<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Don’t forget about your diet. Eliminate the sugar- and sugar substitutes. The substitutes trigger the same insulin response that sugar does. 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Emphasis is on light weights, 3 to 5 pounds maximum.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Learn about trigger point muscle therapy. Look for Clair Davies' book on self-treatment. He is a piano technician who learned to treat himself.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Plan to alternate shop work and tuning. Discover your safe maximum and don't overdo it.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left: .5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ed Sutton (recovered and free from hand, elbow and back pain)<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message----- <br> From: Dave McKibben <br> <DAVESPIANOTUNING@EARTHLINK.NET>Sent: Mar 30, 2006 12:22 AM <br> To: Pianotech <br> <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG>Subject: elbow shoulder pain </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><ZZZHTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY>Hello list:</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 +.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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??</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm right handed, thinking of practicing left handed, or going to an impact hammer.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Any thoughts from the healed happy tuners, if your out there??</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net">DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net</a></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</a></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>858-776-2516</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> </div> </ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML> </body> </html>