Writer’s Cramp

Abstract

An interim report of work with writer’s cramp patients suggests that a wider view of this condition id needed. The article proposes that there are aspects inherent in the act of writing, as well as in taught strategies, that might influence the attitudes to, and treatment of, this particular movement disorder. Simple practical measures aimed at alleviating the symptoms are described. They benefit patients and, at the same time, provide some possible answers to issues that have baffled those who have previously looked at writer’s cramp from a medical perspective alone.