title: My battle with spasmodic torticollis: a healing experience.
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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA. laugarcia10@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008602:Mental Healing; D033262:Narration; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D014103:Torticollis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*