pianist with left hand dystonia
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Posted by: purpleglide ®

05/11/2003, 12:00:03
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My fingers are started to curle on the left hand and getting frozen .
If anybody have similar symptoms and do you Know is there a solution .
Klonazepam does not help.

Purpleglide@aol.com
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Posted by: terry andrew ®

06/01/2003, 15:23:37
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Hi, Alex.
I have focal dystonia in my right hand, primarily my 2nd and 3rd fingers. I am currently in a finger-exercise retraining mode and have had improvement over the last year. I don't know if i'll ever regain all the speed and coordination i used to have but i'm certainly working on it. From what I know about this, drugs are not the answer.

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Posted by: lanfear ®

06/12/2003, 03:10:55
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Hi Terry, You absolutely right, drugs or botox injections are NOT the answer. I am a pianist in the UK and have suffered FD in my right hand for over 20 years! It was only 2 years ago that I discovered what had stopped me playing after struggling so long in the dark. Here in London Professor Carola Grindea has studied such problems in musicians for many years. Look at www.isstip.com Focal Dystonia is caused by tension and misuse of the body. The brain becomes confused by messages from all those intricate movements made by the fingers, insufficiently aided by the larger muscles of the wrist, arm, etc. Botox simply paralyzes the muscle for a while in an attempt to retrain it...but that doesn`t address the brain computer and any short-term improvement soon disappears. Carola Grindea has helped many musicians, including Keith Emerson. Hope this helps in some way. The best thing is to study Alexander Technique or Feldenkrais Technique and find somebody who can help you adapt these principles to your instument.

Good luck,
Paul Lanfear
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