CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic

Circadian rhythm disorders is most commonly caused by shift work or multi-time zone air travel, CRDs are disruptions of the body's internal clock, which may cause sleepiness and/or insomnia at inappropriate times.

Many individuals can have difficulty falling asleep due to stress; however, chronic insomnia may be caused by a variety of triggers, such as depression, anxiety, prolonged poor sleeping habits including unnatural sleeping schedules or restless leg syndrome.

Narcolepsy is characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks during the day, extreme sleepiness, falling asleep during an activity, losing muscle tone due to feelings of anger, surprise, amusement, or stress.

Sleep problems are one of the most common concerns for parents. In fact, sleep problems have been estimated to affect 25 percent of children.

Restless leg syndrome is characterized by involuntary leg movement or leg jerks occurring frequently during the night or the uncontrollable need to move or walk off the leg cramps can be caused by nocturnal myoclonus or restless leg syndrome.

Sleep apnea is a condition that causes the throat's air passage to close repeatedly during sleep, stopping breathing and disrupting the normal stages of sleep.

We work with adults and children with many types of symptoms related to sleeping disorders, such as poor sleep habits, insomnia or sleep apnea. Sleep disorders affect not only the person with the disorder, but also people around them.