Parkinson's Treatment in Old Town Chicago

FYZICAL Chicago provides LSVT BIG^®, an intensive, research-backed therapy program specifically designed for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. This evidence-based treatment protocol addresses a fundamental challenge people with Parkinson’s face — movements become progressively smaller and slower without the person realizing it.

LSVT BIG^® retrains your brain to produce larger, more powerful movements through recalibrating your perception of how far and fast you’re actually moving. The program follows a specific structure of one-hour sessions, four times weekly for four consecutive weeks, creating the intensity and repetition necessary for lasting neurological changes.

Our Old Town Chicago Parkinson’s treatment with LSVT BIG^® delivers measurable improvements:

• Enhanced walking ability: Patients typically experience faster walking speeds with longer stride lengths, improving mobility around the community’s historic streets and the surrounding Lincoln Park neighborhood.
• Improved trunk rotation: Greater rotational movement through the torso supports better balance during turning motions and reduces rigidity that often develops with Parkinson’s progression.
• Better daily living function: Activities like getting dressed, rising from chairs, and reaching for objects become easier as neurological therapy restores more normal movement patterns.
• Increased postural control: Addressing the forward-flexed posture common in Parkinson’s helps reduce fall risk and improves breathing capacity for better overall health.

Beyond LSVT BIG^®, FYZICAL Chicago’s clinic provides comprehensive Parkinson’s care addressing the multiple systems affected by this condition. Our therapists evaluate balance challenges, gait disturbances, rigidity, bradykinesia (slowness of movement), and coordination difficulties to create holistic treatment plans.

Our neurological therapy programs incorporate:

• Fall prevention strategies: We identify specific risk factors contributing to falls and implement targeted interventions, including strength training, balance exercises, and environmental modifications.
• Vestibular rehabilitation: Many individuals with Parkinson’s experience dizziness or visual disturbances. Our advanced technologies help retrain these sensory systems.
• Sensory Performance Testing (SPT): Advanced balance and sensory assessment technology objectively evaluates how your visual, vestibular (inner ear), and somatosensory systems work together. SPT helps uncover hidden sensory mismatches that contribute to instability and falls, allowing us to build highly targeted programs to improve balance confidence, reaction time, and safe movement.
• Flexibility and stretching programs: Combat the rigidity and reduced range of motion that develop as Parkinson’s progresses to maintain functional mobility and reduce pain.
• Home exercise education: Patients receive customized exercise programs to continue their progress between therapy sessions and maintain gains long-term.

Situated in the heart of Old Town at North Avenue, FYZICAL Chicago’s team brings specialized expertise in movement disorders, with therapists certified in LSVT BIG^® and experienced in treating the complex challenges Parkinson’s presents. We create an energetic, supportive environment where patients feel motivated to push themselves during intensive therapy while receiving the encouragement needed to overcome frustration that often accompanies progressive neurological conditions.