| The muscles in your neck are in uncontrollable | | | | worse. For certain patients torticollis can be a |
| spasms, and your head is twisted to one side. You | | | | debillatating condition that leads to depression. |
| suffer from pain daily and sometimes that pain | | | | There is no cure for torticollis but there are different |
| radiates into your shoulders. You may have torticollis, | | | | treatment options. Some people take different |
| also called spasmodic torticollis or cervical dystonia. | | | | medications, pain relievers and may get routine |
| Torticollis is a disorder where the neck muscles | | | | massage to help relax muscles and relieve discomfort. |
| contract uncontrollably, causing the head to be | | | | Others go a more holistic route using acupunture and |
| twisted or turned in various positions. Sometimes a | | | | reike therapies. While others will opt for surgery. |
| jerking of the head will also occur. This condition is | | | | Currently there are two different brain surgeries for |
| usually painful and certain activities such as standing | | | | torticollis:one called "lesioning procedures", which |
| and walking can make spasms worse, making even | | | | involves destruction of targeted, abnormal brain |
| simple tasks difficult. Severe headaches are not | | | | tissue and the other is called "deep brain stimulation" |
| unusual with torticollis. | | | | which mimics the effects of lesioning using electrical |
| While anyone can get this condition it is more | | | | impulses. |
| common in middle aged females, usually between | | | | If this condition is affecting you, see your doctor, |
| 35-60 years old. Symptoms usually begin gradually | | | | take care of yourself and take heart-there is plenty |
| then plateau to a place where they don't get any | | | | of hope and help on the way! |