<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting, but don't you mash your knuckles into the stretcher when you play sharps?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>My occasional wrist tendonitis is greatly relieved by a home made striking device (see photos below).<BR><BR>Wearing a wrist brace by itself (available at medical supply <BR>stores) does not relieve much of the impact stress on the wrist tendons. But gluing a felt striker onto the brace directly under the wrist, relieves all of the pressure, and feels very good. It even feels like a massage. The brace has a metal bar that distributes the impact over several inches along the underside of your wrist. <BR><BR>Since this prosthesis places your hand farther forward, it is best to remove the fallboard.<BR><BR>Photos attached.<BR>1) felt striker<BR>2) wrist brace striker - casual<BR>3) wrist brace striker - formal<BR><BR><BR>[Photos at:]<BR><BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/euyr">http://tinyurl.com/euyr</A><BR><BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/euys">http://tinyurl.com/euys</A><BR><BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/euyw">http://tinyurl.com/euyw</A><BR><BR>John Baird </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>