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Guitar Champion Credits West Virginia University Neurologists and BOTOX Treatment.

Guitar Champion Credits West Virginia University Neurologists and BOTOX Treatment.
August 27 -
October 19, 2008

When flat pick guitar champion Darel Meadows began experiencing debilitating pain in his hand, a West Virginia University neurologist's suggestion of BOTOX injections was music to his ears.

Neurologist John Brick, M.D., was treating Meadows for a cyst on his spinal cord when Meadows told the doctor about his hand pain. Dr. Brick conferred with fellow neurologist Cathrin Buetefisch, M.D., who diagnosed Meadows with task-specific dystonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions.

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