Musicians Focal Dystonia: This video helped save a career

Musicians Focal Dystonia: This video helped save a career - by Greg Spence @ Mystery to Mastery
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I was compelled to randomly reach out to a complete stranger after seeing a disturbing post on FB by a professional musician suffering Musicians Focal Dystonia. The despair was obvious.
Thankfully he emailed me and we did a couple of lengthy sessions.
Here is the initial post:
"I’ve played all my cards, and sometimes ya gotta get out with some dignity and discover the next chapter waiting. It’s bittersweet, but even when success was within my grasp with so much treatment, it was just a mirage. After 3 years of trying to overcome this, I’m out. It’s been a good run and career ✌️ good luck to everyone else out there!"
Months later:
"Update since my depressing post a few months ago…
I passed my military music assessment! *it’s like a college jury every year. Categories: rhythm, technique, interpretation, tone, articulation, intonation.
A technical and lyrical piece on both flute and piccolo, plus sight reading for both, and 24 hour quickly prepared pieces on both. I needed a 21/36 to get my recommendation for promotion and my reccomendation for reenlistment.
My command here has been supportive and see the growth and effing hard work.
What’s next: new contract and next rank. Sure, I’m nervous about the next contract and new leadership. I’ll need a 22 to maintain my rank, and a 24 or 26 to even start looking at the rank after that.
I’m not recovered, but am recovering. Confidence is up. I wanna thank M*** W******, Greg Spence and A****** P****** for reaching out, coaching me, and not letting me give up.
Tons of techniques and strategies to reach steps of success- happy to share if you wanna DM."

[@ivanbizjak1082]

Great speech, clear and so motivating 👍

[@erikandreasbonde551]

Hi Greg.
Here is a quistion not to be asked but again it has to.
Some years ago I was playing High C to high E.
Then I played too much...everything crashed.
Then I had a surgery in my top lip...to times😢.
I used Balanced Embouchure and that was great for me at that time.
Now I can do G and A above staff, but do play 4'th in a couple of bigbands.
Soloing but that is not my goal...I want to be heard and want to be able to have peoples eyes lift when I do solo...and for that I need better tone, more volume and a secure higher register.
As you guess I am a happy amateour but want to play easier and in my way.
So: (here is the quistion not to be asked but then...) If I stop playing in band(if that is nessesary) to get into the way you advocate, and do play for about an hour a day...for how long time will it be nessesary to do that before the new embouchure is ready to play in band again?
If I do use shape you say and not force air I can do low C to G above staf ok but in band, it is all over the place of old, between and new...
After that G....pffff...NOT Coffee time!
Perhaps we have to meet via Skype?
Take care
Erik
Denmark
PS: Sorry for my spelling...my spoken english is better...