends and family make the world go round, but they don’t know what Parkinson’s feels like from the inside out. PMD ALLIANCE 11 months ago, when it looked like we were going to be…

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