Head Shakes and Dystonia
Many people with dystonia experience head shake especially if the dystonia is affecting their neck. People often ask us about the difference between head shaking caused by essential tremor and that caused by dystonia.
In this article Prof Karim explains what the differences are and how to tell if it is dystonia or not. A majority of the world’s population at some point use their head and neck muscles in order to carry or transport heavy goods. To do this, the control of the head posture needs to be phenomenal and must not allow any slight involuntary movement of the head. Unfortunately, for some people the head starts shaking even when they are not using their head as a way of carrying. This condition can be very undesirable.
Many people with dystonia experience head shake especially if the dystonia is affecting their neck. People often ask us about the difference between head shaking caused by essential tremor and that caused by dystonia.
In this article Prof Karim explains what the differences are and how to tell if it is dystonia or not. A majority of the world’s population at some point use their head and neck muscles in order to carry or transport heavy goods. To do this, the control of the head posture needs to be phenomenal and must not allow any slight involuntary movement of the head. Unfortunately, for some people the head starts shaking even when they are not using their head as a way of carrying. This condition can be very undesirable.