WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. APRIL IS NATIONAL PARKINSON'S
AWARENESS MONTH IN OUR NEXT
GUEST IS HERE TO SHARE ABOUT A
PROGRAM THAT HELPS PEOPLE LIVE
MORE INDEPENDENTLY.
MORE INDEPENDENTLY. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. LET ME START WITH WHAT THE
PROGRAM IS. TIER IS THE
INSTITUTE OF REHABILITATION AND
RESEARCH AND WE OFFER SERVICES
WITH BRAIN INJURIES, STROKES,
SPINAL CORD INJURY OR NEURAL
PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE
PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE LIKE ALS OR MS OR
PARKINSON'S.
PARKINSON'S. >> PARKINSON'S IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY HEAR.
TELL US ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS YOU
ARE HAVING AND WHAT YOUR
THOUGHT WAS.
THOUGHT WAS. >> THE SYMPTOMS I WAS HAVING
WAS MORE OF A TRYING TO HAVE AN
EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE LIKE TRYING
TO PUT ON MY CLOTHES, TIE MY
SHOES, WALK.
SHOES, WALK. >> WHAT WERE YOUR EARLY
SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS? >> WALKING LIKE STEERING OUT IN
SPACE.
SPACE.
SPACE. >>
SPACE. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK IT WAS?
>> I HAD NO CLUE.
I WAS TOLD IT WAS DIFFERENT
SYMPTOMS THAT IT COULD BE THIS
OR THAT.
OR THAT.
OR THAT. >> A LOT OF THESE NEUROLOGICAL
DISEASES MIMIC OTHER THINGS AND
WE COULD ALSO IN EXCUSE AND AS
I'M TIRED I WORKED OUT TOO HARD
. YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH
PARKINSON'S.
PARKINSON'S. WHAT IS PARKINSON'S?
>> SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING
AS COMMON AS THEY EXPERIENCE
NONMOTOR SYMPTOMS BEFORE THE
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS.
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS. THEY MIGHT HAVE ISSUES WITH
SLEEPING OR APPETITE.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS LOSS
OF SENSE OF SMELL.
BUT THEN LATER ON THEY MIGHT
NOTICE ISSUES WITH BALANCE AND
WALKING.
WALKING.
WALKING. HANDWRITING TREMORS WERE SLOWER
MOVEMENT WHICH MAKES IT HARD
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET
DRESSED AND PUT YOUR SHOES ON.
>> THERE IS NOT A CURE BUT
THERE ARE THINGS ALONG THE WAY
THAT HAVE MADE GREAT
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF
LIFE AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS
WHAT YOU DID.
WE TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENCE AND
JUST GETTING OUT OF BED AND
WALKING STRAIGHT TO THE BATHROOM
BECAUSE BEFORE YOU WOULD GET UP
AT NOT EVEN WALK A STRAIGHT
LINE.
LINE.
LINE. >>
LINE. >> SOMETIMES BOUNCING AROUND
FROM WALL TO WALL AND NOT BEING
ABLE TO GET A SENSE OF
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. >> WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO THE
CLINIC HE WAS WAITING IN THE
WAITING ROOM AND I CAME OUT MY
SECOND ONE BACK AND IT TOOK
THREE OF US TO ESCORT HIM INTO
THE THERAPY JIM BECAUSE HE WAS
SHUFFLING HIS FEET AND IT WAS
UNSAFE.
UNSAFE.
UNSAFE. >> WHAT DID WE DO THAT MAKES
THE DIFFERENCE?
THE DIFFERENCE? >> WE OFFER ALL SORTS OF
SERVICES THAT ARE
INDIVIDUALIZED.
INDIVIDUALIZED. THERE IS ONE PROGRAM THAT
DONALD PARTICIPATED IN. IT
STARTED OUT AS A SPEECH
TREATMENT PROTOCOL. IT'S VERY
SPECIALIZED.
SPECIALIZED. ELLIS VT BIG IS THE BIG
MOVEMENT PATTERN THAT WE WORK
DON GETTING IN AND OUT OF BED,
SEVEN SPECIFIC EXERCISES THAT
WE DO WORKING ON BALANCE AND
WALKING AND HIGH REPETITION.
EVERYTHING CURED TOWARD HIS
GOALS WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS
GETTING OUT OF BED AND OUT OF
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. >> HOW QUICKLY DID YOU SEE
DIFFERENCES?
DIFFERENCES? >> RIGHT AWAY.
JUST AMAZING.
JUST AMAZING. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO DOMINIQUE
FOR WHAT STARTED TO FINISH TO
WHERE I'M AT NOW.
>> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, A
DIAGNOSIS IKE THAT IS VERY
SCARY AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL
COCOON THEMSELVES AND NOT GIVE
OUT AND CONCENTRATE ON AN
ENDING AS OPPOSED TO THE LIFE
THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU SO
IF SOMEBODY IS DEALING WITH
THAT RIGHT NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THEM TO GET THEM TO GET OUT
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
>> GET OUT, DO WHAT YOU CAN DO
AND REST WHEN YOU NEED TO BUT
ASK YOUR DOCTORS WHAT KIND OF
PROGRAMS CAN I GET INTO TO HELP
ME OUT AND BETTER MYSELF ON A
DAILY BASIS.
DAILY BASIS. >> FOR YOU IT HAS GOT TO BE SO
FULFILLING TO SEE PEOPLE COME
IN, HOPEFUL AND SEE SOMETHING
REALLY WORK.
REALLY WORK. >> THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
DONALD IS ONE FACE OF THE WHOLE
POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT COME
IN ARE SEEKING TO BETTER THEIR
LIVES BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY
HOPELESS.
HOPELESS.
HOPELESS. THEY COME A LITTLE BROKEN AND
YOU CAN FIX IT.
>> THE BODY IS AN AMAZING THING
AND THIS IS NOT A PILL OR
SURGERY BUT IT'S WORKING WITH
YOUR BODY.
YOUR BODY. >> RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EXERCISE
INCREASES THE RELEASE OF
DOPAMINE IN THE BRAIN WHICH
HELPS TO IMPROVE MOVEMENT SO
EXERCISE ALONG WITH MEDICATION
IS THE SECRET PEACE. LIKE
DONALD MENTIONED YOU SHOULD BE
AN ADVOCATE WITH YOUR FOR
YOURSELF AND SPEAK YOUR DOCTOR
ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING IN.
COMING IN. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
TO LEARN MORE CALL ONE 804 FOUR