Essential tremor

By Mayo Clinic Staff
March 15, 2025

Essential tremor care at Mayo Clinic

Healthcare professionals at Mayo Clinic are experts at diagnosing and treating essential tremor. They will work with your primary healthcare professional to help coordinate your treatment and may offer you deep brain stimulation if your tremor is severe.

Team approach

Mayo Clinic neurologists work with doctors trained in nerve surgery (neurosurgeons) and others to evaluate and treat your condition.

Individualized treatment

Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals work with you to develop the best treatment for you. Essential tremor can't be cured, but your care team will help you manage your condition.

Coordinated care

Your Mayo Clinic specialist will work with your primary healthcare professional to coordinate your care.

Expertise and rankings

  • Experience. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in nervous system conditions (neurologists) and doctors trained in nerve surgery (neurosurgeons) collaborate to provide your care. Doctors from other areas are included as needed. Mayo Clinic specialists treat more than 3,200 people with essential tremor each year.
  • Research leaders. Mayo Clinic movement disorder specialists study new diagnostic and treatment options for essential tremor and other movement disorders.
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