Amherst Evening Lessons: Neil M.

Amherst Evening Lessons: Neil M.

$0.5 - $5.5

Neil M. is a 27 year old man diagnosed with dystonia musculorum deformans progressiva. When he was 8 his right wrist and arm began twisting involuntarily, gradually involving right leg and foot as well as left arm. Three cryothalamotomies performed.

Lesson 1: In wheelchair; imaginary arm circle. (11 June 1981)
Lesson 2: Straightening foot; straightening and bending leg. (13 June 1981) in production
Lesson 3: Work with twisted feet. (17 June 1981)
Lesson 4: Leg and arm integration. Talk on too much power. (20 June 1981)
Lesson 5: Forgetting how to twist. (26 June 1981)
Lesson 6: Prone; separating action from intention. (3 July 1981)
Lesson 7: Fluid legs. (8 July 1981)
Lesson 8: Weight on knees, 2 tables; freeing legs and pelvis. (12 July 1981)
Lesson 9: Sitting with rollers. (14 July 1981)
Lesson 10: With roller on floor. (21 July 1981)
Lesson 11: Head, jaw, face, shoulders. (24 July 1981)
Lesson 12: Rolling, turning on horizontal plane. (Picture distortion intermittently throughout tape.) (28 July 1981)

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