[Dixielandjazz] Focal Dystonia

[Janie McCue Lynch]

Thanks, Charlie....I "misprocessed" there! Still gives me the shivers,
though!

Re: the subject of Focal Dystonia, though....I find it very interesting,
especially on the prophylactic side.  I wonder what, if any, preventative
therapies may be evolving?  Focused "micro-exercises?"  Biofeedback?  I don
t know, but think I'll do some research.

Janie Lynch
 
 
On Monday, August 8, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Janie McCue Lynch wrote:
 
>  Thinking of Louis Armstrong literally "shaving off parts of the
> muscle with a razor blade" is so sobering...but apparently the
> definition of this disorder wasn't commonly known to musicians
> then.  
 
Jane, maybe I misunderstood, but my impression is that Louis did NOT
have focal dystonia; if he had, he couldn't have played at all.
This was another ailment.
 
Charlie