Writer’s Cramp
An Occupational Dystonia That Challenges Fine Motor Skills Writer's cramp, also known in medical literature as graphospasm, is a neurological disorder that affects the fine motor skills of the hand and forearm [...]
What is muscular dystonia?
Most people don't know what dystonia is, because it's a less common and less well-known movement disorder than others, such as Parkinson's. However, what is particularly striking is that the vast majority [...]
How long will it take me to recover from dystonia?
Should I stop wondering how long will it take me to recover from dystonia? The most frequent question I get from people who contact me is always the same: [...]
The Weber-Fechner law in musician`s focal dystonia retraining
Psychophysics is a term coined by Fechner to describe the interdisciplinary study of how humans perceive physical magnitudes. The Weber–Fechner laws relate to human perception, more specifically the relation [...]
Being slaves to the sound makes us «deaf to the body
If you were going deaf, how do you think this would affect the practice of your instrument? The answer is pretty obvious, right? Imprecision in tuning, absence of nuances [...]
Why do I have setbacks and ups and downs during my recovery process?
This is a pretty common question, which is often asked by many people who are going through this recovery process from musician’s focal dystonia, including some of my students. [...]
How long is going to take me to recover from MFD?
This is a question that all of us who have suffered from musician’s focal dystonia or those who still suffer from it have asked ourselves at some point. I [...]
Coronavirus and Musician’s Focal Dystonia, two sides of the same coin
This alarm situation that we live around the world has generated a wave of fear and concern for our health, as well as for our economic situation. The confinement [...]
The brain, like a barcode reader
When I realized that what triggered the symptoms of focal dystonia in my finger was more related to my brain than to my hand, I began to investigate with [...]
Retraining the movement off the strings
Our knee, a good helper for recovery from MFD (Musician’s Focal Dystonia) For a long time I have been flying every week between Madrid and Gran Canaria, in fact, [...]










