Neck Pain

[Jon Page]

My chiropractor instructed me to stretch.

Example: (right-handed tuners - comme moi)
	(acceptable French expression :-)

Grip the edge of the bench lid with right hand.
Place left hand on back of head just above neck 
and lean leftwards pulling with the left hand.
This will stretch the cramped muscles.

Stop tuning now and again and swing your arms
front to back and upwards.

Then there's the ' exercise more: tennis, swim, golf, bike . . .'

Aside from preferring to be in the shop reconditioning,
this was a factor for me to delegate the majority of my
customers to other tuners. It has worked out well, I
send them tuning referrals and they send me repairs/
reconditioning.

Although I can not follow John Travis' advise on daily
tuning to keep one's ear sharp, I get a few in per week.
I wish John and his friend Wendel Eaton could be on the list.
Now there's two guys who could tell us a thing or two.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 05:38 PM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>List;
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>Yes, sometimes tuning can be a pain in the neck, but I mean litterally. I've
>always had some soreness in my shoulder and neck, but over the years it seems
>to get worse, especially when my schedule gets heavy, like now. Most of the
>pain is on the side of my neck corresponding to my tuning arm. After a long
>day, it's difficult to turn my head without pain.
>
>Has anyone with a similar affliction found any effective treatment? I have
>gotten treatments from my D.O. but relief is temporary at best. Any good
>preventative measures, tuning techniques, treatments, medication that anyone
>has had luck with? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Dave Bunch
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>