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Performing Under Pressure: What Athletes Can Teach Us About Dystonia anxiety dystonia neuroplasticity performance recovery runner's dystonia Oct 26, 2025

On January 22, 2023, Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher missed a record four PAT kicks in a playoff gameā€”right after his best regular season ever. What happened? The pressure got to him. A task heā€™d pe...

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Remembering to Forget Dystonia. dystonia fnd memory musician's dystonia neuroplasticity runner's dystonia Sep 01, 2025

Every once in a while there will be a new research paper or article about dystonia that allows us to consider the diagnosis from a different perspective. For a condition with as much complexity and un...

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Dystonia is Involuntary. Recovery is Not. dystonia neuroplasticity recovery runner's dystonia running Apr 30, 2025

Kara Goucher is a former USA Olympic distance runner (2008 and 2012), and one of the most celebrated and impressive distance runners of her generation. She was diagnosed with runnerā€™s dystonia in 2021...

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