There are several types of dystonia—all of which affect different parts of your body and cause their own subset of symptoms. Focal dystonia occurs when only one single body part experiences ...

Dystonia, a movement disorder that features involuntary contractions of the muscles often leading to functional impairment, has many forms. Focal dystonia is localized to a single body part and ...

But complaints like these are nothing compared to some of the more bizarre, dangerous, and unpleasant occupational hazards ...

Spasmodic dysphonia, like most focal dystonias, tends to emerge gradually in young adulthood or midlife (peak time of onset age 30-50 years) and then reaches a plateau, when the severity of symptoms ...

They are generally not painful but may impact vision because of involuntary eye closure. In contrast to blepharospasm, a form of focal dystonia, HFS involves only one side of the face. Very rarely, ...

But in 1964 Fleisher developed a neurological condition, focal dystonia, which left him unable to play with his right hand. After a two-year hiatus, he focused his career on teaching and ...