How much do you think the average five-year-old girl weighs? According to kidshealth.org, the answer is about 45 pounds. Now, how much do you think a wheelchair for that same…
Just because Halloween has passed doesn't mean we're done talking about brain surgery. Specifically, deep brain stimulation therapy. No, this isn't something like Frankenstein's monster. Deep brain stimulation therapy is…
Who knew that dystonia and tennis go hand-in-hand?! For twenty-year-old Josh, it's a match made in heaven. He's been fascinated with tennis his whole life and refused to let dystonia…
We recently posted an article discussing the positive connections between dystonia and depression (and Harry Potter, oddly enough). That was just one instance where researchers were finding interesting new treatment…
An incurable disease that causes painful muscle spasms just got $45,000 closer to a cure. Dystonia is an uncomfortable condition that causes muscles to contract involuntarily, forcing the body to…
Eric Mevis, suffers from dystonia, in his case oral mandibular dystonia, a rare disease that causes facial muscles, such as those in his lips and tongue, to twist and contract uncontrollably.…
There’s a famous line from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when (*SPOILER ALERT*) Harry talks with Ghost Dumbledore for the last time. Trapped in a disturbing posthumous landscape, about to…
For parents of children with dystonia, that frustration is a horrible, ongoing reality. Parents like Melissa Phelps from Gallaten, Kentucky knows this all too well—her young daughters Madison and Olivia…
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