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Spasticity

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/spasticity

Spasticity is defined as a lack of inhibition from the central nervous system which results in excessive contraction of the muscles.

Tremors

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/tremors

CHRISTUS Health treats patients suffering from essential tremor, which is the most common type of tremor.

Baclofen Pump

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/baclofen-pump

Our Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) Therapy provides treatment and management for patients suffering from severe spasticity.

Botulinum Toxin

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/botulinum-toxin

Botox is created from a toxin drawn from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This drug is generally used by our physicians in minimal doses to treat health problems such as Dystonia or Parkinson's Disease.

Deep Brain Stimulation

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/deep-brain-stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.

Dystonia

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/dystonia

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that causes muscle contractions, twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.

Huntington's Chorea

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/huntingtons-chorea

Huntington's disease is the most common genetic cause of chorea (abnormal involuntary writhing movements). It is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive decline and dementia.

Parkinson's Disease

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/parkinsons-disease

Parkinson’s disease is most widely recognized as the second most common neurodegenerative disorder of aging and the most common movement disorder.

Parkson's Plus

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/movement-disorders/parkinsons-disease/plus

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

https://www.christushealth.org/get-care/services-specialties/neurology/neuromuscular-care/als

Lou Gehrig's disease is a disorder that's also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Amyotrophic means that the muscles have lost their nourishment.