How to treat high muscle tone? Dystonia is generally divided into children’s and adult’s. Generally speaking, children’s dystonia is often caused by hypoxia, cerebral ischemia, ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy, etc. or neurological lesions, which cause dystonia, and some are caused by congenital genes and hereditary factors. Generally in children can be treated by taking drugs, of course, according to the specific conditions, should let the child to the hospital in time, find the corresponding neurological doctor, the child’s high muscle tone to do a judgment, to find out the cause of his disease to be treated. When the child is a little older, he or she can undergo a certain amount of exercise and rehabilitation. For particularly severe cases of dystonia or cerebral palsy, neurosurgery or spinal surgery can be used to cut the motor nerve roots in the back of the spine to reduce muscle tone and improve the child’s ability to live. For adults with increased muscle tone, the main causes are Parkinson’s disease, some other extravertebral lesions, and some cerebral infarction lesions. For such increased muscle tone, Botox and baclofen can be used to reduce muscle tone, and some Chinese herbs, massage and acupuncture can be used to improve local muscle tone. For particularly severe cases, depending on the cause of high muscle tone, neurosurgery or spinal surgery can be sought to do some corresponding nerve root amputation, which may also be able to improve the problem of high muscle tone.