<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=340500003-09022003>Did you keep your arm straight or bent?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>KENNETH FINLAYSON<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 08, 2003 1:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> (no subject)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi List!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had terrible tendonitis. It got so bad I had to have both wrists x-rayed. I was organist at the time, with hours of Bach, plus tuning pianos. The doctor said: "That's because you are a very tense person." </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did he mean present tense, or past tense? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Because of the tension, you are using your wrists in an abnormal way. Do this!" He gestured, twisting wrists side to side very quickly. "Screw light bulbs in. Sit at a red light, screw lightbulbs in. Sit in church, screw lightbulbs in. Go to the pub, screw light bulbs in. Do it at least five minutes a day, or whenever the pain starts."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did exactly as he said. In six weeks, the tendonitis was gone. It hasn't been back. That was ten years ago. Touch wood. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>