Dion
shared
that
she
had
been
diagnosed
with
a “very
rare”
progressive
neurological
disorder
called
stiff-person
syndrome,
surely
the
first
time
that
most
people
had
ever
heard
of
it.
“As
you
know,
I’ve
always
been
an
open
book,”
she
said
in
an
Instagram
video. “I
wasn’t
ready
to
say
anything
before,
but
I’m
ready
now.
I’ve
been
dealing
with
problems
with
my
health
for
a
long
time,
and
it’s
been
really
difficult
for
me
to
face
these
challenges
and
to
talk
about
everything
that
I’ve
been
going
through.”
She
suffered
muscle
spasms
that
affected “every
aspect”
of
her
daily
life,
Dion
explained,
making
it
difficult
to
walk sometimes
and,
saddest
of
all,
it
was
going
to
be
impossible
for
her
to
go
back
on
tour
as
she’d
been
planning.
“I’m
working
hard
with
my
sports
medicine
therapist
every
day
to
build
back
my
strength
and
my
ability
to
perform
again,”
Dion
said. “But
I
have
to
admit,
it’s
been
a
struggle.”
According
to
the
National
Institutes
of
Health,
symptoms
include stiff
muscles
in
the
torso,
arms,
and
legs,
and
greater
sensitivity
to
noise,
touch,
and
emotional
distress,
all
of
which
can trigger
muscle
spasms.
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