Rebecca King-Crews Beats Tremors With Brain Ultrasound

For the first time in three years, Rebecca King-Crews picked up a pen with her right hand and wrote her name without shaking.

The singer, fashion designer, and wife of actor Terry Crews revealed on the "Today" show that she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015 after experiencing symptoms for three years. At 60, she decided to share her journey not for sympathy, but to shine a light on a revolutionary treatment that gave her back control of her body.

King-Crews underwent an MR-guided focused ultrasound, an FDA-approved procedure that targets tremors without a single incision. Instead of cutting into the brain, doctors use over 1,000 highly focused sound wave beams to destroy the tiny area of tissue causing the shaking.

Before the procedure, video showed both of King-Crews' hands trembling after being off medication for several days. After treatment, her right hand remained completely still while only her left continued to shake.

The procedure carries no risk of infection or bleeding and uses no radiation. She'll spend three months in recovery and undergo a second procedure in September to address her left side.

Why This Inspires

King-Crews, who also beat breast cancer, isn't just celebrating her own victory. She's fighting to make this treatment accessible to everyone who needs it.

The procedure isn't yet covered by insurance, making it too expensive for many patients suffering from tremor-related conditions. By going public with her story, she hopes to change that and bring this technology within reach for thousands of people living with Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and epileptic seizures.

Her husband Terry watched her struggle with tremors, sleepless nights, and balance issues for years. "I knew she was a superhero," he said, getting emotional as he spoke about her recovery. "When it's in sickness and health, this is the battle that we were designed to fight together."

Rebecca's message is clear: this isn't just about managing symptoms. "I believe that we're going to find the cure," she said, calling focused ultrasound and similar procedures "the new frontier of medicine."

After 37 years of marriage and battles with cancer and Parkinson's, the Crews family is proving that hope, paired with medical innovation, can restore what disease tries to take away.