The Parkinson's Podcast

For this series, Kelsey Phinney shares what she's learned through self-exploration and conversations with her dad Davis Phinney to create a guided meditation series especially for people with Parkinson's.

For this series, Kelsey Phinney shares what she's learned through self-exploration and conversations with her dad Davis Phinney to create a guided meditation series especially for people with Parkinson's.

Parkinson's Meditation Day 3 Exercise

For this series, Kelsey Phinney shares what she's learned through self-exploration and conversations with her dad Davis Phinney to create a guided meditation series especially for people with Parkinson's.

For this series, Kelsey Phinney shares what she's learned through self-exploration and conversations with her dad Davis Phinney to create a guided meditation series especially for people with Parkinson's.

For this series, Kelsey Phinney shares what she's learned through self-exploration and conversations with her dad Davis Phinney to create a guided meditation series especially for people with Parkinson's.

For many living with Parkinson's, DBS has the power to reduce or eliminate OFF times, reduce the frequency and dose of medications, and dramatically improve quality of life.  In this podcast, learn the what, when, why, how, and more of DBS from movement disorder specialists who recommend it, surgeons who perform it, companies that make the devices, and someone who has been living with it for over five years.

Kelsey Phinney sits down with her mom Connie Carpenter Phinney to talk about compassion and resilience and how to stay resilient as a Parkinson's care partner.

Davis Phinney has been living with Parkinson's for over 20 years. In this episode, his daughter, Kelsey, walks through some vocal exercises to help improve his tone and projection. 

Dr. Maya Katz describes the full spectrum of palliative care for people living with Parkinson's and the importance of being more precise in our language so that the people who would benefit from it are not scared away by it.

The symptoms of depression are very common in people with Parkinson's. In fact, depression is probably one of the most common non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's and some studies suggest that over half of people living with Parkinson's experience symptoms of depression. In this episode, Dr. Mark Mapstone talks about the symptoms of depression and how it's diagnosed, how depression is treated and the other rarely talked about psychological symptoms people with Parkinson's often face.

Since 2003, Dr. Jay Alberts has been researching the role that cycling has on reducing the symptoms of Parkinson's. It all began when he rode a tandem bike across Iowa (RAGBRAI) with a person with Parkinson's. In this episode, he talks about his experiences working with people with Parkinson's through outdoor cycling and how he's bringing it into the lab to further his research and help even more people live well with Parkinson's.

There are a lot of medications on the market to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's and finding the right ones for you can take some trial and error. In this episode, Dr. Trevor Hawkins is back to talk about the most common medications that people with Parkinson's take as well as current research and trials that may result in even better solutions in the future. 

The crux of the problem in Parkinson's is the cell death of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine. In this episode, Dr. Trevor Hawkins talks about the three main types of medications used to treat the motor symptoms of Parkinson's and how to make up for the cells that have already died off.

Learning that your parent has been diagnosed with Parkinson's isn't something anyone wants to face. However, if you're able to focus on the good that comes with it, it is possible to help your parent and all of the others involved live well.