Marshall Faulk diagnosed with Parkinson's

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Faulk, 53, said he was diagnosed after noticing issues while playing golf and bringing them up to his doctor:

"I get a physical twice a year. I'm a little anal about my health. I literally asked my doctor because I noticed it as I was playing golf. I noticed the rigidity in my hand after I play a lot or practice a lot, I thought it was just normal nerves when putting and stuff like that. But it started to be times where I wasn't playing — I mean, where I was playing, but I wasn't in a match, and it would still do that.

"I was like, 'Wow, is that something? Is that normal?' And the doctor was like, 'You need to go get checked. You need to go have X, Y and Z done.'

Faulk emphasized the importance of early treatment and indicated that his medications have so far allowed him to continue living his life:

"Since I've started on the medication, I don't really have a lot of issues. I might sleep a little more … Other than that, the rigidity in my hands, I still have that. Can't say that it's gotten worse. The little tremors that I get, they are what they are. I just pay attention to my gait, how I walk, when I'm working out, my ability to balance. It's still where it is.

"I don't look at it as something that's terminal. It's like 'Hey, you get to live with this.' There's far worse things out there."

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