Fox Valley's Best Movement Disorders Care

Movement disorders are neurological conditions that affect a person's ability to control his or her movement.

Imagine your hand twitching as try to grab an object or being unable to rise from a chair without your leg shaking. Movement disorders can make simple daily activities extremely challenging for patients with these conditions.

It’s estimated that 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from a movement disorder. Some disorders cause involuntary movement while others can prevent certain movements.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological movement disorder.

Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination.  Affecting both men and women, Parkinson's disease is one of the most common nervous system disorders of the elderly. Symptoms may affect one or both sides of the body and may be slight at first.

Symptoms

• Automatic movement
• Difficulty swallowing
• Drooling
• Impaired balance and walking
• Lack of expression in the face (mask-like appearance)
• Muscle aches and pains
• Rigid or stiff muscles
• Slowed, quieter speech and monotone voice

Additional Resources

• National Parkinson Foundation
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Relieving your chronic pain with a customized treatment plan.

The Rush-Copley Interventional Pain Clinic provides both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients experiencing acute or chronic pain. At the Pain Clinic, our physicians tailor your unique treatment plan to meet your individual needs based on consultations with you.

Rush-Copley Pain Clinic's board-certified pain management specialists are here to help you with specialized care. Our goals are completely patient-focused and specific to you. We want to help you increase function, alleviate your pain and learn skills to improve your quality of life.

Rush-Copley offers advanced Deep Brain Stimulation to treat patients who are unresponsive to other therapies.

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) can help suppress symptoms of certain movement disorders. It can help make movement in a patient’s off-medication state more like the movement they achieve on medication.

Deep Brain Stimulation involves placing a thin metal electrode into the brain and attaching it to a computerized pulse generator. The generator is implanted under the skin in the chest, much like a heart pacemaker. Different areas of the brain are stimulated via the electrode, depending on the condition.

The treatment is an option if a person has a severe movement disorder for which medications have not been effective or for patients who no longer have an acceptable quality of life due to shortcomings of medical therapy.

Improving quality of life with help from Rush-Copley Physical Rehabilitation Center.

Rush-Copley's Physical Rehabilitation Center believes in turning disabilities into possibilities. We bring together the most advanced technologies, current knowledge and dedicated, experienced professionals in order to improve the quality of life for our patients.

Our rehabilitation team provides complete care for movement disorders including medical treatment for illness and therapeutic treatment designed to restore patients to improved function and wellness.