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Dystonia Exercises - Scale Patterns

Alan works with an advanced student who has had dystonia for a few years now.

7 episodes 51:03 Intermediate Finished

Episodes

  1. 1 Where do we start? Let's stand up the hand first First things first, propper hand structure is a must 06:00
  2. 2 Let the thumbs support the dystonic hand A slow exercise where we allow the thumb to support the injured hand/fingers 07:34
  3. 3 Keep the feeling of structural security We are retraining the unjured hand and trying to activate certain muscles 09:45
  4. 4 Four entities that will help fingers do their job Body, arm, wrist and the thumb 03:49
  5. 5 We have work to do on the healthy hand too Left hand scales 07:48
  6. 6 Left hand scales The healthy hand needs to lead the injured one 07:02
  7. 7 Does the thumb go under? One queistion about scales that everybody asks 09:05