Parkinson's disease does not respond well to being treated one piece at a time. Dr. Greg Bonnen and physical therapist Christine Ross treat it as a team at Houston Physicians' Hospital, using a number of different methods rather than a single line of treatment.
Two clinicians, one plan
In the video, Dr. Bonnen and Ross describe how they coordinate: what the surgical side can address, what therapy can address, and how they decide the order. A patient doesn't have to assemble their own care team or repeat their history at every appointment.
LSVT BIG and LOUD
Two of the therapy programs they use are LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD — protocols developed specifically for Parkinson's rather than adapted from general rehab.
Works on the size of everyday movement — walking, reaching, turning.
Works on the voice, which often gets quieter as the disease progresses.
They approach this disease as a team, because no single treatment covers everything it does to a person.
You don't need a referral to be seen, and you don't need to know which clinician to start with. Send a request and Scott Sheldon will match you — including to physical therapy, which is part of the same program.
