Movement disorders
Reclaim your independence and find relief from your movement disorder symptoms.
What are movement disorders?
Movement disorders are neurological conditions that impact the way we move, often causing involuntary movements.
Common types of movement disorders include:
- Parkinson’s disease
- Essential tremor
- Ataxia
- Huntington’s Disease
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Tourette syndrome
Symptoms of movement disorders include:
- Shaking and/or tremors
- Jerky, repetitive movements (myoclonus)
- Difficulty walking or a shuffling gait
- Issues with maintaining balance
- Neck twists or painful muscle spasms in your neck (dystonia)
Our approach at Geisinger
Our neurologists and neurosurgeons specialize in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating all types of movement disorders. In our multidisciplinary approach to care, a specialty team of movement disorder specialists, neuropsychologists and neurophysiologists work together to design an individual path of treatment for each patient. Our treatments for movement disorders may include medication, therapy, and surgical options such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.
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