Are some of your movements a bit jerky? Are you moving without a
desire? Or when you want to move, you can’t? You might be
experiencing some type of movement disorder. Movement disorders
are caused by changes to specific areas of your brain and
nervous system that control movement. Cause for movement control
change is for the most part unknown. Movement control is
initiated via chemical messengers that detonate a chain reaction
which culminates in muscle movement. With a movement disorder,
this chain of events is somehow disrupted. Thus, producing
movement interference or the inability to stop movement.
Movement disorders are typically caused by: - nerve diseases -
genetic inheritance - certain medications - autoimmune diseases
- trauma, injury to brain, spinal cord Some examples of movement
control disorders are: - Wilson’s disease - Tourette syndrome -
Parkinson’s disease - Huntington’s disease - restless legs
syndrome - multiple system atrophy There are two basic types of
movement disorders: - hypokinetic