How we can fix Parkinson’s tremors. #parkinson #doctor #chicago #neurosurgery #brain

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]All right. So, this person posted this video and something pretty fascinating is about to happen. So, this person has a parkinsonian tremor. And so, this person is explaining how she recently had brain surgery done where there's electrical wires implanted in the brain and it's connected to a battery. That battery communicates with the cell phone. So, this person can pick up the cell phone and turn that device on or turn it off. Right now, that device is off, which explains why this person still has this tremor, the movement disorder. But the minute that the battery is activated by the cell phone, you can see that the tremor stops in real time. And it's just so fascinating to see how it's a switch, like an immediate switch. Over a span of a few seconds, the tremor will stop because you are having electrical impulses that are being sent to the region of the brain that are responsible for allowing you to coordinate certain movements. And these procedures have been around for a while and they can significantly improve the quality of life in a certain person.

[00:01:01]And typically patients qualify for these if they fail uh non-operative measures first. But you can tell that if somebody has a pretty severe tremor, it can really hinder their quality of life. And something like this can drastically improve their ability to function as a normal