Terry Crews – Parkinson’s Victory: 1st Focused Ultrasound Win!

Rebecca King Crews Beats Tremors After Breakthrough Procedure – “I Can Write My Name Again”

USA PEOPLE – For nearly a decade, Rebecca King Crews – wife of Hollywood star Terry Crews – struggled with a mystery. Doctors kept telling her the shaking hands and numb foot were just anxiety. But she knew something was deeply wrong.

Now, at 60 years old, she’s finally sharing the truth: Rebecca has Parkinson’s disease. And in an exclusive interview with the TODAY show, she revealed a stunning comeback thanks to a brand-new, non-surgical procedure approved by the FDA just last year.

“I feel good. I’m able to write my name and my dates, and I’m able to write with my right hand for the first time in probably three years.” – Rebecca King Crews

Her nightmare began back in 2012 with numbness in her left foot during a workout. That turned into a limp. Then her trainer noticed her left arm wasn’t swinging right. One morning, while putting on lip gloss, she saw her hand shaking.

“My grandmother had tremors – I knew exactly what that was,” Rebecca says.

But her primary doctor? He blamed over-exercising and anxiety. Even a neurologist was stumped. It took three long years and a Parkinson’s specialist to finally give her the real diagnosis in 2015.

The hardest part wasn’t the diagnosis – it was the daily humiliation. Tremors made it nearly impossible to brush her teeth, put on makeup, or even write a check.

But Rebecca refused to stop. While still searching for answers, she was writing a book, recording an album, and launching a clothing line. Her motto?

“Just keep walking. You don’t lay down and die because you got a diagnosis.”

That fighting spirit led her to a game-changing treatment: Bilateral Focused Ultrasound – a non-invasive procedure using MRI-guided sound waves to zap the exact brain areas causing movement problems. Unlike deep brain stimulation, there’s no incision, no implant, and recovery is fast.

The device, called Exablate Neuro from Insightec, was approved for one side of the brain in 2021. But last July, the FDA expanded approval to both sides – a huge leap for advanced Parkinson’s patients.

Rebecca had the procedure on March 4. The results were immediate.

• Right-hand tremor? Gone.
• Balance? Dramatically improved.
• Walking? Feels normal again.

She’s already cut back on medication. The only catch? Her left side symptoms remain – so she’s going back this September to get the left side treated.

When her husband Terry saw her write her own name for the first time in three years, he got choked up.

“She’s a superhero. She’s the rock of our lives. When they say ‘sickness and health,’ this is the battle we were designed to fight together.”

This isn’t the first health war Rebecca has won. In 2020, she had a double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis. Through it all, Terry says they’ve built each other up for nearly 37 years.

Today, Rebecca still drives, plays piano, and attends acting class. She’s not waiting for a cure – she’s living fully right now. But she went public for a reason: to give others hope.

“I wanted to potentially make it more available to others, because it’s an expensive surgery, it’s not covered by insurance yet. And to give hope to people with Parkinson’s – I believe we’re going to find the cure.”

Terry echoes that optimism:

“We feel hopeful. We really feel like we are on the edge of a cure for Parkinson’s. We felt like we had to share this with the world.”

For millions of Americans living with Parkinson’s – or watching a loved one struggle – Rebecca’s story is more than a celebrity headline. It’s a real, tangible reason to believe that better days are coming.