08/01/2026
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a condition where the brain and nervous system struggle to send and receive signals correctly — without structural damage to the brain or spine. The symptoms are real, involuntary, and can significantly impact everyday movement.
In this video, you can see significant tremors and involuntary shaking making simple tasks—like standing up from a chair—feel overwhelming. But with the right strategies, the nervous system can be guided toward safety and control again.
By introducing distraction through movement (bouncing and catching a ball) and diaphragmatic breathing, we helped shift the body out of a threat state and into a calmer, parasympathetic response.
Using external feedback (ball at the chest, feedback belt), the body had something safe to focus on—reducing symptoms and improving function in real time.
FND can be considered the nervous system doing its best to protect—sometimes a little too well, causing tremors and uncontrollable shakes.
Rehabilitation is about retraining safety, trust, and movement—one small win at a time.
