Rosi Goldsmith

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How would you distinguish Central Sensitization of pain (CS) from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) for injury-induced pain?

Both appear to involve allodynia, hyperalgesia. Do they both also involve reduced threshold for pain, peripheral and central hyperexcitability, recruitment of other sensory motor pathways,...

30 August 2014 8,666 11 View

What treatments have you found that are effective for restless leg syndrome (my focus is on Parkinson's patients, and manual therapies)?

RLS increases when people lay down or relax. It interferes with sleep. I find that massage or light touch to the legs often increases the discomfort, but compressions down the spine sometimes...

14 March 2014 1,429 21 View

How do you report adverse events from a single case study?

I am a massage therapist, not affiliated with a university. I have been doing a case study series on Parkinson’s for two years. Some of my patients, without changes in medications, showed signs of...

29 December 2013 4,736 2 View

Could people with Parkinson’s reverse symptoms by meditation, self-compassion, sensory/motor training w proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness?

I am monitoring interventions for Parkinson's by pulse-oximeter readings for parasympathetic response, in a patient-centered design, and have seen progress in several rating scale domains, but...

18 December 2013 1,575 4 View

Do you know of research on manual therapies for ligament tears or chronic sprains--PT, massage, osteopathic, acupuncture, besides Khalifa Therapy?

Khalifa has performed non-surgical repair of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures using manual therapy, and is the go-to therapist for some of the world's top athletes. ACL is nearly inaccessible...

15 December 2013 4,760 18 View

How would you gauge the significance of improved olfaction in treatment of Parkinson's?

Some of my patients have reported improved sense of smell after decades of hyposmia - including detecting novel scents, identifying them, and increasing the distance at which they detect them in...

05 December 2013 8,903 6 View

Is anyone aware of research on meditation and Parkinson's?

I have been researching mind-body and body based approaches to Parkinson's. Two of my patients claim awareness of when their meditation is generating dopamine. They feel calm, centered, move...

10 November 2013 8,420 20 View

Are there cofactors in mucuna pruriens that might enhance bioavailability of dopamine for Parkinson's?

Historically, mucuna pruriens has been used in ayurveda for Parkinson-like symptoms, and it has the highest concentrations of levodopa (not dopamine, corrected via Stephen Warren) of any known...

08 November 2013 6,686 3 View