Sensorimotor Retraining

Sensorimotor retraining and other approaches that were previously mentioned are treatment options for musicians suffering from dystonia of the limbs. This approach usually will require several years of training and instruction by neurologists, psychiatrists, and sometimes physical trainers (Altenmüller, 2003). Musicians with focal dystonia are instructed that it will take time and patience for the retraining therapies to have any benefit. (Jabusch, 2006) reports that results showed that pedagogical retraining was rated higher than medical treatments when polling patients. According to many colleagues in neurological field, retraining exercises should be included in all treatments of focal dystonia (Jabusch, 2006)