Complex Movement Disorders Clinic
Our Complex Movement Disorders Clinic serves young patients with complex movement disorders, including cerebral palsy, to improve both movement and function.
Movement disorders, such as cerebral palsy (CP), can affect the speed and quality of movement in children — impacting their mobility, balance and coordination.
Children with movement disorders may experience spasticity — a disruption of normal muscle function in which all the muscles contract at once — causing muscle tightness and rigidity that can be very painful and also can interfere with movement and the ability to walk.
Our Services
The Complex Movement Disorders Clinic at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 serves pediatric patients with neuromuscular movement disorders caused by genetics, metabolic disorders, infections, stroke and vascular disease, toxins, or damage to the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves. Our goals are to promote movement, improve function and enhance our patients’ quality of life.
In this clinic, our expert pediatric physiatrists, nurse and social worker collaborate closely with neurosurgery and neurology at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Together, we provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, treatments (including surgical options such as selective dorsal rhizotomies and baclofen pump placements) and rehabilitation to reduce spasticity and improve function in children and adolescents.
The Complex Movement Disorders Clinic treats patients at all?levels of care at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 — from?outpatient?appointments and therapy intensives to?inpatient rehabilitation?as needed — providing support to our patients as they grow and develop.
Request an Appointment
To request an evaluation with your child, please email us at CMDC@sralab.org or call 312.238.4287.