Beware of the Musician's Cramp...

The majority of people believe that a famous musician career ends because they are getting to old or washed up. You know, like the saying "out with the old, in with the new." Well, in todays lessons, I have learned, became very interested, about a common neuromuscular disease. This disease is called focal hand dystonia and is more commonly known by "musicians cramp". Basically, someone with this disease has difficulty moving one finger from the others. Also, one or more fingers may twitch or go into a constant contraction. Also, on a side note focal hand dystonia is found in writer as well. Writer's are known to get "writer's cramp".

Can focal hand dystonia or Musician's cramp be cured? There is a not a correct answer to this,even though, they tried with hand surgeries and drug injection. Now, focal hand dystonia can be treated. With today's advance technology and bright scientist, they have identified  that brain reorganization was the problem. So, they treat the disease with vibration stimuli to the various hand muscles. As time goes by and the more discoveries physician make, they better help we can give to the musician's or writer's with this disease. 

Check out this video about a musician in the rise and then he a tragic point in his career. Yes, he did get diagnose with focal hand dystonia but that did not stop him. In the video, you find that he is a very passionate man with love for music and his guitar.