[re+think]

As a nice follow up to last month's post, we thought we'd put together a little resource for physical therapists who work with patients with dystonia.  Dystonia is a difficult diagnosis to treat and requires such a broad approach.  Traditional PT has not been shown to benefit those with dystonia.  And the more Julie and I learn, the more we realize this, so we thought it would be nice to put together some resources for physical therapists.  Today's blog includes a treatment approach and ideas for working with patients with cervical dystonia.  It was adapted from the Sensorimotor learning article (actually an article for focal hand dystonia, but with many relevant concepts) by Byl, Archer, McKenzie, 2008 and from our recent course "Sensorimotor Processing Dysfunction and Movement Dysfunction" presented by Byl, McKenzie, and Merzenich in July 2013.  I think it's a nice little jumping off point for a therapist to work with this incredibly challenging diagnosis. P