Watch quiets tremors

[NanCyclist]

From USA TODAY:

Microsoft shows off watch that quiets Parkinson's tremors

The tech company showed off a prototype that vibrates to disrupt the feedback loop that results in shaking.

usat.ly/2q3QS1Z

[faridaro]

hope it gets on the market soon!

[Norton1 in reply to faridaro]

Cc W

[lempa_nik]

Hi Nan,

Not to whine too loudly, but I have emailed Ms. Haiyan Zhang 3 times about her creation , the Emma Watch, over the last 7 weeks and have never gotten a reply. I was inquiring about what, if any, followup is being pursued on the Emma Watch. So, sad to say, the possible future availability of this technology remains a total mystery to the public at large. (It's unlikely I'll use Twitter to communicate with her. I am very stupid about social media.)

[BUZZ1397 in reply to lempa_nik]

Why has it taken so long for vibration therapy to be marketed. Chacon identified it as a benefit in the late 1800s, I think. mindhacks.com/2009/08/19/th...

I have a vibrating office chair that I seldom use, but I admit I feel better after I have.

[HeartSong in reply to lempa_nik]

Umpelkin, don't give up. Ask and keep on asking until you get a reply. You might even get a reply just because they're tired of your emails. That's OK. Just keep on asking. Then, when you do get a reply, please share it with the rest of us.

[lempa_nik in reply to HeartSong]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[HeartSong]

This is fascinating. Supposedly, it interrupts the feedback mechanism between the hand and the brain. I'm wondering if it would be possible to learn to do something similar with deep breathing, meditation, or even visualization. I've used all three of these things in the past to interrupt and change highly charged emotional states and the hyper-aroused physical states that follows these emotional states. I

It would also be interesting to put one of these Emma watches on someone and then hook them up to a brain scan machine to see how the brain responded.

[NanCyclist]

By using deep breathing, visualization meditation, I am in almost complete control of my tremors. I, too, would be interested in the brain scan experiment.

[paddyfield in reply to NanCyclist]

Has anyone found a technique to calm dyskinesia. . . To me there seems to be an element of negative learning/vicious circle about my periods of dyskinesia which don't seem to be particularly linked to timing of medication. Pressing thumbs and forefinger together on each hand gives temporary relief

[HeartSong in reply to paddyfield]

Paddyfield, I don't have any experience with dyskinesia so I don't know. However, after I read your question I got curious and googled dyskinesia deep breathing. I found an interesting video of a man demonstrating what he said was control of dysknesia with deep breathing.

youtube.com/watch?v=SKZsDOs...(Not working as expected?)

If you decide to experiment with this, be sure to start slowly. You don't want to hyperventilate and get dizzy.

[Hidden in reply to HeartSong]

I wonder. I wonder how much affect my 24hr oxygen has on my improved condition? Previously I thought it was due to my supplements alone....

[NanCyclist in reply to paddyfield]

Try the technique I use with tremors (described below) and let us know what happens. I have very little dyskinesia.

[HeartSong in reply to NanCyclist]

NanCyclist, that's wonderful. Is it that you calm the tremors while you are sitting and focusing on the deep breathing, visualization, or meditation, or can you actually calm the tremors all the time, even on the go, with these techniques?

[NanCyclist]

A friend told me to lie on my back, listen to soothing music, think "Peace" as I breathed in and "Quiet Hand" as I breathed out. At first it took about 1/2 hr to stop the tremor. Then it took 15 minutes, then five and eventually (in a couple of days) I could make it stop without lying down, no music, just whenever I focused on having it stop. Audiences often ask if I've considered having DBS and I. extend both arms in front of me, no tremor, and ask if they think I should have it. I think that we can do so much more with mind control than we think we can.

[HeartSong in reply to NanCyclist]

So, you practiced relaxing your hand as you purposely put thoughts of peace into your brain, sounds of beauty into your ears, additional oxygen into your whole nervous system, and thoughts of relaxation about your hand into your brain - all at the same time. Maybe you just bombarded your whole system with so much love and positive energy at one time that the dysfunction had to be released. You're giving me ideas. Only, I'll practice on my dystonic feet instead of my hands (they really need help!). Maybe I'll add two more sensory stimuli - smell (I can saturate a cotton ball with lavender oil and put it close to my nose) and taste (I can put a small dab of honey on my tongue). I'll report back.