Friday, February 11, 2005

Dystonia and Botox injections

The first thing you notice about "Joey" is that his head is turned and tipped to one side; his left ear rests on his hunched-up left shoulder. He has to turn his whole upper body to look at you. Joey has torticollis, also known as cervical dystonia, meaning that his neck muscles are in an involuntary spasm that forces his head into its painful, abnormal position. - Mary Kugler from About.com writes about the diagnosis and treatment of facial and cervical dystonia.

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