Parkinson Massage

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Permalink Reply by Marydiane Elizabeth Lahodny on July 23, 2009 at 5:10pm

Thank you so very much, I really do appreciate this information.

Diane

Jenny Good said:

Hi Diane,

Check out the article "Massage and Parkinson's Patients" from Massage & Bodywork, available at http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/289/Bod....

The National Parkinson Foundation has a number of client education publications available at http://www.parkinson.org/Page.aspx?pid=244. The manual "Fitness Counts" has some useful information for clients, although the info about massage is quite limited. It did provide this list of recommended reading, which I've copied below. The info in the manual and in the resources below detail a lot of work that is outside of the scope of practice for MTs, but would be useful info about what the client is dealing with and how it relates to movement.
■Morris, ME. Movement Disorders in People with Parkinson Disease: A
Model for Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy, 2000; 80(6): 578-595.
■Schenkman, M, et al. (1998). Exercise to Improve Spinal Flexibility and
Function for People with Parkinson’ Disease: A Randomized, Controlled
Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc., 46: 1207-1216.
■Turnbull, GI., editor. (1992). Physical Therapy Management of Parkinson’s
Disease. New York: Churchill Livingston.
■Argue, J. (2000). Parkinson’s Disease and the Art of Moving. California:
New Harbinger Publications.
■“Guidelines for Physiotherapy Practice in Parkinson’s Disease” link from the
University of Northumbria in England, website:
http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/faculties/hswe/research/Rehab/Rehab...

Best,
Jenny

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Burnham on October 17, 2009 at 10:00pm

I did my PhD thesis on using manual therapy with Parkinson's disease. There is a lot of information and references on my website www.TheBurnhamReview.com. or you can email me at theburnhamreview@juno.com --- kim Burnham

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