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    Holist Nurs Pract. 2006 Nov-Dec;20(6):275-81.

    My battle with spasmodic torticollis: a healing experience.

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    College of Nursing, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA. laugarcia10@yahoo.com

    Abstract

    The life-transforming experience of overcoming spasmodic torticollis compelled the author to write the following personal account. The author, who triumphed over this debilitating disease, is now an advocate of holistic nursing practices that motivate patients through a genuine concern for patient well-being, community, and humanity. The author describes her personal experience of grief and the grieving process; the healing effects of crying; and her selection of the complementary and alternative therapies of prayer, music, and massage that became instrumental in finding a pathway to recovery. The story has appealing implications for strategies that utilize these concepts and techniques in clinical practice.

    PMID:
    17099415
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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