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The Neuromuscular Disease Program at Shands Jacksonville provides comprehensive treatment of neuromuscular diseases, including:

  • Facial and other cranial nerve palsies
  • Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)
  • Muscle disorders
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Neck and low back disease
  • Nerve compression syndromes such as carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Peripheral neuropathies

The program offers the latest in intervention, diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disease and has access to the resources of the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute.