Thanks Dennis, In my case the calcium growths comes with the genes, so catching it early with exercises probably wasn't an option. On my shoulder it looked like a tiny "saw" made of bone that cut flesh and tendon on every movement of my arm. I asked the doctor and therapist if I was doing something wrong to cause this to happen. Basically, tuning about 20,000 pianos with whatever technique used will do something to your body and your body will respond. In my case, it starts building calcium deposits. But doing the right exercises and using proper "ergonomic" technique can certainly lessen or delay the inevitable. Regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of johnsond Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:44 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Lessons from shoulder surgery Hi- If you are lucky to catch it early enough, I was amazed at the improvement and healing I got just doing the daily rotary cup exercises as recommended in physical therapy. They also determined I had tennis elbow, and explained that the wrist position and muscle stress we have while tuning is the same as for tennis players. The message is clear- if you have pain, listen to it. Do something about it. It will only get worse if you don't. We have a physically demanding job. One that demands certain physical attention and maintenance or over time you will have problems... might anyway, but give yourself a chance. cheers~ Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College
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