Shared from parkinsonsnewstoday.com.
In addition to medications prescribed to help manage Parkinson’s disease, patients may also benefit from a variety of non-drug treatments. Compared with conventional therapies that focus on treating the underlying problem causing the symptoms of a disease, these therapies are aimed at improving the patient’s quality of life by relieving the symptoms and their effect on the body and mind.
Because Parkinson’s affects everyday functions, patients often need not only doctors and nurses for care, but also other health professionals such as a speech therapist, physical therapist, and occupational therapist to cope with the disease, manage symptoms, ease pain, reduce stress, and improve quality of life.
Surgical procedures, such as deep-brain stimulation, may also be used to help ease motor symptoms in Parkinson’s patients.