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Whole-Person Care For Your Whole Nervous System

Your nervous system is at the core of everything you do, from walking and talking, to feeling the breeze on your face or communicating how you feel. At AdventHealth Heart of Florida, we offer advanced services for your entire nervous system, from your brain to your peripheral nerves, to help you feel and act like you.

Our comprehensive neurological care includes extensive diagnostic capabilities, personalized treatment and supportive rehabilitation and recovery services. You can rely on your neurological care team, including neurologists, speech therapists, physical therapists, and more, to provide whole-person care that not only treats your nervous system condition, but improves your quality of life.

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The Neurological Care You Need For Peace of Mind

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Neurological Conditions

Headache

Chronic headaches can disrupt every aspect of daily living. At AdventHealth Heart of Florida, we focus on finding the source of headache pain and developing a long-term solution to relieve it. Our whole-person care approach addresses the physical, emotional and environmental factors that cause headaches and migraines. Your treatment may include:

  • Lifestyle modifications, such as diet, exercise and stress management
  • Pain management therapies
  • Preventive or pain management medications
  • Treatment of other conditions that contribute to headaches, such as sleep disorders or side effects of other treatments

Our neurologists will work closely with you to determine what headache and migraine treatments are right for you.

Stroke

Strokes are a leading cause of disability. At AdventHealth Heart of Florida, we provide expert and compassionate care for strokes, helping you regain function and improve your quality of life. Your stroke treatment may include:

  • Fast emergency care to restore blood flow to the brain
  • Medicines to help reduce your risk for future strokes
  • Occupational therapy to assist with activities of daily living
  • Physical therapy to restore walking and other large physical movements
  • Speech therapy to improve your ability to speak and swallow

Our supportive team is dedicated to helping you achieve your functional goals as you heal.

Movement Disorders

Our expert neurologists use advanced and clinically proven methods to relieve debilitating symptoms of movement disorders, including:

  • Essential tremor
  • Huntington's disease
  • Involuntary movement disorders such as ataxia, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus and Tourette syndrome
  • Medication-induced movement disorders
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Restless leg syndrome (RLS) and other sleep-related movement disorders

Our caring specialists develop a personalized treatment plan that offers long-term management of your condition. Your treatment may include:

  • Care and support for non-motor-related symptoms such as anxiety, depression and psychosocial issues
  • Medications
  • Rehabilitative care, including physical, occupational and speech therapies

Your care will focus on relieving your symptoms while improving your quality of life.

Multiple Sclerosis

Our team of supportive experts works with you to develop a personalized plan to manage symptoms and improve your daily life with multiple sclerosis. Although there’s no cure for multiple sclerosis, treatment strategies can change the course of the disease, treat flare-ups, manage symptoms and improve mobility. Your treatment may include:

  • Assistive devices to make everyday activities easier, such as canes and walkers to improve mobility or automotive devices for driving
  • Medicines to manage symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, pain, bladder dysfunctions and muscle spasms
  • Rehabilitation therapies, including physical, occupational, cognitive, and speech and language therapies, to improve function and manage your symptoms

Your care team will help you find an effective combination of therapies.

Nerve Disorders

Our neurological experts diagnose and treat a wide range of nerve conditions, including:

  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Peripheral and autonomic nerve disorders
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Ulnar nerve entrapment

Our care teams provide comprehensive, whole-person care using a variety of treatments. Your treatment may include:

  • Electrical nerve-stimulation techniques
  • Lifestyle changes such as diet changes, stress management or activity changes
  • Management of underlying conditions that cause the nerve condition such as diabetes, vitamin deficiencies or autoimmune disorders
  • Medicines to relieve pain and other symptoms
  • Physical aids such as chairs, keyboards and other equipment to reduce nerve pressure

With the right combination of treatments, there is relief from nerve disorders and their painful or limiting symptoms.

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Neurological Care Experts You Can Count On

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