~ Michael J. Fox said, "I love the irony. I & # 39; m perceived as being actually young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man.
Billy Graham has been coping with Parkinson 's disease has been taken center stage in recent years after "back to the Future" star Michael J. Fox and former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali went public with his diagnoses. for over 15 years. Some 1.5 million American 's are afflicted by the disease, and there are as many as 50,000 new cases each year.
Understandably, many doctors are very skeptical about the use of neurofeedback for Parkinson 's., One aspect of treatment with neurofeedback that they are not aware of, is that neurofeedback does not profess to correct anything in the area of the brain responsible for Parkinson 's disease.
At the time of their diagnosis, most Parkinson & the most symptoms of Parkinson & # 39; s disease became obvious, some 75% of the neurons in an area known as the substantia nigra have been lost. 75% of these neurons, leads to the conclusion that they are are able able of moving themselves. move at will with just 25% of their substantia nigra remaining.
The human brain is truly amazing. It is a great deal of plasticity, which means not being contribute significantly in, when the area that usually handles the task is damaged. Neurofeedback therapy can help to strengthen these pathways so they are better able to compensate for the part of the brain that is impaired.
Neurofeedback accomplishes These changes by effectively using retraining the way of part of the brain function. Some therapists will recommend beginning and ending the treatment with a Quantitative EEG (QEEG) or "Brain Mapping" procedure to see how your brain is functioning.
The neurofeedback sessions themselves are sinusions, the therapist will be attached very thin to the sessions, the therapist will be very comfortable. The brain perceives these activities as a reward, and with this positive reinforcement, will increasingly choose to use the desired waves.
There is even a reason to to believe that patient's living an active life. There is even a reason to to believe that neurofeedback therapy could help Parkinson 's patients to the point where brain surgery could have been delayed for a time.
