This week we are going to discuss a relatively rare but painful condition called cervical dystonia or spasmodic torticollis. Cervical dystonia is a condition of adulthood that generally occurs after ...

This week we are going to talk about a rather rare and painful condition of the neck which occurs at any time in life although the National Spasmodic Torticollis Association reports that it most ...

TORTICOLLIS is an involuntary movement disorder resulting in tonic abnormal deviation of the head and neck. It is often accompanied by hyperkinesis of the head and neck, consisting of arrhythmic ...

Torticollis refers to a condition in which the sternocleidomastoid muscle is shorter (and sometimes tighter) on one side of the neck, causing the head to tilt toward the shortened muscle, while at the ...

For the privilege of operating and reporting these cases I am indebted to Dr. F. G. Balch.

An illness which causes involuntary twisting or shaking of the head may be caused by damage to a particular part of the brain, say scientists. Thousands people in the UK suffer from the condition ...

Wry neck is when the neck muscles twist, causing the head to tilt. The condition is also known as torticollis or loxia. Wryneck may develop over time. It can also occur after an injury to the area, or ...

Thirty years ago I developed a disorder that was unheard of around here. Now, perhaps, some 200,000 men and women across the country have been diagnosed with it and are eager to make the general ...

Torticollis is a condition of the neck muscles that causes the head to tilt down. The term comes from two Latin words: tortus, which means twisted, and collum, which means neck. Sometimes it’s called ...