Home Physical Therapy Treatment Report

• StrkL

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 3 stars

  Parkinson's: 10 yrs

  Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease Off

  Mouth/throat: mild

  Arms: none

  Chest: none

  Legs: moderate

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• by StrkL
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Purposes: Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia (Started Jun 01, 2009)

Date	Dosage	Parkinson's Disease Perceived effectiveness	Dystonia Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 25, 2012	30 min Monthly	Moderate	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little
Dec 01, 2011	30 min Monthly		Moderate	Moderate	Usually	Somewhat

Date

Sep 25, 2012

Advice & Tips

I follow a specific program to reduce my dystonia. See http://home.earthlink.net/~strkl/dystonia.html for it.

Cost

< $25 monthly

Date

Dec 01, 2011

Advice & Tips

My dystonia is worse in my left foot. It becomes pigeon-toed (pointing inward), and tends to twist so that I land on the outside of my foot when walking. In fact, I need to be careful that my ankle doesn't roll over (twisting my ankle). If I concentrate on landing more to the inside of my foot, and trying to keep my foot straight, I can continue to walk for a while. I've worked up to the point where I can walk for a mile or more this way. And I've found that I seem to have built up resistance to dystonia. I can exercise at higher intensity, or for a longer time, before getting dystonia. It used to be that once I went into dystonia, I would have to stop walking or running and finish my workout on an exercise bike or elliptical machine. And I would not be able to walk normally until I took my next dose and waited 30 to 60 minutes for it to take effect. (And it would be preferable to take my next dose immediately, or it would take two hours for me to come on then.) But now, even after pushing through the dystonia, once I shower and change, my dystonia is gone, and I can take my medication on my usual schedule. I do this as part of my regular exercise routine, not as Home Physical Therapy. I've just entered it this way because it seems to be the only way I can do so. I wrote about this in more detail at http://www.patientslikeme.com/forum/pd/topics/100055?post_id=1535080#post-1535080

Cost

< $25 monthly

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• nacona

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 3 stars

  ALS: 5 yrs

  Bulbar: none

  Arms: moderate

  Chest: none

  Legs: moderate

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• by nacona
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Purposes: Improve flexibility/strength and Degenerative Disc Disease (Started Nov 18, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Improve flexibility/strength Perceived effectiveness	Degenerative Disc Disease Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 02, 2012		Moderate	Moderate	None	Always	A little
Dec 24, 2010		Moderate		None	Always	Not at all
Dec 14, 2010	120 min Weekly	Slight	Slight	None	Always	Not at all

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• Keeper of the Flame

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  Pain: All

  Fatigue: Most

  Sleep: All

  Stiffness: All

  function: Some

  external_stress: Some

  Stickman: all

  Description:F55y

  FM:4y Dx

  CFS:?y

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• by Keeper of the Flame
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Purpose: Other (Started Mar 01, 2008)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 01, 2012	60 min Daily	None	Severe	Always	Somewhat

Date

Jan 01, 2012

Advice & Tips

It was very painful to do the physical therapy. I did the therapy every day and it just caused more and more pain. It was mostly stretching and strength excersizes and they caused my muscles to burn terribly.

Cost

< $25 monthly

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• Thekla

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  MS: 15 yrs

  Type: Secondary Progressive

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: none

  Vision: none

  Speech: none

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: severe

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• by Thekla
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Purposes: Spasticity and Muscle weakness (Started Jun 01, 2011)

Date	Dosage	Spasticity Perceived effectiveness	Muscle weakness Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 23, 2011	120 min Weekly	Major	Major	None	Always	Somewhat

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• Thomas_Belgium

  Data Quality: 1 star

  • Sex: Male
  • Age: 32y

  Condition: Duchenne Dystrophy 5 additional condition(s)

  Quality of Life:

  • Social: Mild
  • Mental: Mild
  • Physical: Moderate

  I am: Good

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• by Thomas_Belgium
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Purpose: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Started Jan 01, 1990)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 05, 2011	150 min Weekly	Slight	Mild	Always	A little

Date

Nov 05, 2011

Advice & Tips

It's not fun but I feel better afterwards.

Cost

$25-49 monthly

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• pookieboo

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 1 star

  MS: 24 yrs

  Type: Secondary Progressive

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Moderate

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: moderate

  Speech: moderate

  Swallowing: moderate

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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• by pookieboo
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Purposes: Improve mobility and Walking problems (Started May 13, 2009)

Date	Dosage	Improve mobility Perceived effectiveness	Walking problems Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jun 30, 2009	60 min Daily	Slight	Slight	None	Always	Somewhat

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• MariaE

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 1 star

  NMO : 6 yrs

  Type: Relapsing NMO

  Left Eye : mild

  Right Eye : mild

  Sensation : moderate

  Overall : mild

  Swallowing : none

  Arms : mild

  Legs : moderate

  Bladder/Bowel : moderate

  Spinal Cord : mild

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• by MariaE
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Purpose: General health (Started Feb 21, 2007)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 22, 2009	As needed	Moderate	None	Usually	Not at all

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