<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/17/07 7:03:05 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, IFixPianos@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Of course I'm 6'4" weigh in about 285 and have a 38" sleeve length so I may have some advantage over some of the other guys, size wise. However 2 years ago this November I took a fall while I was putting the siding on my shop and couldn't raise my right arm above my shoulder when I got up. I went to the clinic and the doc said I had a muscle tear, gave me a prescription for an antinflammatory. 3 weeks later I had an appointment to see my regular Doc and the shoulder still hurts, he checks it out and says he thinks it's a rotator cuff tear and sends me to Physical therapy. 6 weeks later I'm not improving, therapist sends me back to the doc who orders an MRI. I had a full tear in my right rotator cuff, I found this out Feb 2, I did the original injury Nov. 9, I go to see the surgeon who says, I think you rehabbed it tuning pianos! He could do surgery but it would mean 6 months downtime! I'm doing pretty good as is, I can even lift a piano! </DIV> <DIV>My point is I tuned, with a regular tuning hammer and an unstable shoulder through one of the busiest times of our  tuning year. Work on your hammer technique, that's my advice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike  <BR clear=all></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Mike, and other who have shoulder pain or problems. My sister and wife have become very interested in, and have been using something new called Emotional Freedom Technique. (EFT for short). I don't understand exactly how it works, but it uses the mind to correct physical problems. Without going into detail, let me say that when you read and hear about it, it doesn't sound and look like it will do anything. But when you get into it, and read about all the physical problems it has solved, you might decide it's worth a try. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For more information about EFT, go their the web site, <A href="http://www.emofree.com/">http://www.emofree.com/</A> . I have used it a couple of times, and it does work. My sister and wife uses it constantly. If anything, basically, you need to take the attitude of "what have I got to loose", especially if your doctor and chiropractor have not been able to get rid of your problems. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, Hawaii<BR>Author, "The Business of Piano Tuning".<BR>available from Potter Press.<BR>www.pianotuning.com</FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>