Tuesday 2 February 2016

Writer’s Cramp

Writer's cramp is a focal dystonia of the fingers, hand, and/or forearm. Symptoms usually appear when a person is trying to do a task that requires fine motor movements, such as writing or playing a musical instrument. Clumsiness and painful tightness in the hand
and forearm occur during writing or playing, and abnormal tension
and strange posturing of hand develops.  
It has a strong psycological over lay. A patient hearing of the complaints of the patient  & reassuring him of recovery helps him a great deal. Tranqulizers  & anti oxydents give relief.
Local Botulinum toxin injection produces temporary relief.
Retraining and learning new techniques help some patients. But the outlook is poor  in some cases and may lead to the end of musical careers.

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