He strengthens his legs and stomach. Chase hopes by getting stronger he can control his destiny and one-day play for the Green Bay Packers. Tourette's syndrome is a neuro- psychiatric condition that causes tics, or involuntary body movements. In severe cases, some people might even experience vocal outbursts.
Most medications used to treat tics can cause weight gain and stomach upset and other problems.
Doctors say a new treatment has none of these side effects. It involves injecting Botox between the areas where the tic occurs. By relaxing the muscle, it severs the ties between the nerve and the muscle by blocking dopamine, the chemical in the brain that causes them to communicate. So if you inject it around the muscles that close the eye, for example, you'll relax just those muscles and nothing else. And that's the advantage of it versus traditional medications because it doesn't have those systemic side effects.