<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>There is a book I got for my wife = when she was pregnant called.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>"STRETCHING" by Bob Anderson to be found = at  800.333.1307 or </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="http://www.shelterpub.com">www.shelterpub.com</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>another book called "STRETCHING = at your computer or desk" might be useful to some of the list = members.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I'll write Bob & see if he'll = draw up a chart for piano tuners & technicians......</FONT><FONT = color=#000000 size=2></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I suggest that as soon as a muscle = or group of muscles start to speak to you, stop & address them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Continuing on for a while just means = you take a chance on overstressing them. I'm sure there are piano tuners who have = had to give up the profession because of repeat injury.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If you can feel a muscle hurting = when you do a specific thing, pay attention to what motion you're doing when it hurts. = Add a slight resistance to the motion & you should be streching it......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I hope this makes sense to someone else.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT>ra byn james</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 = size=2> </FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>