The Bronowski Clinic

[Farooqji]

Has anyone been there? It's located in Australia and claim to have a novel approach to the PD treatment. They use combination of drug and light therapy, which they claim have double the therapeutic effects compared to the drugs alone.

[AngloAmericanGothic]

Made my PD husband a redlight/nir infrared hat. Early days, but he is sleeping through the night.

[Farooqji in reply to AngloAmericanGothic]

Thanks, and keep us updated

[mecklenberger]

Dr Greg Willis is the promotor of this technique. I used it for a year or so. His Dr title is a phd. He is very genuine and assured me that he had helped some 300 or so PWPs.

The technique involves looking at a very bright light (10000 lux) for a given period before going to bed.

It deals with a serotonin/ melatonin balance (jet lag effect ) and helps sleep patterns.

I asked Greg at the time how effective was his technique and he quipped that it varied depending on how far away the patient was from Woodend in the state of victoria in Australia (the consulting rooms address).

I did not find it helpful for me but I believe it has genuine effect for some people..

[researchfiend]

This sounds scammy to me. If he has the "cure," why isn't it huge news? Guessing it costs a fortune, and the business model is extracting a fortune from the desperate and gullible.

[JAS9]

Double the therapeutic effect of drugs on PD?

2 times zero is still zero.

But they do have a graph, so... science!

Actually, I'm all for light therapy. There's a free service that you can access anywhere in the world. Every morning I go out and sit in the sunlight for 15 minutes, which resets my circadian rhythm just fine! I don't have a chart though.

[ion_ion]

I'm skeptical regarding the light.

[elka68]

Hi All, I have been following the blog for a good while. Thank you to All of you for your

contributions. I am not PD sufferer, but my husband who I care for is. He has been struggling horribly with PD for last 8-9 years and last 3 it is pure hell. He is in the advanced stage of PD now. I'll only say that our life (his and mine) is punctuated by this horrific illness.

Over these years of following your blog (before, my husband was also doing that, but now

he cannot) I noticed and came to conclusion that there are not two PD's patients who "experience", live Parkinson's the same way.

I understand those who suffer and I understand caregiver(s), everyone hopes and believes

that they can escape the worst and when I read about some "miraculous" interventions

it makes me think "an other bogus". Maybe for some people it would work, but not for everybody, for my husband NOTHING did. Also, let's keep in mind if "something" worked

we would know that already. We live in times where information is widely circulating.

Best Wishes to those who suffer and those who help them.

Regards,

Elka68