Dear Parkinson’s
Today I FIGHT BACK
TODAY I WIN.

Welcome to my advanced protocol for Parkinson’s Disease, Brain Tune Up!. This Parkinson’s treatment program gives people near Springfield the tools to not only improve short term health, but develop skills that will continue this improved trajectory for the rest of your life.

Step 1: Read Program Outline Below Thoroughly. Understand the services, protocols, schedule, and costs of the program.

Step 2: Schedule a FREE 15-minute telephone consultation with our program coordinator Callie Maggard who will explain how our Springfield Parkinson’s treatment program could be a good fit for you and answer any questions you may have.

Parkinson’s Disease
Protocol

Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Protocol

I spent years as a neurologist treating multitudes of patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease and over time became frustrated by the trajectory of the traditional medical approach. If you have Parkinson’s disease, you know that you have been labeled with an almost universally fatal disease for which you are told the cause is unknown, there is no cure, there is no way to reverse its course. Even the medications currently available have limited benefit. Conventional medicine removes hope, and replaces it with a life sentence that ties you to an unsatisfying pharmacological solution. I knew the toolbox had to be bigger. While I recognized the value of the medication, I also knew there were things I could do to help my patients address the root cause of their disease. This is when I decided to start my own private neurology and functional medicine practice, and develop The Brain Tune Up!, a neurology-based functional medicine protocol that allows my patients to identify the root causes of their Parkinson’s disease. Our office near Springfield provides a holistic medicine approach to Parkinson’s treatments.

Parkinson’s Program Benefits

While results may vary from patient to patient, the majority of my previous Brain Tune Up! Parkinson’s patients enjoyed the following benefits as a result of my advanced Parkinson’s disease protocol. 

  • Clearer Speech
  • Louder Speech
  • More Vigor
  • Increased Energy
  • Better Handwriting
  • Reduced Tremor
  • Less Rigidity
  • Improved Posture
  • Better Balance
  • Reduced Stress

Program
Enrollment
Schedule Free
Consultation

Your first step is to schedule a free 15-minute telephone consultation with Callie Maggard, Brain Tune Up! Program Coordinator. Please select the time you can be reached by telephone and complete the form afterwards. These steps are critical! Because of the high volume of interest, we are unable to answer your calls or questions until you have scheduled through this process and completed the intake form.

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Program Coordinator: Callie Maggard“Thank you for your interest in our program. I look forward to speaking with you about your health conditions and how our program could potentially help change the trajectory of your health.”

My program accepts out-of-state patients. Brain Tune Up! is a 5-8 month program. In order to be accepted into my program my team and I have to see you for the two-day initial neurological evaluation in-person, but we then can customize the rest of the program in a virtual setting for patients who are traveling from far distances. This will be explained when you schedule a telephone consultation.


Advanced Parkinson's Disease Protocol

This Plan Is For You If...
Parkinson's Disease Treatment

This Plan is for You…

  • If you are looking for more than a pill.
  • If you are looking for someone with the right qualifications: A medical school graduate (M.D.) with experience in direct patient care, a state license to practice medicine, and certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (APBN).
  • If you want a doctor who knows how to address the root causes of disease, not just treat the symptoms or manage the disease.
  • If you want a doctor who has ability to integrate traditional medical care and all of its tools with the skills and mindset of functional medicine.
  • If you want a doctor who makes your personalized care the ultimate goal.
About Parkinson's
Parkinson's Disease Treatment

About Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. But while tremor may be the most well-known sign of Parkinson’s disease, the disorder also causes stiffness or slowing of movement. Symptoms often begin on one side of the body. As Parkinson’s disease develops the person may show little or no facial expression, and one or both of their arms may not swing when they walk. Speech may become soft, slurred, or stuttering. They may notice their handwriting becomes small, and when they walk their feet tend to shuffle. Turning takes several extra steps, and initiating walking is more difficult; walking gets easier the more steps taken. In fact, sometimes the person with Parkinson’s disease seems to walk too fast. They may lose their balance easily, and tend to fall backwards.

What Happens When Dopamine Levels Decrease?

In Parkinson’s disease, certain nerve cells (neurons) in the brain which produce a chemical called dopamine gradually break down or die. When dopamine levels decrease, it causes abnormal brain activity, leading to signs of Parkinson’s disease. Certain genes have been identified that are associated with Parkinson’s disease, but these are uncommon except in rare cases with many family members affected by the condition. Ordinarily, Parkinson’s disease begins in middle or late life, and the risk increases with age. People usually develop the disease around age 60 or older. Parkinson’s disease is estimated to affect nearly 2 percent of those older than age 65, or about 1 million Americans altogether. Although young-onset Parkinson’s disease is recognized it is less common. Similarly, men are more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than are women.

Conventional Approach
Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Conventional Medicine Approach To Parkinson’s Disease

The conventional medicine approach to Parkinson’s disease is to use medication that replaces the missing dopamine in the brain, either using a drug that is a precursor to dopamine (L-dopa) or a drug that mimics dopamine in the brain (dopamine agonists). Sometimes drugs that block the breakdown of dopamine are used (COMT inhibitors or MAO inhibitors). There is also a surgical approach to Parkinson’s disease that can be effective in improving the symptoms. In all cases, however, the disease progresses, and eventually these treatments lose their effectiveness. It is estimated that 50 to 80 percent of those with Parkinson’s disease eventually experience dementia, as well.

The Importance of Lewy Body

An important clue to understanding Parkinson’s disease is the Lewy Body. Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of proteins that develop inside nerve cells, and are composed largely of the protein alpha-synuclein. There is evidence that Parkinson’s disease may begin in the gut. Inflammatory patterns in the gut appear to trigger the formation of alpha synuclein that not only accumulates in the gut, but travels to the brain along the vagus nerve where it accumulates and induces the destruction of dopamine-producing cells. In this holistic framework, other factors also play a role, including the demise of the energy-producing engines of cells, called mitochondria, hormone imbalances, toxin exposures including heavy metals, herbicides and pesticides, and variations in function of the body’s normal detoxification pathways.

Our Approach
Functional Medicine Parkinson's Disease

Our Functional Medicine Approach to Parkinson’s Disease

Our holistic medicine approach to Parkinson’s treatments makes a lot of sense to our clients near Springfield. To accomplish this goal the Functional Medicine operating system consists of the Functional Medicine Timeline, The Functional Medicine Matrix, and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Factors (Sleep & Relaxation, Movement & Exercise, Nutrition, Stress, and Relationships). Functional Medicine Matrix, based on a scientific framework known as “systems biology,” allows the practitioner to evaluate imbalances at the cellular level. This helps sort out why the disease has occurred in the first place. By understanding each of these imbalances the patient is empowered to make changes to correct them. Each part of the Matrix is called a “node,” and there are 7 nodes on the Functional Medicine Matrix. You can read about them here: AssimilationDefense & RepairEnergyBiotransformation & EliminationStructural Integrity, Transport, and Communication.

Brain Tune Up! Parkinson's Disease Intensive: Testimional

Brain Tune Up!
Patient Testimonials

In this video recent patients from my Brain Tune Up! Intensive program share their stories of how the program impacted their health’s trajectory. My program is predicated on helping people just like you dramatically changes the trajectory of your health. Parkinson’s disease does not have to be treated like a death sentence; we have had great success in helping patients with Parkinson’s disease and I would love the opportunity to do the same for you.

This Plan is for You…

  • If you are looking for more than a pill.
  • If you are looking for someone with the right qualifications: A medical school graduate (M.D.) with experience in direct patient care, a state license to practice medicine, and certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (APBN).
  • If you want a doctor who knows how to address the root causes of disease, not just treat the symptoms or manage the disease.
  • If you want a doctor who has ability to integrate traditional medical care and all of its tools with the skills and mindset of functional medicine.
  • If you want a doctor who makes your personalized care the ultimate goal.
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