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A 39-year-old female diagnosed as Cervical dystonia/Torticollis presented with involuntary jerky movement of head towards the left side without any tremor. Neck stiffness present occasionally. Clinical diagnosis was made based on the presentation. She was prescribed Clonazepam by Neurologist, the patient being reluctant to take this medicine approached Dr KG Raveendran. This condition was diagnosed as Manyasthambham. The line of treatment given was Vatahara, Avaranahara, Brhmana and Snehana. She underwent follow up courses of In-Patient Ayurvedic treatments in 2020 and 2021, as instructed by the Physician. After the Ayurvedic treatments, she was able to place her head in a straight position without any jerky movements.

The TWSTRS (Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale) pre and post treatment was used for assessing the outcomes.  The Score for the 3 courses of treatments were recorded as follows:

In 2016 - Admission - 62, Discharge – 48.5 (28.3.16-28.7.16)

In 2020 - Admission -15, Discharge time – 12 (24.7.20-12.8.20)

In 2021 - Admission – 03, Discharge -02- (6.5.21-19.5.21)