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On this week’s episode of FOX Rehabilitation’s Live Better Longer podcast, we are joined by stage actor and artistic director of Lamp & Light Productions, Matthew Monroe, and FOX Rehabilitation’s, Annie Goldman, PT, DPT, NCS. In 2019, Matthew was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and subsequently met Annie after he was referred for physical therapy. Annie discusses how physical therapy can be used to treat Parkinson’s and also stresses the importance of truly knowing your patient. Matthew echoes this sentiment from a patient’s perspective and then details how the things he really wanted to express to clinicians, neurologists, and care partners came out in the form of a play he wrote, titled, What I Didn’t Say: A Journey Through Parkinson’s. Drawing from his own experience, as well as other people he interviewed with Parkinson’s disease, Matt was able to create an outlet to raise awareness about his condition and others living with Parkinson’s—a nervous system disorder that affects nearly one million American