elbow shoulder pain

[John Formsma]

Dittos about the trigger point therapy. You can do it yourself. I keep my
soreness at bay by doing it. Another book is Pain Erasure, I think it's by
Bonnie someone - I'm sure you can search Amazon and find it.
 
John Formsma
 
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of ed440 at mindspring.com
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:06 AM
To: davespianotuning at earthlink.net; Pianotech List
Subject: Re: elbow shoulder pain
 
Dave-
 
Get an impact hammer, and also learn to tune with both hands.
Also, learn to use a key pounder to reduce stress on your keyboard hand and
arm.
Learn to do a light weight upper body routine with lots of range of motion.
Emphasis is on light weights, 3 to 5 pounds maximum.
Learn about trigger point muscle therapy. Look for Clair Davies' book on
self-treatment. He is a piano technician who learned to treat himself.
Plan to alternate shop work and tuning. Discover your safe maximum and don't
overdo it.
 
Ed Sutton (recovered and free from hand, elbow and back pain)


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave McKibben 
Sent: Mar 30, 2006 12:22 AM 
To: Pianotech 
Subject: elbow shoulder pain 
Hello list:
 
I am rather new to piano tuning.  I have studied and practiced part time for
about 2 years, and have tuned part time for the last year +.
As the tuning jobs increased in the last 6 months or so, and this is only
1-4 pianos a week, my elbow has become painfull to the point  that I cant
move it doing anything without pain.
My question is for anyone who has had this pain and found a cure.  Can you
share what you did, what you found, and how you fixed the problem??
It's rather disapointing to finally find something I REALLY like to do after
50 yrs of searching only to find my body can't deliver.
I'm right handed, thinking of practicing left handed, or going to an impact
hammer.
Any thoughts from the healed happy tuners, if your out there??
 
DavesPianotuning at earthlink.net
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/
858-776-2516
 
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