Pianists' Focal Dystonia: Symptoms, Triggers, Diagnosis, and Recovery

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[@pianotechnique]

Back in 2008, I was hit by focal dystonia, a neurological condition that cramped my fingers and stopped me from playing the piano for 6 years. It led me through depression, then a journey back to faith, and eventually, a process of retraining my brain to play again.

[@gerardo4104]

Emma!!! Your hair looks so beautiful!! Yo're glowing!!❤😊

[@pianoismyeverything]

Thank you for this ❤

[@pilaralvarez6592]

Thanks for the great conversation!

[@eduardowhitlam4179]

Love your videos...really wonderful and so much appreciated 🎉

[@sjaakdouma]

Great talk!

[@pianotechnique]

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[@ashutoshmatari5662]

Thank you, great advice on not to focus on dystonia but on music. Great Conversation. I think there should be more conversations about it, sadly there aren't lot of information about recovery and retraining.

[@bluepearl4806]

Guys you are soo sweet so beautiful minded so brillant!!!! So strong and clever!!! What kind of horrible sadistic parent you had...But you won the by keeping the beauty and kindness with you!! You won the bad, you beat the sadistic devils. Goodness and kindness won the fight with the devil. Bravo!!! I congratulate with whole my heart!!!

[@DavidMiller-bp7et]

99% of all medical professionals know very little about this. MRIs will only show something obvious in the muscles, tendons, ligaments. They will not show much about inflammation of nerves. They diagnose working with limited information, like incompletely trained piano teachers, they only recommend a plan they have learned from other teachers and instructors. This is certainly spiritual in dimension, but also has to do with "neuroplasticity" of the brain and nervous system, which can "overwrite" neural injuries to use a computer analogy.

[@armanbolshov]

Здравствуйте Эмма! Возможно ли вылечиться от дистонии, играя медленно? Я не представляю перерыва в игре, т.к работаю концертмейстером. А если по возможности не задействовать мизинец ? У меня с этим пальцем проблемы…

[@wuyipiano]

Sorry but I can't see any practical advice or method on training or dealing with the thumb problem like you mentioned in the video. Is there any video of yours talking about possible exercises to improve FHD symptoms.? (My thumb and 2nd finger feel sluggish, the 5th finger feels weak, the 3rd and 4th fingers feel stiff especially when I spread my right hand wide to play the octaves or something like that.) Thank you very much🙏