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Focal Dystonia #346763 06/07/02 09:59 AM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7 St. Louis R rachrach OP Junior Member
OP rachrach Junior Member R Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7 St. Louis	Hello, I am new to the list. I am a senior in college and a year and a half ago I was diagnosed with focal dystonia. After a lot of therapy I am fortunately able to play again, but I still have a lot of pain when I BEGIN a piece. I have just started the Prelude in C sharp minor 0pus 2. no 3 by Rachmaninov and Aufschwung from Schumann's Phantasiestucke. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to either deal with the focal dysonia, or how to get less tension in the arms in these pieces. Thanks

Re: Focal Dystonia #346764 06/10/02 08:29 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 27 Victoria, Australia T Tammy Full Member
Tammy Full Member T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 27 Victoria, Australia	rachrach, what is focal dystonia? (excuse my ignorance)

Re: Focal Dystonia #346765 06/10/02 08:30 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 27 Victoria, Australia T Tammy Full Member
Tammy Full Member T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 27 Victoria, Australia	rachrach, what is focal dystonia? (excuse my ignorance)

Re: Focal Dystonia #346766 06/10/02 08:50 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,857 North Groton, NH Bernard 3000 Post Club Member
Bernard 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,857 North Groton, NH	Focal dystonia ("musician's cramp") means loss of voluntary motor control over individual limbs. I've also heard it called "writer's cramp". rachrach, you might want to investigate the Feldenkrais method; check out this web site... they mention focal dystonia in the 2nd paragraph on the left: Feldenkrais "Hunger for growth will come to you in the form of a problem." -- unknown

Re: Focal Dystonia #346767 06/10/02 08:52 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,857 North Groton, NH Bernard 3000 Post Club Member
Bernard 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,857 North Groton, NH	BTW, you don't need to go the the netherlands to get Feldenkrais, it's available in the US too. "Hunger for growth will come to you in the form of a problem." -- unknown

Re: Focal Dystonia #346768 06/10/02 11:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7 St. Louis R rachrach OP Junior Member
OP rachrach Junior Member R Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7 St. Louis	Thanks for the info Bernard....I have only briefly looked into that particular method of treatment.