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hi Bronwen, welcome to the forum, and posting your questions. "Has anyone had experience with this surgery?" that is also a very good question to ask the doctors that are recommending DBS, have they had any specific success with OT and DBS ? and would their patients be willing to talk to y...

Also, could people possibly "edit" their previous information under the memberlist to now include their location. Yes. if you click on the "profile" link towards the top of the page you can access all of your information, and make changes. When registering the only information t...

hi red, I hesitate with posting that question, only because estimates show that 8 or 10 people* are affected by back problems. There may be a correlation but the overwhelming response would most likely show the results that are at least as common as affected by the general public (80%) and possibly ...

hi JM, Hz (Hertz) relates to oscillations (tremors) per second, here's some info on Hz and how it relates to tremors, and the link to the full article is below the quoted text, the article is a little older so the treatments discussed may be dated but the info about Hz seems clear: "The frequen...

Hi Richard, You are welcome to post information about your email list here. But, I did want to post a quick explanation as to why we have chosen the forum instead of an email list as the venue for the OT resource. OT isn't a subject with many resources, so the biggest benefit that we have found is t...

An interesting and probably all too common story, ( you will need to have Adobe PDF reader to view the article )

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/rep ... /3/451.pdf

this appears to be the Canadian distributer for the same chair.

http://www.achievemedicalinc.com/allprods.php

they may be able to locate a reseller in Canada.

best regards,

its so rare to find a reference to OT in the mainstream news, so its nice to see the information getting around.

http://www.wfmynews2.com/2yh/2yh_articl ... ryid=44577

thanks for your patience the update was successful and the forum is open again.



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Hi Penelope, Welcome to the OT forum! > I am new to computers as I just got a computer for Christmas and I still am very slow. Your message looks like you've accomplished quite a bit in just a couple days. But please don't hesitate to ask for help if it appears that something on the forum isn't work...

Hi Louise, Below is a link to an article that investigated weight bearing conditions in both legs and arms, it may be of interest. In the research paper they mentioned the following: "The diagnosis can be easily confirmed by EMG recordings from these muscles, which show a characteristic 13 Hz-1...

Hi Cheryl, I'm glad to hear that you have found something that is working for you! I'm sorry that this posting went off in different tangents. The comments that I had made were an attempt to keep everything in the "open", and to ask that information be posted on the forum, not the opposite...

Hi Erika, The forum is a great place to discuss anything that helps. And, certainly I would never think to discount the effects of alternative methods and products. So the problem wasn't that "IT IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE MEDICATION". I applaud anything that could help with OT, alternative o...

No need to apologize, and I appreciate the sharing of information on the forum. Our goal is just to keep our forum open and safe for the visitors. This is truly a non-profit site, we don't ask for donations, sponsorships or advertisers and hopefully that adds to the open atmosphere and comfort level...

Hi Erika, The forum rules don't allow the posting of advertisements or commercial solicitations on the OT forums. Forum rules can be found at: http://www.orthostatictremor.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=37 We are aware of the Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) programs of many of the vitamin/mineral companies ...