I've just learned that an acupuncturist named Janice Hadlock's cured many Parkinson's patients. Unfortunately, her approach is only suitable for patients who've stayed away from anti-parkinsonian drugs or who haven't been on medication for over 3 weeks. She retired in 2020, but her ebooks are freely downloadable on her website, Parkinson's Recovery Project. The good news is that her method, described in Recovery from Parkinson's, can be used by anyone without the help of a therapist.
Good luck!
Je viens d'apprendre que l'acupunctrice Janice Hadlock a guéri de nombreuses personnes atteintes de la maladie de Parkinson. Malheureusement, sa méthode n'est indiquée que pour les malades qui ne prennent pas d'antiparkinsoniens ou en prennent depuis moins de trois semaines. Bien qu'elle soit à la retraite depuis 2020, ses livres électroniques sont téléchargeables gratuitement sur son site, Parkinson's Recovery Project. Par bonheur, sa méthode, décrite dans Recovery from Parkinson's, peut être utilisée par tout le monde sans l'aide d'un.e thérapeute. Elle est exposée en français dans l'ouvrage du Dr Alain Vitiello intitulé Maladie de Parkinson: le Chemin de Guérison.
Bonne chance!
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Because of her restrictions on having taken medication she ends up with early stage patients. In such patients symptom relief can masquerade as a cure but it's not.
You mean this: janicehadlock.com/wp-conten... that says: "a specific pattern in the electrical currents that flow in the connective tissue just under the skin. This particular electrical configuration is only supposed to run when a person is in near-death shock or coma. In people with Parkinson’s, the currents flow in this near-death pattern all the time. In many people with Parkinson’s, the currents have been running this way since childhood"
" unhealed foot injuries of my first few Parkinson’s patients recovered in response to the gentle hands-on therapy that I was using, all the channels began flowing in the correct direction, and stayed that way. The symptoms of Parkinson’s ceased and never returned."
I have received and continue to receive great benefit from practicing Qigong: healthunlocked.com/cure-par... However, my experience has nothing in common with what she has to say.
I do Qi Gong every week and find it very useful too. As far as I know, Janice Hadlock does not discourage patients from practising it. Here's what she says on p. 17 of her book: "Type II PD is the type of Parkinson’s disease that might spontaneously, permanently disappear in response to Qi Gong or other mental and/or movement
disciplines in which mental focus is used to direct energy throughout the body – even to areas that might unknowingly have long been dissociated.
When you read online about people whose Parkinson’s went away in response to
Qi Gong, visualizations, positive affirmations, or hands-on physical support therapies,
these recoveries most likely occurred in people who only had Type II PD."
I hasten to add that I'm not one of the lucky people who might benefit from her treatment (I've been on dopamine-enhancing drugs since 2017). If someone'd told me about Janice's method when I was first diagnosed, I'd have gone for it without hesitation, especially as one of my therapist friends who was trained in Chinese medicine's called her "a genius". The reason why I posted the information above is to make sure that patients who still have their options open are aware of Janice's technique.
Let me take this opportunity to thank you for your many impressive, very well-researched posts!
p_b from 3 years ago. "It is so full of nonsense on every level one hardly knows where to begin. It repeats her claim that Parkinson's can be due to foot injury: " being stuck in normal, biological dissociation from a foot or ankle injury"
the genius of it is that since most people have already dabbled in medication before looking for some other approach they can’t now try it and prove it doesn’t work!
That is simply incorrect. I have not dabbled, and she specifically states that if you have taken it for over 3 weeks, this will not work for you. As you and the other doubtfull voices here have promptly demonstrated. You are cherry picking words, with obvious intent to discredit. Speak for yourself. And all the people here who are using ad hominem attacks, are basically showing their own true colors. Very sad to see this kind of discourse here. I come here because it is a space for open minded discussion. She does not charge money for anything she does, and is actually saying that YOU have the power to heal yourself with the information she has gleaned. But some people maybe are resentful since they have accepted the common recs of docs saying medicating one self is the only solution. Very sad to see this kind of behaviour here.
I read some of her book. I studied TCM :Traditional Chinese Medicine for several years. Placebo effect doesn't happen in animals so when a needle in the nose wakes an anesthetized patient, as I saw hundreds of times, there's probably a grain of truth. Traditionalists don't want to explore the idea of "...electrical currents that flow in the connective tissue..." but Becker's book, The Body Electric, , explains the western beliefs while showing the eastern approach.
I read the book 20 years ago. It offers the theory that Chi is merely electro-hormonal responses in the body; Most of the meridians follow nerve tracts.
Howard Shifke had success with curing a person who was on levadopa by following the TCM philosophy. Janice didn't want to be open to law suits or fighting with cynics. It does take faith in God who heals.
Excuse me? That comment is really painful to hear! Are all you guys so casual in your comments?
What are conventional medications doing but managing the symptoms of PD and upping the dosages ?
What is a problem here that I see, is that people jump in and do some cross talking and just dismiss the lady's remarkable work stemming from her insights and by her trying out many methods and getting her patients clear of PD.Instead of cynicism and projecting negative inputs from info gleaned here and there, try to appreciate one beacon light in the world of despair and darkness of PD sufferers.. yes, some people are losing their sight too!
Maybe some of us who have been here a very long time are very experienced, also are patients, some of us are professionals who have treated patients, Summer Long experienced and very disciplined about doing legitimate research and accumulated knowledge and experience, also have PD, also have had ups and downs and have seen a few things and would like to caution people before they leap in and get crushed.
Perhaps you should put yourself in the position of those who have been here and have seen the predators. You're telling people that they can't talk is very intolerant and the first instance of somebody in the string attacking another and telling them to shut up. That crosses a boundary, that crosses a line and you were the one who did it, nobody else. That's bullying, and you, no one else, did it. Was that very wise?
So be careful about deciding to take offense when people are only trying to participate. No one took a shot at you...you're the one who attacked someone on this list, you attacked several of us rethink your approach please. You're the one who has said people are not free to speak their mind. You are the one telling people to shut up, no nobody has told you to do that. That's crossing a line and will discourage people from speaking freely and protecting others with the other side of the experience that you avoid so much. People have a right to their opinions and to express them. That's not harmful to anybody so in that you are quite mistaken.
And by the way, you are also speaking for somebody else and this woman is free to come on the list and speak for herself. And by the way some ruthless predators have also taken up your position as a cover to deceptively ply their business trade and take advantage to make money off of the vulnerable... And when their product or service doesn't pan out those people feel betrayed, embarrassed, humiliated and left feeling helpless and harmed, only the harm is real because it has cost them time and money as well. You just never know so you should not judge. This woman acupuncture babe is actually selling her services on the market. That means she puts herself out there on the market and expects at least a few people to examine her wares. She is just fine without your overbearing protection uninvited, she's a salesperson. Everybody else on this string is doing what they do for free. So has a history which you may not be aware of so why don't you spend the time do a little homework and look into all that you can find out, good and bad, and report back. That would be helpful.
I'm afraid you have it backwards, I don't convince you, you convince you. But that's quite alright, I'm not really all that concerned with convincing you particularly, it's not my job and of course I'm not your mommy. Have absolutely no problem with having to muddle along without your approval.
Finding out what's true or not is your job not mine. Ignorance is a choice, hope you make a good one for yourself, it's not something I could do for you. Try making a little effort, the benefits can be surprising. Ignore things at your own risk, meanwhile I will certainly manage either way.
In other words, you don't have any proof that she's selling anything. So you've decided to call me ignorant. Got it. Thanks for making it abundantly clear who to ignore.
You're the one who likes to open with personal shots. (Which I see you have now eliminated after I pointed that out, as if you never had, good thing I got a screenshot.) Even though obviously irrelevant, they do convey information about the poster. And regarding that, loved reading your illuminating bio and accumulated postings.
"In other words...you don't have any proof that" what she does and recommends is effective or worth bothering over or has no risk.
Oh, but you don't like having your own words used back at you, I know that because earlier you retracted the hostile remark you made toward me about credibility (so I'll have to take a screenshot of that one too, you might edit it out and then later claim you did nothing provocative). So, to continue your line of reasoning to me, only now applying it to you so that you can see how you like having it done to you...So "In other words you have no proof that" what she does or recommends is effective, and yet you are endorsing her and saying that what she recommends is effective.
Since you told me I wasn't credible, perhaps you would care to establish your own credibility.
Looking forward to it, I'm sure it will be helpful.
I have not said what she does is anything at all. Please stop putting words in my mouth, and at this point I actually would appreciate it if you would simply stop responding to me. Thanks.
You do like putting words in people's mouths don't you, changing what they say. And making hostile remarks as a way of saying hello. What's the matter, having a bad day, or is it your usual way? I will tell you one thing, I don't much appreciate snipers, I believe most people don't either, but most people don't know what to do...I do. What I do is simply remove their cover, harmlessly. I have found that snipers won't snipe unless they have cover to hide behind first and then they shoot from cover. They take quite a bit of trouble to have cover before they shoot at someone. You can even look it up, that's how they define sniper which is what you did, a couple times. Remove the cover, and they won't do it because now they're exposed, and for some reason they don't like being exposed... Perhaps because they know that sniping is hostile, something about that gets to their own sense of guilt or maybe they just don't like being caught. Snipers need their cover, that's what makes them a sniper. Works every time.
So enjoy your homework and maybe you can report back.
My strategy is to explore any protocol that is cheap and easy and does not require me to pass on trying other protocols. Experiment and take any positives that may be lurking in hair brained protocols.
That said, you do have to prioritize your exploration. This is not at the top of my list but I do plan on eventually giving it a close look.
Yes. I saw that. Highly controversial if he is. It's sad that the standard of care (dopamine agonist focused) has not evolved much over the last 50 years. Just need to remain rationally optimistic, keep an open mind, experiment cautiously and own responsibility for our own healing journey.
Has anyone here considered WHY the standard of care has not evolved? I'm guessing nearly everyone has given this some thought. And yet it's super disheartening to see people ranting about how Hadlock is making money off her research, but nothing to say about the giant corporations making people into dopamine addicts for decades.
Personally, I think the reason the standard of care has not advance is that it is simply a tough nut to crack.
Yes, there are plenty of companies focused solely on revenue, but there are also enough researchers in enough countries that work outside the profit motive that they should have found something by now.
So... I don't think it is a conspiracy.
I do believe the answer is out there. Maybe close.
my point above is that as most people have tried medication by the time they start looking for alternatives her method is no longer open to them to either prove or disprove.
Is that true that most people have tried meds before looking for alternatives? That is a travesty imho. I imagine it's partly due to the docs encouraging people to do so even if as a method to see whether they truly have PD. It's what several neuros suggested to me. And why I have gone through 4 different docs before landing on the one I currently have who I feel is actually on my team.
I'm sorry I haven't answered your messages earlier: I've had no access to my emails for the past three days.
If the matter at hand were not so serious, this pseudo-discussion would simply be laughable. Indeed, it amazes me to see how some people are so blinded by their prejudices that they're ready to pass judgement on a theory they're obviously not acquainted with.
I'll just reply to the last comment on the list. bassofspades, either you just skimmed through Janice's text or your memory is failing you. May I suggest that you read, or reread, pages 15 to 20 of her book? At the bottom of page 15, she states very clearly that nearly 95% of her PD patients had type I of Parkinson's disease, which, unlike types II and III, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOT INJURY.
I firmly believe that a therapist who strikes me as a rigorous and honest thinker (she readily acknowledges that she made mistakes when she started working with PwP) and who is generous enough to allow all and sundry to freely download her main books deserves better that such flippant dismissal of her thesis.
My only hope is that the gross misrepresentations of her work that I've come across in somes of the messages above won't dissuade patients who might benefit from her approach from reading her book with an open mind and decide whether or not they want to give it a chance.
THank you for the sober response. I plan on reading all the books and am currently on page 91 of Recovery From Parkinson's. It is riveting because so much of it validates so much of what I have already been theorizing about my own journey so far. I'm sure that some people here will simply say I was "misdiagnosed" if I report back that it's working. We will see ...
Hi there, thanks very much for your post and to everyone else for all the others, I've found this forum really informative and useful.
I've binge read big parts of two of Janice's books now, free to download. It is really interesting, and might be worth a try... My partner might just escape the 'dont do this at home/atall' recommendation. He started Sinamet 2.5 weeks ago as a diagnostic to see if he has normal Parkinsons or CBD after a positive DAT scan; we reckon he's showing some signs of response (face and shoulder, though hand still tremorring and leg a bit heavy still) so very happy to come off Sinamet (slowly) as his symptoms are easily liveable with at the moment without medication. If you do the self help things Janice Hadlock suggests, you have to be totally free of medication to be safe so that'd be a little further down the line, if it is appropriate in our case. From her case studies I was a bit shocked at how powerful the dopamine drugs are to be honest, our prescription seemed a bit blase really, and we have some trepidation coming down again.
We're doing loads of other things along the exercise, sleep, gut health and supplement lines (diet, ferments, B vits, D, omega3, turmeric), anything I can find reasonable evidence for, plus we're investigating if mercury poisoning from amalgum fillings is a factor (he's got a face full). In the early stages i reckon it's got to be worth scouting around a bit and trying different things.
ps I've read that Glutathione is also the mercury chelation agent you use once you've a) removed your fillings, and b) chelated out the body mercury outside theb brain using another agent that doesn't cross the blood brain barrier. Usefull little snippet I thought, or you can send even more mercury into your brain.
from Janice's book: "Many of my patients have not wanted to think that they have dissociated from some body part or are using self-induced dissociation or pause. Some have told me they preferred to have an incurable illness for “no reason at all” rather than consider the possibility that their own mind is playing a role in their sickness. One patient told me, “It’s perfectly respectable to have Parkinson’s disease. It’s not respectable to have a mental problem.”For historical reasons that I’m not going to go deeply into here, western culture has long considered mentally-triggered health problems to be less “real” than physical ones, and even somewhat shameful, as if mind-activated problems indicate a lack of high morals.If you’re interested in when and how this attitude developed, please look up the details on René Descartes vs. the Pope on the mid-seventeenth century legal decision on the question of physical versus “spiritual” (including mental) illness. The conclusion of the173legal debate was that, at risk of ex-communication, doctors agreed that they would study and care for the physical body, but that all mental/emotional issues would be considered spiritual problems and as such would belong to the realm of the church.Thus, mental issues became legally separated from medical study. The results of this decision linger, still influencing western belief in the separation of physical and mental health. In eastern medicine, no such separation exists.The fact is, nearly all illnesses have a mental component. Even the rate of healing from an injury or illness can be influenced by mental behaviors. The degree to which a person is physically sickened by physical and/or emotional damage or stress depends to a large extent on mental behaviors, including learned attitudes, that might seem completely unrelated.As mentioned earlier, not every person chooses dissociation in response to trauma. But please don’t think less of yourself if it turns out that you have dissociated from some problem or body part. It is a perfectly human thing to do. Dissociating is not an indication of a poor moral compass. It may be an indication of a relatively high intelligence and/or a high degree of mental self-control. It may be a misguided intelligence, driven by fear-based commands rather than wisdom, but a strong intelligence, nevertheless."
I have been treated by Janice Hadlock a few years ago. She knows a lot about physiology as reflected in her online books. I'd recommend her books to anyone with PD.
Hi CapSage, were Hadlock’s treatments effective for you? I’m about 200 pages into her book now. It’s a bit overwhelming but I do find parts that resonate with my experience. So just looking for real people who have benefited from her therapy.
This was a good post and one of MarionP' s better rants. It always appears to me that the person she is talking to is not reading what she writes. Good response MarionP
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