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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...."