ProHealth Care's  Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic

Offering Clinical Expertise and Promising Advances in Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Treatment

Every movement that your body makes - from raising your hand to smiling to walking across a room - involves a complex interaction between your brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.  If these body parts don't work together, a movement disorder may result.

ProHealth Care's Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic provides comprehensive medical, physical and emotional support for individuals with:

• Parkinson's Disease
• Dystonia
• Essential Tremor
• Huntington's Disease
• Ataxia and other movement disorders.

Our comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach places the patient in the center of a team of providers who work together to address each individual patient's needs to provide better outcomes and allow the patients to benefit from today's most promising advances in Parkinson's disease and movement disorder treatment.

Innovative Treatment options

Patients seen at the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic will find:

• Initial evaluation, consultation and ongoing medical management by a movement disorders specialist.
• Physical therapy for rehabilitative treatment, including exercise and gait training
• Occupational therapy for aid in adaptation to self-care activities, work and leisure skills.
• Speech therapists, trained in the proven Lee Silverman method, provide treatment and education for speech difficulties.
• Neuropsychology to address emotional and cognitive issues.
• Botulinum treatment for dystonia.
• Intrathecal drug delivery systems for muscle tone and pain.
• Patient and family education.
• Complementary therapies, including acupuncture, massage therapy, Tai Chi, and biofeedback, that provide profound healing benefits for mind, body and spirit.

Why choose us for your care?

Our team approach - Under the medical direction of Efrain Perez-Vargas, MD, board-certified neurologist, our multidisciplinary approach places the patient in the center of a team of providers who work together to address each person's needs.

Care Coordinator model - The care coordinator acts as an advocate for patients, providing support and education, helping patients navigate follow-up care and ensuring continuity as the "go-to person" for patients and others in need of Parkinson's resources.

Clinical research -- Patients have ample opportunity to participate in clinical research in the treatment and understanding of Parkinson's Disease, dystonia, and other movement disorders.

Convenience - The Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic is offered at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and at the Oconomowoc Physician Center.

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