Parkinson’s treatment: Think BIG

Parkinson’s sufferers are making strides with a treatment that encourages them to think big.

7th July, 2012

People born before 1970 might associate Think Big with Robert Muldoon’s economic interventionist strategy; it’s also the mantra of a new interventionist therapy for people with Parkinson’s. Called LSVT-BIG, it’s an offshoot of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) programme, which is aimed at helping people with Parkinson’s retain their voice. For people with the neurological disorder, things – the size of their step, the volume of their voice – tend to shrink, although they are often unaware this is the case. LSVT teaches people to amplify their voice, whereas LSVT-BIG gets ...

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