elbow shoulder pain

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I always get a crink in my back when I tune. No positon is comfortable fo rme actually. I'm only 5'8" well almost, and when I sit there isn't a place to lean my arm, the block is too high on most uprights.  I did have to stand and tune a Straube upright a while back. It was as tall almost taller than I. 
Marshall
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave McKibben 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:53 PM
  Subject: Re: elbow shoulder pain


  yeah........that was just for a picture.
  I didnt figure a customer would pick up on my position.
  I usually stand with my arm as parallel to the pin block as possible and my hip up against the key frame, without it affecting my back.
  Thanks for your comment


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michelle Smith 
    To: Pianotech List
    Sent: 3/30/2006 8:39:05 AM 
    Subject: Re: elbow shoulder pain


    Dave, 


    This is coming from an extreme newbie so watch out!  I took a gander at your website and saw a picture of you tuning a tall upright from a sitting position.  Is this how you usually tune or was that just for the purposes of the photograph?  Just wondering if getting your arm in a more horizontal position would allow your back muscles to do some of the work.


    Have a good one!


    Michelle Smith
    Student Tuner
    Bastrop, Texas




    On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Dave McKibben wrote:




      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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