[Dixielandjazz] music and focal dystonia

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Luis Daniel,
"Satchmo's Syndrome" is another, and probably more common, lip aberration 
which results from stretching "the circular muscle of the mouth that 
contracts when puckering the lips." It was described and named by a Spanish 
doctor, who repaired the ruptured fibrous gap that ensues. This was probably 
Louis Armstrong's trouble, exacerbated by his self- treatment, part of which
consisted of paring away the scar tissue with a razor blade! A letter I 
wrote to the "IAJRC Journal" Volume 34 No. 4, 2001 has more on this, also my 
book "Jazz and Death. Medical Progfiles of Jazz Greats." Cheers.
Fred



























































































































































































----- Original Message ----- 
From: "luis daniel flores" <luda at arnet.com.ar>
To: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks2 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] music and focal dystonia


> Charlie,
> you great Charlie. Then, rest of playing for ever may be the great cure.
> Serious, dystonia is a misnomer in medicine, Like the word dysplasia. It
> means something is wrong but I don't know nothing. Check with your
> psychoanalyst.....
> Luis ''picky''
>> focal dystonia and many others. Louis Armstrong suffer
>> lips illness too. Most of this problem come because of bad habit or
>> exaggerations of playing. Rest may be the best cure.
> Well, Doc, I hate to rain on your parade--but there is no cure for focal
> dystonia known to physicians in the United States.  So "rest may be the
> best
> cure," but do not be surprised if it is also the worst cure: truth is, it
> is
> no cure at all.
>
>
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