People suffering from Parkinson's disease need to know about Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method. Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) is an optimized from of assisted therapeutic stretching that has great benefits for those plagued with Parkinson's disease.The primary condition of Parkinson's disease is muscular rigidity. Everything stiffens up - the shoulders, the neck, the lower body, etc. And medication is usually not enough to treat the problem. Parkinson's induced muscular rigidity leads to a series of physical problems from pain, stiffness, tremors, inability to walk properly - a shuffle step, and even to dementia. Through a program of therapeutic movement, Active Isolated Stretching therapy improves the condition of the Parkinson's patient. The areas of improvement are: circulation, gait, pain level, tremor reduction, mobility, self-reliance, and prevention of dementia.In Active Isolated Stretching therapy, a Parkinson's client receives help to stretch. Sometimes the client will lay on a massage table. Every area of the body can be stretched in AIS therapy. The therapist will work in a detailed manner to unwind the muscles that are affected. Productive sessions typically last longer than one hour.Active Isolated Stretching has the best results in lengthening muscles, which is exactly what a Parkinson's client needs. The developer of AIS, Aaron Mattes, has identified and corrected the problems with conventional stretching. A Parkinson's client will get more more benefit from a therapist assisting the stretching process. The length of stretch needs to be shortened to get optimal results. More areas of a target muscle need to be addressed to keep the muscle open. And the target muscle needs to be in a relaxed position to get optimal lengthening. Aaron Mattes, a Kinesiologist, is the optimizer of stretching. He perfected an area often overlooked for other magical elixirs. Maybe one day there will be an elixir for Parkinson's disease. For now, Active Isolated Stretching is a high value treatment for improving the condition of the Parkinson's disease.