A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract causing the neck to twist or jerk
Assymetrical posturing of the head and neck Tortus means twisted and collum means neck in Latin Essentially a tightening of one or more neck muscles on one side of the neck
A contraction, often spasmodic, of the muscles of the neck, chiefly those supplied by the spinal accessory nerve; the head is drawn to one side and usually rotated so that the chin points to the other side
an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
involuntary spasms of the musculature of the spine, usually in the neck, but could be in the lumbar spine, usually in the neck but could be in the lumbar spine and pelvis and usually on the right or left side