In 1997, when I first began to offer the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT®) for persons with Parkinson’s (PWP), it was one of the few times when I would ask a spouse or other family member to NOT join us in therapy. The rationale for my decision and what I said to...
By working in collaboration with Community-based Parkinson’s programs, therapists can provide weekly classes that may help people with Parkinson’s (PWP) maintain improvements attained in one:one therapy, provide ongoing disease education, and perhaps, ultimately...
Although medication advancements and surgical interventions such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) have provided significant improvement in managing the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, the non-motor symptoms, which can include drooling, dysphagia, sleep...
“I use the Breather to train and strengthen my diaphragm” Roger (Breather®FIT with Manometer) Roger is retired from broadcasting, and he doesn’t want Parkinson’s to rob him of his voice. Resistance Training for the Breathing Muscles Skeletal muscles are reactors and...
Research has unveiled some important associations between bad posture and health issues. Age related degenerative changes in the spine can contribute to a stooped posture, and a tendency to bend or flex forward is also the most common change in posture seen with...
A challenge for many people with motor speech symptoms from Parkinson’s disease is that they may not recognize and acknolwedge that their speech has actually changed. Because the common symptoms of low volume and reduced clarity have come about gradually, speech...
