Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders

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Comprehensive Neurology Care for Parkinson’s Disease, Tremor, Gait Changes, and Movement Symptoms

Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders can affect walking, balance, tremor, stiffness, slowness, sleep, mood, memory, blood pressure, constipation, and daily independence.

VerityMD Neurology provides evaluation and ongoing care for Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism, tremor, gait difficulty, dystonia, and related movement symptoms.

Symptoms We Evaluate

  • Tremor

  • Slowness or stiffness

  • Shuffling gait or reduced arm swing

  • Falls or freezing of gait

  • Small handwriting or soft voice

  • Acting out dreams

  • Constipation

  • Dizziness when standing

  • Hallucinations or confusion

  • Memory changes

  • Medication wearing-off or dyskinesias

Conditions We Help Evaluate or Manage

  • Parkinson’s disease

  • Parkinsonism

  • Essential tremor

  • Dystonia

  • Medication-induced parkinsonism

  • Gait and balance disorders

  • Restless legs syndrome when clinically appropriate

  • Post-stroke movement problems

Services and How They Help

Parkinson’s Disease Evaluation

The evaluation focuses on tremor, stiffness, slowness, gait, balance, facial expression, voice, handwriting, sleep, mood, memory, and autonomic symptoms.

How this helps:

  • Clarifies whether symptoms suggest Parkinson’s disease or another movement disorder

  • Identifies motor and non-motor symptoms

  • Guides medication and therapy planning

Medication Management and Wearing-Off Review

Parkinson’s medications often require careful timing and monitoring for wearing-off, dyskinesia, dizziness, hallucinations, sleepiness, nausea, or confusion.

How this helps:

  • Reviews medication timing and response

  • Identifies side effects

  • Supports safer adjustment when clinically appropriate

Gait, Balance, and Fall-Risk Planning

Falls and freezing can become major concerns in Parkinson’s disease.

How this helps:

  • Assesses walking and balance

  • Supports physical therapy coordination

  • Reviews dizziness, blood pressure, neuropathy, and medication contributors

Chronic Care Management for Parkinson’s Disease

Eligible patients may receive support between visits for symptom monitoring, medication coordination, fall-risk planning, caregiver concerns, and communication with therapists and primary care.

How this helps:

  • Monitors tremor, stiffness, walking, falls, sleep, mood, memory, hallucinations, and dizziness

  • Helps identify concerns earlier

  • Improves care coordination

When Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders May Be Helpful

  • Tremor with slowness or stiffness

  • New walking or balance changes

  • Falls or freezing of gait

  • Medication wearing-off

  • Hallucinations or confusion in Parkinson’s

  • Dizziness with standing in Parkinson’s

  • Caregiver concern about safety or progression

What to Bring or Have the Referring Office Send

  • Referral from PCP, specialist, or referring provider

  • Medication list, including over-the-counter medications and supplements

  • Relevant office notes, hospital records, imaging reports, labs, and prior neurological testing if available

  • Medication schedule and timing details

  • Videos of movement symptoms if safely available

  • Physical therapy notes if available

  • Fall history and caregiver observations

Important Note

This page is for patient education and does not replace individualized medical advice. Testing and treatment decisions should be based on the patient’s history, examination, records, medications, insurance requirements, and clinical judgment.

Emergency Symptoms

Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department for:

  • Sudden weakness, facial droop, trouble speaking, or new vision loss

  • Severe sudden headache or rapidly worsening neurological symptoms

  • Loss of consciousness, seizure, chest pain, or severe shortness of breath

  • New inability to walk or sudden severe dizziness with stroke-like symptoms

New Patient Referrals

VerityMD Neurology accepts new patient referrals by fax from the patient’s primary care physician, specialist, or referring provider’s office. To ensure accurate triage, insurance verification, and appropriate scheduling, referrals should be sent directly from the referring provider’s office.

Patients who would like to be seen at VerityMD Neurology should contact their PCP, specialist, or referring provider and ask them to fax a neurology referral with relevant clinical notes, insurance information, medication list, imaging reports, lab results, and prior neurology records if available.

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