This is how Jordi Roca regained his voice: “That night he read five stories to his daughter.”

Semi-final Chef It was almost more recovery news Jordi Roca disease than according to the results of the contestants. A dessert expert chef has spent seven years dealing with cervical dystonia that it not only affected his neck, but also he tuned in with his voice.

For all this time, Jordi Roca spoke between whispersbecause articulating words, as he had done in the past, was an ordeal for him. However, in March last year, his voice returned to normal. As he himself admitted on his social networks, he left a voice radio presenter.

Even though the semi-final Chef just aired, it was filmed at the end of March, so it’s only been a few weeks since the amazing Jordi Roca recovering from illness. It is for this reason that both he and his brother Joan took the opportunity to tell how it all happened, from the moment he was diagnosed with cervical dystonia to the day when his voice suddenly became more or less what it was.

What is cervical dystonia?

Jordi Roca’s disease is cervical dystonia. This is a rare condition that occurs in 1 out of 25,000 people and is characterized mainly by involuntary and painful contraction of the muscles of the neck.

This makes the head move and the patient cannot control it. The most common is that fall to one side, chin to shoulder, although there are many other options. There is no definitive cure though botox injections and rehabilitation with physiotherapists they can help a lot. In some cases, surgery may also be done to try and improve posture.

Although poor posture is the main symptom of Jordi Roca disease, complications can occur as the disease spreads to other parts of the body. For example, this may affect on shoulders or upper limbs. In the case of the chef, what happened was that his vocal cord control. After all, they are located inside the neck, so it is logical that he could not move them normally. For this reason, for seven years now, the confectioner has been able to speak only in a whisper.

Jordi Roca’s mysterious recovery from illness

In his intervention in Chefthe Roca brothers said that cervical dystonia it started suddenly. One day, Geordie he is hoarsenot knowing why. He also began to lose control of his neck, and not surprisingly, it didn’t take long for him to see a doctor. Thus began the journey through various specialists, ending with the diagnosis of cervical dystonia.

He realizes that his illness has no definitive cure. However, he went through all the procedures that can help improve him. For example, you entered Botulinum toxinbetter known as Botox. It is a substance produced by bacteria Clostridium botulinumcapable of causing muscle paralysis. This, depending on which muscles it affects, can be very dangerous. However, in controlled doses, it has many uses in aesthetics and medicine.

In aesthetics, for example, it is injected into the face to reduce expression lines, since facial muscles cannot move normally. It is also very useful in medicine for the treatment of conditions such as Jordi Roca disease.

Injected into the neck, it can help reduce those involuntary contractions that cause poor posture and pain in patients. The chef was treated with these injections and physiotherapy rehabilitation. Thus, not only did her neck position improve, but her voice was also restored.

It is not known how he left or how the voice returned.

In their statements to Chef, the eldest of the brothers, Joan, explained that Joan Roca’s illness may have been caused anxiety about traveling to New York to find out if his restaurant has been voted the best in the world. However, while stress and anxiety can cause many pathologies, it appears that cervical dystonia is not one of them.

yes it can happen muscle stiffness, especially in the neck area, but not to that extent. In fact, the origin of Jordi Roca’s disease is unclear. Cervical dystonia is thought to have a genetic component as many patients have been seen to have a family history. It may also be due to a neck injury. But little is known about other risk factors.

And about his cure as little is known as about his origin. Jordi himself admitted that he was not going to start the bells on the fly. Keep doing the exercises what he learned during rehab and is still aware that everything can go backwards. In fact, although it is not uncommon for cervical dystonia to experience remissions of symptoms, in very rare cases they are definitive.

So he seizes the moment. As soon as his voice returned to him, he said that he read a lot of his daughter’s stories, something that has not been able to do until then. In short, he realized that, no matter how often it is repeated, it is sometimes difficult for us to assume. That we don’t appreciate things until we lose them. It could be a partner, a job or a friendship. In his case, it was the voice. For this reason, he insists that those of us who have it intact feel happy.