This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim,=20 I would guess that your tuning technique has put pressure on your joints = & nerves in such a way that your hand is telling you to make a change. = Get it checked out before things get really bad. I agree with the others who commented that you should try a ball-end = lever. Give some serious consideration to the Fujan lever. I have no = connection, other than being a satisfied user. They are pricey, but the = cost of the alternative is prohibitive. A number of years ago I developed a cyst in the palm of my right hand = where I was holding the end of my tuning hammer. When tuning, it put = pressure on a nerve & was very painful. I had it removed (simple = operation), but I altered my technique a bit to move the pressure points = around & have not a that problem since. The Fujan lever has a very = comfortable ball and really good balance, so it is easy to vary the grip = & distributes pressure evenly. He gives a 30 day, money-back guarantee, = so it's worth a try. His web site is: http://www.fujanproducts.com/ =20 Otto ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] hands & wrists In a message dated 10/31/2005 3:18:22 PM Central Standard Time, = okeyes@uidaho.edu writes: It would be interesting to hear what other "vintage" techs have = experienced along this line. Like I say, the diagnosis is "degenerative joint = disease", so it's been in the process for a long time, but the Judo just = kicked it over the edge....A pity too. It was lots of fun, & I was just = getting decent enough to kick some serious poste-rear-iours! :-) Otto With all the pounding I do with my left hand fingers, especially the = middle one, I expected that hand to be the first to suffer from some = sort of ailment. But the middle finger of my right hand, the tuning = lever hand, is what is bothering me. In the morning when I first get up, = I can hardly bend it, but then later in the day, I can't straighten it = out. I hold the hammer by the end, and do not have a ball on the end of = my lever. The only thing I can attribute it to is racquet ball. I play = hard about 2 or 3 times a week for about an hour and a half. But it = doesn't hurt while I'm playing.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/c4/9a/16/bf/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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