[pianotech] Hand, arm and neck pain

[Don Mannino]

Thanks for sharing this, Diane.  I have seen this in use before, but never
considered using it myself.

 

Don Mannino

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Diane Hofstetter
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:16 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org; College and University Technicians
Subject: [pianotech] Hand, arm and neck pain

 

Maybe this will help some others on our lists:

 

I have been suffering from pain in my keyboard hand, arm, neck and upper
back for several years now.  It kept me from sleeping and drove me to the
ibuprofen many many days, just to get through.  I was always tired and in
pain.  I tried an MD, a sports medicine MD, an Osteopath, trigger point
therapy from Claire Davies books, Biofreeze (mentioned on these lists).....

 

Last week I worked a health fair. At the health fair there was a young
oriental woman, a massage therapist, who had something called Kinesio tape.
I went to her near the end of the fair and she massaged and taped my left
arm.  I thought she would wrap it around my wrist, like my MD wanted, but
no, she laid it along some muscles in my arm, just above the elbow and down
to the wrist.

 

She told me to keep it on for five days.   I tuned four pianos, laid one
down on a tilter to put CA glue into the pinblock and epoxy into the
soundboard cracks, then picked it up again.   Went grocery shopping, carried
the bags of groceries into the house, the laundry to the laundramat and
back, etc, etc.

 

No pain!   Even at night, when my left arm sometimes became so painful that
I couldn't sleep.  No running for the Ibuprofen.   I am looking forward to
going back to her.  She charges $35 for a massage and taping session of 1/2
hour.  I cannot believe the difference it made.

 

Here is a short video I found about Kinesio taping:
http://www.kinesiotaping.com/video.html

Diane Hofstetter

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