Medical Services

Progressive Care for Parkinson’s Disease

Scripps offers a wide range of services for the treatment of movement disorders including:

• A Parkinson’s disease rehabilitation program
• Acute inpatient rehabilitation
• Advanced imaging including MEG scanning
• Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
• Patient education classes
• Surgical options

Complementary therapies and healing practices

Research is demonstrating that optimal treatment of movement disorders requires attention to body, mind and soul; in essence a combination of conventional and complementary therapies. Our affiliation with the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine allows such an approach, by offering the following:

• Exercise classes tailored to those with movement disorders
• Acupuncture
• An herbal pharmacy
• Guided imagery
• Stress reduction classes
• Biofeedback
• Healing touch
• Music and massage therapy