Dr Jaslovleen Sidhu - Parkinsons & Movement Disorders Specialist

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month, a time when people all over the world come together to raise awareness about this debilitating disease.

Let's do our part by talking more about Parkinson's and educating ourselves and others about it. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those affected by this disease.

If you want to support this cause, please share the video with your loved ones. Let's spread the word and show our support for all the Parkinson's warriors out there.

Hand tremors can be a symptom of many neurological conditions- including Essential tremors, Parkinson’s disease, writer’s cramp or focal dystonia, Spinocerebellar ataxia etc

Depending on the pattern of your hand tremors and other associated symptoms, a proper diagnosis can be made. And this can help in choosing the right medication for your condition.

If you have hand tremors, plz contact a Movement Disorders Specialist Neurologist who can diagnose you at the right time and provide you with the best possible treatment.

Contact Dr Jaslovleen Sidhu at 099157 86733 for appointments

This patient came to us with difficulty walking, slowness in activities and hand tremors.
He couldn’t visit his orchard farms since last few months due to his condition and daily activities were becoming difficult day by day.
Detailed evaluation of his symptoms suggested Parkinson’s disease and started him on medication and neuro rehabilitation program.
This was his 2nd visit in which he was happy to share his story with us and many more like him.

Difference between a Neurologist & a Movement Disorders Specialist.
1. Neurologist- MD, DM neuro
Movement Disorders expert - MD, DM Neuro, Post doctoral fellowship in movement disorders

2. Neurologist - treats all kinds of neurological issues
Movement Disorders Expert - is highly expert in Movement Disorders and can also treat other neurological disorders

3. Neurologist- treats Parkinson’s disease with medications but cannot advise advanced options if he is not trained well

Movement Disorders Expert - treats Parkinson’s disease with deeper understanding of different types - to make a clear diagnosis and provide advanced treatment options like apomorphine pump, Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, etc

4. Neurologist- Cannot screen patients for DBS surgery for Parkinson’s and cannot do intraoperative monitoring for DBS surgery

Movement Disorders Expert - trained for screening Parkinson’s and dystonia patients for DBS surgery and highly experienced for intraoperative monitoring in DBS surgery

Choose your doctor well.

Dr Jaslovleen Kaur
MD, DM Neuro, PDF Movement Disorders
Contact at 099157 86733

Happy new year to all the warriors fighting every single day !!
If you are dealing with Parkinson’s, Dystonia, Ataxia, Tremors or any other movement disorder- remember you are a warrior fighting this disease.
And this year, we are together in this fight !!
May this new year brings you strength to overcome the fears and challenges !!

Dystonia Part -2

*Treatment of focal dystonias*
Botulinum Toxin injection is the treatment of choice for focal dystonia including blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, writer’s or musician’s cramp.
Botulinum toxin reduced the overactivity of dystonic muscles temporarily and helps in reducing the dystonic symptoms.

It is important to target the selected dystonic muscles for injection, otherwise the results will not be satisfactory or patient can have side effects if injected in normal muscles.
Therefore EMG guided botulinum toxin injections gives the best results in which muscles can be targeted by checking their actual activity and injecting the medicine at the same time.

Do consult us for EMG guided Botulinum Toxin injection for your focal dystonia for the best results.

Dr Jaslovleen Sidhu is a trained Movement Disorders Expert, providing her services at Punjab - Mohali.

Contact at 9915786733 for more details.

Dystonia Awareness Video

Let’s understand dystonia- which is sustained muscle contractions and results in continual twitching or shaking or tremors in that particular body part.

Focal dystonias like blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, writers cramp need detailed evaluation and specific treatment

For more details contact at 099157 86733
Stay tuned for next video on treatment of dystonia

The ON and OFF effect of Levodopa - when a person with Parkinson’s disease takes levodopa - he or she may feel better after 30 or 40 minutes in which symptoms resolve or are better - less tremors, less stiffness and less slowness and better walking.
After few hours - 3 to 4 hours or depending on patient to patient - the medication effect wears OFF - in which symptoms recur - increased tremors, stiffness and slowness and difficulty in walking with loss of balance.
It’s important to understand the ON and OFF effect so that your doctor can manage your medications well.
So do note your ON and OFF time for better management of your Parkinson’s symptoms.

On my mission to spread Parkinson’s awareness in north India, and provide advanced treatment options for patients with Parkinson’s disease - a Press conference was held today at Press Club Chandigarh by Paras Health.
We talked about how Paras hospitals is the first one in region to start Movement Disorders Clinic by a formally trained Parkinson’s specialist neurologist and start DBS services.

When our patients are happy, it makes us joyous too !!

Atypical Parkinsonism is often misdiagnosed and hence the treatment is not optimised in such patients.
Right diagnosis is the first step in any disease management.
Do consult a trained Parkinson’s specialist for the right Diagnosis and Treatment !!

For your queries, contact us 099157 86733

Neuro Clinics- HM 128, sector 60, Mohali, Punjab, India