I have been thinking about two experiences lately. They are related in my mind, but I will let you decide. The first happened about six weeks ago. I was invited to a holiday dinner at a fellow person with Parkinson’s and her husband’s house. I consider her one of my PD mentors and have lots […]

In the category of what treatment options are on the horizon for Parkinson’s disease, gene therapy is one of the exciting ones. It can also be difficult to understand what it is and how it might help our brain function more normally. Never fear dear listener, we found a guy, well a brain surgeon super

It’s been over a year since we have had an episode of the Parkinson’s Experience on medication. So, we are focusing this episode on motor symptoms medication and, specifically, medication to help during the “off times”. We begin the episode by having our Movement Disorder Specialist neurologist define off times and dyskinesias. Then, we break

We often talk about exercise and activities as a great way to slow the progress of Parkinson’s symptoms. Golf may not be one that comes to mind. Until now. In this episode I speak with a golf instructor who specializes in the biomechanics of the golf swing. His father had Parkinson’s disease. This led him

I was introduced to my guest today by a past guest who takes her forced exercise cycling online classes for People with Parkinson’s (PwP). Forced exercise isn’t exercise at gun point which is kinda what it sounds like. It is exercise with goals of hitting certain higher watts or rpms (revolutions per minute) so you

Welcome to the 3rd episode in our 3-part series on inspirational people living their best lives with Parkinson’s. We’ve highlighted a woman who climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and biked across Iowa 6 times and a woman who took up Ping Pong and won gold. She will be defending her title next month in Berlin. Good luck

The working title of this episode was “Ping Pong Phun”. Instead we named it the same title as the guest’s documentary which is a much better title and reflects our guest, Margie Alley’s, motto. This episode is second in our summer of inspiration series. We hope you listened to the last episode featuring an inspirational

We are in the middle of summer and a great time to listen to podcasts on those road trips, beach vacations and long walks.  So, the Parkinson’s Experience has lined up an exciting three-part series featuring inspiring people living their lives with Parkinson’s disease. Nan Little is my first inspirational guest. She asked a great