Doctor reveals cause of Celine Dion's on-camera spasm after singer gives inside look into her struggle with extremely rare stiff person syndrome READ MORE: Celine Dion 'no longer has control over muscles' amid health battle By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:19, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 23:01, 25 June 2024 e-mail View comments The debilitating stiff person syndrome suffered by Celine Dion and one in a million people causes muscle spasms so powerful they can break bones. A newly-released clip from Celine Dion’s biographical documentary showed the Canadian singer stiff as a board and wailing in pain as muscle spasms overtook her body.
Doctors say the rare condition is caused by a turbocharged immune system reaction that attacks the body’s own cells - specifically, those that regulate motor function. One doctor told DailyMail.com that with stiff person syndrome (SPS), it is 'as if the body's “off switch” for muscle contraction is malfunctioning, leaving muscles in a constant state of activation.
’ In her documentary, Celine Dion suffers a severe, painful full-body spasm that leaves her unable to move a muscle In the documentary , Ms Dion is performing physical therapy exercises when the spasms overcome her and she has to lay down stationary on her side. Her wrist is stiff and bent, and she cannot move it. Her face is contorted in pain and she’s crying but she can’t move her neck or head.
Dr James Chung, an expert in autoimmune .
