Musicians with Dystonia Bulletin Board

I followed Prof. Joaquín Fabra's teachings for my recovery and one of the biggest foundations of those teachings is NEVER TRY TO CONTROL the dystonic movements.

EDIT: I base my words in the recovery process I've followed, please don't take it as if I want to say it's the ONLY truth. That's what I did and what I think.

With absolutely all due respect to Brian, I think that what he says might work a bit but it's based on consciously controlling the movements so, even if that works for you, I think you'll always need to be in conscious control when you are playing.

We actually, and even people that don't suffer this condition, should aim to play as naturally as we naturally speak, if you see the great musicians out there, their instrument is a part of their own body and the ultimate goal is the music expression not the performance of the instrument it self. So, if you focus on controlling, you'll never be really free. That's what I feel.
Now that I recovered I still didn't find the freedom of the great musicians, but believe me that I feel even freer than before suffering focal dystonia. Now when I play, I am not thinking about what the fingers have to do. When you talk, you are not thinking how your lips and tongue should move to be able to say a word, you just say it. I think that if you focus your recovery on controlling the movement and it works, you'll be always thinking how your lips and tongue should move before saying a word, if you know what I mean.

As Brian says, it's dangerous trying to communicate these things by writing. I wish a multi-video or even a multi-audio conference application exists so we could have a talking all together!!!

I know that what I am saying is not useful to start a treatment, I just want to let you know here that I think you shouldn't base your recovery on CONTROLLING but in LETTING GO.

Although I think there's no other real way than talking or at least an interaction to be able to understand what to do, I'll try to write a guide or do a video based on my recovery which was based, as I said, on Prof. Joaquín Fabra's teachings.

NEVER GIVE UP!

Sebastián