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Hi Clare, Excuse me if I missed something ... but how about those cramps that are produced by doing long or heavy exercises without being well fitted for their practice , else the caused by a thermal shock , etc.? I suppose these are not related to the brain behavior .... Would dystonia include cramps ? Best wishes, Clare Wilson wrote: > In a message dated 11/20/99 10:13:51 AM Mountain Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << by a sustained muscle contraction, frequently causing twisting and > repetetive movements or abnormal postures and CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE > INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE BRAIN. Unquote > >> > Brian, did you read Dr. Fink's statement in the archives: "Dystonia has > little > to do with muscles other than the fact that the muscles are affected. The > cause > of dystonia is 'central,' an imbalance between the excitatory and inhibitory > motor systems within the brain. With few exceptions, the treatment of > dystonia is in the brain: i.e., surgery on the brain or drugs which affect > the > brain...." -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+