Has anyone had any improvement in their gait by using the laser light?
I've got good upper body movement but my balance and gait are most of the time quite poor.
Since using the laser beam for a few months now I'm very impressed as are my family and friends at how well I walk now.
The light doesn't work in sunlight so when I'm outdoors it's best I find at night time, shade or overcast weather then I can see it and indoors always.
I didn't take much notice of it when it was marketed but have found it to be very beneficial at correcting my gait.
Its hard to explain how or why it works to others but it does.
Kind of like lines on the floor I guess!

hello made it up,

I have found infrared heating pads to be very comforting - in times of stress .. Also I believe the infrared pad is aiding and quickening the healing of a fractured shoulder my companion sustained.

How do you use your laser and what kind is it?

I have a pair of blue tinted sunglasses that quiet tremor and dyskinesia as well.

There is a great utube video documenting this....

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md

i experience freezing when off when walking thru narrow passages such as doorways or facing an obstacle in my path, not to say wakling is easy when off, i usually don't walk unless i have to. i purchased a mini $1 laser/flashlight with batteries from the DOLLAR STORE, you have to keep the button pushed down to shine the light but it helps me get moving, just shine the light to where you want to step. i doubt this is the same laser light made it up is referring to, there are ones on walkers and canes that project a line on the ground that you step on(?) over(?)

It must be a laser pointer light?

Hi Moondaughter, Soccertese and Jomar,
It's been on the market for just the last few years and is used to help PWP who get freezing of gait mainly.
Other movement disorders have also been helped by it but it was originally marketed for PWP.
It comes attached to a walking frame or walking stick and can also be attached to your waistband and the laser light creates a line on the floor.
I find stepping on the line it creates to be very helpful in stopping F.O.G. otherwise known as 'ending up on the floor!' when my body wants to move but my feet don't.
My neuro recommended it.
I'm still raving about it a few months after getting one which came attached to a U Step walking frame.
I have a spinal cord injury too so I tend to drag my feet which complicates things a bit.
I'm sure it won't help all parkies but I find that such a simple thing has made a difference in my Q.O.L.
When outside in sunny weather I can't see the line so tend to use it in the evening, shade or indoors.

Oh I see..
http://www.ustep.com/index.htm

I thought the laser line would be going out away from the person , so they would would be visually/mentally tracking it to encourage forward motion.
So the line goes side to side across in front of you for 1 step at a time?
You have to look down a lot for it to work or mainly only when you feel a freeze coming on?

For freezing, dads therapist suggested stopping, stand up straight, relax & take deep breath, then step, but he usually uses a rolling walker now 95% of the time.