Focal Dystonia (5) Understanding and Treatment as an emotional condition 5

[MoebiusTripper]

Thanks for uploading this video....I am a flamenco guitarist with focal dystonia, but have found out about the video of Dr. Joaquin Farias Ph.D. which is called: "Playing without Practice." He also has a small book called: "Rebellion of the Body," that talks about other guitarists who have focal dystonia and were cured, some by only becoming aware of their condition, as the book will explain....I have been only doing the exercises in the video for 2 weeks and have already noticed improvement.

[MoebiusTripper]

There is also an 18 page article by Jason W. Solomon, via a Google search, called: "What Every Guitarist Should Know: A Guide to the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Focal Hand Dystonia." In his article on page 5, he has some very interesting information about how he cured himself by doing "Sensorimotor Retraining," where he recommends touching things using each finger for 10 minutes. For instance, running a comb over each finger, as well as using a toothpick and poking each finger.

[ruspoli]

@MoebiusTripper where can I see this video? can you tell me what exercises you did?

[MoebiusTripper]

@ruspoli All you have to do is read that article by Jason W. Solomon...He explains the exercises you have to do to the fingers affected with the dystonia....I tried all of them with great success. There is also an American Chinese pianist who cured himself of dystonia doing other exercises at the piano and even with a TV remote by pressing lightly on the buttons so as not to trigger the cramping of the fingers that pressing harder would cause.

[MoebiusTripper]

@ruspoli You can buy the video of Dr. Joaquin Farias: "Playing without Practice," by doing a "Google Search" for his website...He also has a dystonia forum where you can talk to other people with dystonia who have treated themselves using the exercises from Dr. Farias video.....You Tube may even have some videos about him....