I suffer from focal dystonia too. Really appreciate your approach. I am a guitar player from Germany. Especially the the pinky and the ring finger of my "gripping Hand" are affected. The problems are not the fingers. There is always tension in my left upper arm when the problems occure. If I move my right arm simultaneosly, the tension on the left side disappears. If you want my opinion, the problem ist centered in the brain. Do you speak German? (Sprichst du auch Deutsch?) Your Name sounds a little bit like you have German origins. Nora is a given name in Germany too. Greetings Peter
Hi Peter! I'm so sorry to hear about your dystonia symptoms. I believe you're right that the problem is at the level of the brain: the approach I use involves creating new neural pathways through intentional movement. It sounds like when you move both of your arms, your left arm can "copy" your right arm (which means it uses a different pathway from the dystonic one)--it's a great technique! Yes, I have a very German-sounding name! I don't speak the language, though, unfortunately. ☺
@@norakrohn Hi Nora... concerning my "moving both of my arms". My interpration is: The dystonia on my left arm disappears when I am moving my right arm because the brain or parts of the brain are focused on moving the right arm. The brain is distracted and is not able to conduct the dystonic moves. If I stop moving my right arm, the dystonia in the right arms comes back... Maybe, your interpretation is also right :-) Greetings from Germany. Peter
@ Sometimes I think of dystonic limbs and digits like misbehaving children...it's more effective to place our attention on the well-behaved children and hope the others will model their behavior than simply yelling at the bad ones to "stop it!" :) Then again...I'm a violist, not a child psychologist!!
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I suffer from focal dystonia too. Really appreciate your approach. I am a guitar player from Germany. Especially the the pinky and the ring finger of my "gripping Hand" are affected. The problems are not the fingers. There is always tension in my left upper arm when the problems occure. If I move my right arm simultaneosly, the tension on the left side disappears. If you want my opinion, the problem ist centered in the brain. Do you speak German? (Sprichst du auch Deutsch?) Your Name sounds a little bit like you have German origins. Nora is a given name in Germany too. Greetings Peter
Hi Peter! I'm so sorry to hear about your dystonia symptoms. I believe you're right that the problem is at the level of the brain: the approach I use involves creating new neural pathways through intentional movement. It sounds like when you move both of your arms, your left arm can "copy" your right arm (which means it uses a different pathway from the dystonic one)--it's a great technique! Yes, I have a very German-sounding name! I don't speak the language, though, unfortunately. ☺
@@norakrohn Hi Nora... concerning my "moving both of my arms". My interpration is: The dystonia on my left arm disappears when I am moving my right arm because the brain or parts of the brain are focused on moving the right arm. The brain is distracted and is not able to conduct the dystonic moves. If I stop moving my right arm, the dystonia in the right arms comes back...
Maybe, your interpretation is also right :-) Greetings from Germany. Peter
@ Sometimes I think of dystonic limbs and digits like misbehaving children...it's more effective to place our attention on the well-behaved children and hope the others will model their behavior than simply yelling at the bad ones to "stop it!" :) Then again...I'm a violist, not a child psychologist!!