[lwlw]

Hi ,Im new to the forum ,Im 42 diagnosed 37 symptoms since 34 ,missed diagnosed. My symptoms at the moment are not bad ,in morning a bit stiff.
Ive found relief in yoga not the usual routine , because muscles shorten and signals from brain are not as strong in pd , fighting to stretch muscles and make new signal paths to move foot or hand ,for me works.My balance is better, and my posture ,my walking has improved ,I dont drag my foot.
Im from North Wales uk ,my yoga teacher has a lot of pd in family when she was young so she is interested in the condition .
I also do trials in Bangor university with parkinsons. One was using the brain to imagine moving when actually being totally still , then imagining not moving at all. This was done in a mri scan and showed the possibility of training the brain to move the leg or hand by imagining .
This is not a new idea as th Russian gymnasts would have to visiualise their
routine in their heads to the last detail before attempting it for real.
These are only trials but makes me wonder our brain is vast ,mine isnt!!
I know Im young and can at the moment move about.
Yoga is not for everyone but for me it is a relief .

[Aunt Bean]

Welcome to the forum. I too find certain stretches help restore "the flow" of function to my body. Good to meet someone else that experiences this. Retraining muscles has been a big thing for me and I get excited when I find I can now do things that I couldn't do since I was very young. Praising God for All His Blessings! Have a great day. Aunt Bean

[lindylanka]

Here in Birmingham UK they are using conductive education, which is quite tough, to do exactly the same thing. Re-educating the brain. I like this approach which says, yes the impairment exists, but we can find a way around it. It taps into our brains hidden potentials, and uses our own latent neuroplasticity to help.

Working creatively can also, almost inadvertently, allow us freedom from PD symptoms, and to almost override them by switching into a different mode. I too do not know exactly how this works, but it does, and someone else here probably understands it better than I do.

There are loads of different yogas, something for everyone. They help us become body aware, no matter what physical difficulties we have.

Aunt Bean, here and on another thread you describe flow and energy blockage well, understanding these is very helpful for helping yourself.

[johnt]

lwlw,

Welcome to the forum.

In the context of this forum, we must be near neighbours - 100 miles perhaps!

Thanks for joining the forum: the more people who post, the more we can learn from each other.

John

[johnt]

lwlw,

Do you by any chance live close to the Llyn Peninsula starling murmuration?

There appears to be an association, probably neither significant nor causal, in the US between the prevalence of starlings and the fungus histoplasma capsulatum and through this to PD. See:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread170268.html

John

[lindylanka]

I am sorry, I forgot to say welcome!



This is a good place to be.

Lindy

[MeAndPD]

lwlw, welcome! I'm fairly new here myself. My dad had PD - diagnosed in his 70s and lived to be 90! I was diagnosed at age 59 - now 2yrs into the world of PD!

I was interested in your Bangor Univ. testing - which I'd vaguely heard about before. Did you learn any new brain tricks to help with PD symptoms?

And is one of the goals of the study to give us a portable neurofeedback brain monitoring machine so we can reduce our meds?

Anyone know if we're doing a study like this here in USA? Sounds like fun...

-Brian