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Who should be on your Parkinson’s care team?
A recent post on the blog of the National Parkinson’s Foundation asks a provocative question: Will involving a neurologist in the care of a Parkinson’s disease patient makes a difference in outcome? In her post on the NPF blog entitled “The Case for All Parkinson’s Disease Patients to be Co-managed by a Primary Care-Neurologist Team,” Tennessee-based…
Cycling Aids Parkinson’s Diagnosis and Treatment
While The Theracycle Blog has principally focused on how stationery cycling can provide therapeutic benefits to people who live with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, recently published research from a Japanese university suggests that the ability to ride a bicycle can help doctors determine whether the patient has Parkinson’s disease or atypical parkinsonism. It’s somewhat…
News: Theracycle driving Small Business Innovation
We’re excited to announce that our company has been awarded a coveted “Small Business Innovation Research” grant from the NIH to help advance our efforts to understand how using a Theracycle can help people who live with Parkinson’s Disease. See our October 17, 2011 Press Release… The Exercycle Company Awarded NIH SBIR Grant to Enhance Theracycle…
“Welcome” from Peter Blumenthal – CEO, The Exercycle Company
Peter Blumenthal, CEO, The Exercycle Company: I’m happy to welcome you to The Theracycle Blog. While part of the charter of this blog is to increase awareness of our motorized exercise bicycle (the Theracycle), we’ve also launched the blog to inform, assist, inspire and interact with people with movement disorders, Twelve years ago, I was…
The Promise of “Forced Exercise”
While “Forced Exercise” sounds like something you’d have to endure as a member of a prison chain gang… it’s actually a very promising therapy introduced and validated by Jay Alberts, PhD—esteemed researcher at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Alberts’ research and clinical trials have shown that cycling “done right” can significantly improve the conditions of people…
