reflexology and parkinsons

[Popcorn]

Hi i wondered if any of you could tell me if you have treated any one with parkinsons and how you and the client got on,my work collegue's father has just been diagnosed with parkinsons,and if i was able to give him this treatment
how much would it help him,at the moment all i know is that he keeps breaking down and there is a lot of strain in the family.any feed back would be aprieciated.
thanks lorraine.

 

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I have been treating a client with Parkinsons for a couple of years now, and I also treat his wife. Both of them seem to benefit from the treatment by relaxing enough to doze off for the hour that I spend on them. The Parkinsons patient is steadily declining, which is very sad to watch, but he appreciates the weekly treatments (MLD) as it helps to reduce the 'shakes' and he sleeps better for a couple of nights. His wife has diabetes, and spends so much time looking after her husband, that she tends to neglect herself. Her situation is not helped by being surrounded by a bone-idle family, who still expect her to provide them with meals and baby sitting services! Her eldest son (50) still lives at home, and her daughter (46) and grandson (16) are in the house everyday to eat - even though they have their own house in the same street!!!
I have done reflexology on the client on two occasions, but he didn't enjoy it as much as theMLD - he loves having his face, tummy and legs done the most, so I have adapted my treatments to cater for this. Also, he can no longer negotiate my portable couch, so I have to treat him whilst he is in his electrically operatedreclining chair - bit of a bugger for my back, but I've adjusted my stance so that it doesn't ache too much!
I would say - treat the patient - initially a short treatment, building up to a full session, and also offer to treat the carers too.

 

[Angelic Marie From Hell]

Hi there, I treated a lovely lady (friend of a friend) as a case study last year - she also had one of the nicest pair of feet ive seen!. She had thyroid trouble, osteoporosis, arthritisand a frozen shoulder alongside the Parkinsons, which as you can imagine added to the stress of the condition, not to mention the extra amounts of drugsprescribed.I cant give you much feed back other than for me, I felt the social contact for this lady was the most beneficial part of the treatment. She was quite the opposite to most of the people I have treated as every session she did not stop talking and did not once go to sleep. At the time I found it quite astounding as all my case studies dropped off at some point but it taught me that having that personal contact with Suemeant that she could get all her dailystresses off the chest in my sessions. As that was the only person I have treated so far I cant comment on physical benefits in depth only that some of the other conditions Sue had did ease at the time of treatment, for instance the frozen shoulder eased and lower back pain was not so bad on some days. All I can say to you Lorraine is I would like to think your colleague's father will appreciate the sessions no matter what as he will feel cared for and pampered a bit, particularly should support from family and friends be limited. If you do treat him, please let me know how you get on and what benefits you discover. All the best.

 

[Fontofall]

HI thanks for the feed back jojo and jabba,i hope that my work coll will accept my help in these treatments,they are a nice family,its a bugger,its always the nice ones isnt it.hopefully they will all have some form of treatment whether it be ihm refle or mass,they havnt asked for it but i will do some info sheets and then offer my sevices,then its up to them.Once again thanks for your help,if i do treat them i will post on here for ref.lorraine.xPS why dont children leave home when they are 21,its not as if we dont prepare them is it,im lucky they are all in touch but NOT living at home.