Written by Alicia Rennoll for Theracycle Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the USA, with more than 50% of stroke survivors over the age of 65 experiencing long-term reduced mobility. Although there is a variety of effective post-stroke therapies available, most are focussed on regaining function. While physical therapy can help improve general…
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Does Medicare Cover Multiple Sclerosis Treatment?
From: Healthline – www.healthline.com – Medically reviewed by Debra Sullivan, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., CNE, COI — Written by S. Behring — July 6, 2020 Medicare coverage | Covered treatments | What’s not covered | Costs | More about MS | Takeaway Managing multiple sclerosis often involves medications, therapies, and other treatments. Medicare will cover many…
Medicare Coverage for Parkinson’s Disease
From: Healthline – www.healthline.com – Medically reviewed by Shilpa Amin, M.D., CAQ, FAAFP — Written by Corey Whelan — Updated on April 21, 2021 Medicare coverage | What is covered? | What isn’t covered? | Parkinson’s disease | Takeaway Medicare covers medications, therapies, and other services involved treating Parkinson’s disease and its symptoms. Physical therapy,…
Does Medicare Cover Speech Therapy?
From: Healthline – www.healthline.com – Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA — December 2, 2020 Medicare coverage | Eligibility | Costs | About speech therapy | Takeaway Medicare may cover speech therapy services under parts A, B, or C. The services must be medically necessary and may…
Midwest Young Onset Parkinson Conference
While Parkinson’s disease most commonly hits patients later in life, it also impacts younger people. For that group of people and their families, Team Theracycle would like you to know about an Ohio event upcoming in mid-November 2012: The Midwest Young Onset Parkinson Conference. Our friend, Julie Sacks, Director, of the APDA National Young Onset Center in Winfield,…
Using Video Games as Parkinson’s Therapy
Video games aren’t just for kids anymore. Movement heavy game systems, like the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360 Kinect, are the newest therapy treatment for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. But how do you go from bopping bad guys to therapy? Well… The Wii is the first game system designed to…
Fun Summer Exercises for Young Students with Movement Disorders
When people think of the various movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, they usually envision an elderly man or woman. After all, Parkinson’s is mostly common among people over the age of 50. However, young “college-aged” people—those roughly between 21 and 29—can get diagnosed with the movement disorder at their ages too. While those with “young…
Cycling away Parkinson’s tremors
If you or someone you love has Parkinson’s disease, I hope you’ve read our eBook A New Therapy Brings Hope & Results to People with Parkinson’s Disease. As a follow-on to that hopeful eBook, in February, we posted the first (of several to follow) personal accounts of people living with Parkinson’s Disease — the story…
Jeff Jennings: “Despite Parkinson’s – what you can believe, you can achieve”
The ruggedly handsome man you see here is 51 year old Jeff Jennings of Greenville, South Carolina. While Jeff played football in college and competed in distance running (including the NYC Marathon in 1986), his life changed in 1996 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 35. Since then, as Jeff…
First-person accounts of people now living better with Parkinson’s disease.
From time to time the Theracycle team sends out articles and materials that we think may be informative and helpful. Recently, we created a new eBook titled “First-person accounts of people now living better with Parkinson’s disease.” This new eBook details the personal stories of five people with Parkinson’s who’ve been riding a Theracycle and are…