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Don’t have the time to read the full article, but I’m baffled that Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is not mentioned once.

A significant amount of Dystonia’s in musicians end up being thoracic outlet syndrome (typically the neurogenic subtype, but a lot of violinists seem to be getting the vascular subtype as well from positioning). Often both (dystonia & TOS, not the subtypes mentioned).

Source: My Harvard medical professor/chief of vascular surgery surgeon that’s written books on this.




https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/thora... sites "pins and needles" as part of symptoms. That's often/usually not part of focal dystonia, so it doesn't quite feel like the same thing at first glance. Maybe I'm missing something.




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