Checkin in with your perception of playing your instrument
QUESTION: I am a guitarist and I have spasms whenever I hover my arm over my guitar. How do you think I should approach this? ANSWER: The...
WHAT ABOUT EMOTIONAL FACTORS?
I received few questions asking me if I've ever approached focal dystonia as an emotional problem and what I think emotions have to do...
Grieving the loss of musician we used to be
In this video I talk about the five emotional stages of grief that I've probably walked through and how accepting focal dystonia was the...
Highly ambitious goal oriented fast learning musically expressive type A perfectionists and focal dy
I’m not so sure if I am the character above in actuality, but I do not second guess that it is my personality type, as with a lot of...
Celebrate today, repeat tomorrow
Q: I just had an amazing session. It feels like I'm so close.... within only a few minutes I could play so much stuff without a reaction....
Would performing undermine my retraining?
QUESTION: I have a job and I have to be performing. As much as I want to dedicate my time and effort only into retraining, I still have...
Guidelines for effective and efficient retraining
These are some general ideas that have helped me retain progress and achieve faster results over years of trials and errors. This is my...