My Neuromodulation Neurorehab Stack.

[House2]

DISCLAIMER: This  is for informational purposes only.

 Prior to February 2022 my PD symptoms were  stiffness mainly in my head, neck and shoulders, right hand tremor.  I contracted Covid that month and my PD symptoms went crazy, severe tremor all over my body, orthostatic hypotension passing out, I couldn’t walk more than a few steps.  I had to stop working and was essentially bed ridden.

I wanted to share the things that are helping me get my life back.

 If you have followed any of my posts you are probably aware that I am a big fan of using various forms of electrical stimulation to augment my return to function. 

 Base exercises 1. Specific Feldenkrais exercises chosen to address my specific functional deficits.  I picked floor exercises based on a postural correction case study published by the Chiropractic Biophysics group.  2. John Pepper’s fast walking.

 I do these exercises  while listening to Bolt’s vestibular Binaural  Beats mp3.  I use bone conducting headphones based on studies that suggest skull vibration stimulates the vestibular system and  that vestibular stimulation may improve balance and function in PWP.

This has improved my posture, balance and stiffness.

 I use transcranial direct current brain stimulation tDC (the manufacturer says not to). This I believe reduces the “ratchety” movement in my arms and has reduced my anxiety.

 Alternating stimulation in the median and radial  nerves at the wrists   and a Tremor ball.

Reduces the intensity of my tremors.

 

Best of all I’m back to work!!!

[Smittybear7]

Glad you are improving.

[laglag]

Sounds good. I'm glad things are improving for you. Sounds like you went through a lot. If you had to pick one thing out of all those which do you think that helps the most, besides exercise? 🥊

[House2 in reply to laglag]

Alternating stimulation of the nerves at the wrist

[KERRINGTON in reply to House2]

What are the commercial names of these gadgets in case we want to order ? Wishing you continued health !

[House2 in reply to KERRINGTON]

amazon.com/Panadia-Conducti...

[Bolt_Upright in reply to House2]

So do you still love your bone conduction headphones? I am thinking of getting some.

[House2 in reply to Bolt_Upright]

yes I use them often

[House2 in reply to KERRINGTON]

vilim.lt/en/1630-2/

[Bolt_Upright]

Thank you for sharing. May I ask if you are on medication also?

[House2 in reply to Bolt_Upright]

CL 25/100 extended release, three times per day

[Bolt_Upright in reply to House2]

Thank you. I am happy you like the Binaural Beats. You helped me out a lot with those. I should have some new ones soon.

[bullet65 in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Could I get a copy of you binaural beats mp3?

[House2 in reply to bullet65]

Got it from Bolt,see above ^^^

[Bolt_Upright in reply to bullet65]

pdprotocols.atwebpages.com/...

[House2]

Teamwork 👍

[PDsux_10]

Hi, That's great news. What TDC device do you use and what is a tremor ball? Thank you

[House2 in reply to PDsux_10]

amazon.com/LIFTiD-Improving...

[PDsux_10 in reply to House2]

Thank you and you mentioned a tremor ball, what does it do exactly?

[House2 in reply to PDsux_10]

See link above ^^^

[Annieartist]

Great you’re on the mend- it’s scary how an additional issue like a virus can totally floor you. I had a virus last week and decided as it was fairly obvious symptom free I thought my PD had gone crazy but a week later and I’m almost back to previous health

[Marcia123]

Do you take Levadopa?

[House2 in reply to Marcia123]

yes, 25/100 3x/day

[Missy0202]

How wonderful for you! Thanks for sharing. It helps us all

[SAGoodman]

House2 thank you so much for sharing your journey and treatments you are using! So glad you're back to work!

[Godiv]

This sounds great! I’m sorry you had Covid though. It’s so scary. Do you mind my asking what you’re using to stimulate your wrists? Is that the tremor ball? I have carpal tunnel syndrome on my right wrist. It’s awful. I just wondered if something like this would help. Other than that I want to try these things :). Thanks!

[House2 in reply to Godiv]

I use an old muscle stim unit that a chiropractic friend gave to me. From what I've read, to reduce tremor you need alternating, also known as reciprocating stimulation. For example channel "A" stimulates the median nerve for a set period of time, then pauses while channel "B" stimulates, for example the radial nerve. The stimulation alternates / reciprocates / switches, back-and-forth, between channel "A" - median nerve and channel "B" - radial nerve stimulation. This in theory mimics the tremor and can potentially cancel it. Unfortunately most TENS units don't have a reciprocal mode setting. This one seems to...

medicaleshop.com/biostim-re...

Like I said, I'm using a muscle stim unit that was used in a chiropractor's office, so make sure the one you acquire has a reciprocal mode function.

I hope this helps.

Stimulation sites.

[Bluebell2022 in reply to House2]

Hi where do you place the electrode pads while using the device?

[House2 in reply to Bluebell2022]

amazon.com/LIFTiD-Improving...

[Bluebell2022 in reply to Godiv]

Hi I am thinking of getting the muscle stimulating machine from medicaleshop. will the 2 electode pads that come with it be enough and where do you position them please?

[Godiv in reply to Bluebell2022]

Hi there. You may want to check with House2 about that. You may have meant to email them, but for some reason it came through to me. But I really haven’t done much with it so I hope house can help you :-).

[Godiv]

OK, house2. Thank you for the information and the instructions. I appreciate it. It’s really interesting what these machines can possibly do. It just seems like it’s really good to explore the capabilities. So I thank you so much for the info!

[House2 in reply to Godiv]

Check this out

youtu.be/48evjcN73rw(Not working as expected?)

[Godiv in reply to House2]

Oh my gosh. That’s unbelievable. In the tongue to that this is amazing when they said it doesn’t matter; the rain doesn’t care where the information comes from. It’s amazing. Thank you for sharing that.

[Godiv in reply to House2]

Oh I forgot to tell you. I bought a TDs device. It’s not from Amazon. I hope it will be OK because it’s a used model. And I got a discount for signing up with email heh!

[House2 in reply to Godiv]

exercise while you use it

[Godiv in reply to House2]

Good idea ! Let me know if you think of anything else. Helpful hints of using brain technology LOL.

[Bari2000]

Thanks it was very helpful

[Bluebell2022]

Hi Can you tell me where you bought your tDS device from and how often do you use it?

[House2 in reply to Bluebell2022]

Amazon I use daily

[Bluebell2022]

hi, I am going to try Tcds. Where do you place the electrodes?

[House2 in reply to Bluebell2022]

if you use this device, the electrodes are positioned for you.

amazon.com/LIFTiD-Improving...

[Bolt_Upright]

Hi House2, I have a question about this please:

I use transcranial direct current brain stimulation tDC (the manufacturer says not to). This I believe reduces the “ratchety” movement in my arms and has reduced my anxiety.

Which I think is this gadget: LIFTiD tDCS Device for Improving Focus, Attention, Memory, and Productivity amazon.com/LIFTiD-Improving...

What did you mean by "the manufacturer says not to"?

[House2 in reply to Bolt_Upright]

It is NOT FDA cleared to treat disease, it is for recreational use only.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to House2]

Do you think it is helping?