End of Week one of treatment - golf on the horizon?

As mentioned previously, two of the things that make my dad's quality of life much higher are the abilities to drive and play golf. The driving part is obvious, as that is his freedom. Golf, beyond being enjoyable, has the added benefit of exercise, something that is essential for Parkinsonians.

He's still got that swing.

I came up with the idea to visit the Taylormade golf center on Las Vegas Blvd (south of the major casinos, for those who don't know the lay of the lie in LV). We met up with Eric Meeks, the 1988 US Amateur Champion and head pro at Taylormade. He and several other staff members were very kind in listening to our story and desire to help my dad redesign his golf swing in conjunction with the treatment he's receiving to relieve the pain so he can continue to play the game he loves.

We decided to begin going to two brief (20-30 minute) lessons a week. Add that to my dad's one hour treatments with Dr. DeMartino and a twenty-minute workout in the gym with me and he's got a fairly full dance card -- which is good.

Dr. DeMartino demonstrating the shift in Dan's strength
before and after infrared light treatment.

In our work with Dr. DeMartino, I pushed for more information on quantum neurology, in general, and the infrared light treatment, specifically. Dr. DeMartino answered the questions handily and with his usual confidence. According to an article the April 2014 Natural Awakening magazine, "Quantum neurology focuses more on functional, rather than pathological, nerve issues. Traditional neurology looks for lesions and tumors or some disease process that will cause the nerve itself not to work, which is a very important thing to rule out. However, if there is no broken bone or tumor or pathology, then the reason why the nerve isn't working correctly still has not been found.

No actual Dan Cochrane's were harmed in the shooting
of this photograph.

The application of mediums such as vibration and infrared light therapy cause such rapid cellular healing that doctors see neurological change which, in the past, was something that could never be achieved." (Miron, M., "Working on the cutting edge of new medicine"). I got to see the vibration technique at play in concert with the infrared light. Dr. DeMartino also showed some immediate strength changes just by activating the cells. Now, one of the key points in all this, is how will these gains be kept. Dr. DeMartino says it is a matter of training, like anything else with the body, but it's being done at the cellular level.

Dad flew home on Thursday night to the Bay Area - though, in truth, it was more like Friday morning as his 9:30p scheduled departure didn't leave until 3:30am! Poor guy. He'll have time to rest at home, then will be making his way back on Monday to start the process all over again.