When you have a bunch of different health issues – ie. Comorbidities – it is sometimes difficult to know the cause of a new ache or pain and/or who to talk to about it! The risk of course is that we just shrug our shoulders and think it must be related to Parkinson’s when it may be something else entirely and treatable!
The risk of course could be that we miss the opportunity perhaps to remedy the situation regarding pain or whatever the issue is, because we put it down to Parkinsons’ and figure there is nothing we can do.
There should always be something that can be done, whether it’s medication, counselling, equipment or perhaps advice from a Physiotherapist to reduce the impact on our lives. In not looking for any other cause, we could do ourselves a disservice and may be able to reduce the impact on us. This is surely worth looking into rather than being fatalistic and to absorb a new pain or other symptom into our lives.
A few more thoughts on this topic in the podcast below.
My journey with Parkinsons 