COVID-19 has wreaked much havoc over the past year in Europe and beyond. For us at Dystonie.be, the Belgian association for dystonia patients, the biggest health crisis in living memory proved to be a cloud with a silver lining. Online meetings allow us to connect with members in all parts of the country. You might…
New Consensus Guidelines for Botulinum Toxin Therapy of Dystonia and Spasticity
Professor Dirk Dressler Botulinum toxin (BT) therapy is based on applying appropriate doses of BT into an appropriate selection of muscles. Both, the list of target muscles together with their BT doses, constitute the dosing scheme. Developing the dosing scheme for each patient individually requires considerable experience and makes BT therapy what some people might call…
New Project: Dystonia Physio Exercise Hub
Behind this new project is physiotherapist Johanna Blom, at the Neurology Department of the University Hospital of Skåne in Malmö, Sweden. For the last few years Johanna was involved in holding educational workshops for physiotherapists mainly across Scandinavia. But due to the pandemic she was not able to travel and all the workshops that had…
ROMANIA, Constructive Activities During a Pandemic
Catalina Crainic, President ‘Asociatia Childrens Joy’, Romania A fundraiser for genetic testing of 12 people with dystonia by The Children’s Joy Association (adults and children). Diagnosis and classification of dystonia is of great importance for the proper management of prognostic information and genetic counselling of patients. The cost of a test is $250. Genetic testing…
UK, Reach Out, Reach All
In October 2020, we were awarded a grant by the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund. Thanks to this funding, we have been able to further grow our ‘Reach Out, Reach All’ campaign and bring the dystonia community closer together, despite the challenges of the pandemic. We brought you a…
