<HTML><HTML> In a message dated 12/16/03 4:05:06 AM, Tompiano@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">She also suggested ot= her diligent, strenuous hand movements which would counter the repeated move= ments I use during tuning. Being a professional musician it was easy sell fo= r me to start practicing more. Tom Servinsky, RPT </BLOCKQUOTE> Interesting.  This is the second mention of piano playing as a remedy = for hand/wrist problems from tuning.  For the first time since I began= tuning, I am NOT playing on weekend gigs.  I gave up my restaurant gi= g in August, and I have since developed a problem in my right wrist.  = It's not carpal tunnel, no numbness or tingling, just pain.  This has been my busiest stretch (over 100 tunings since October) ever, so i= t may just be that I'm tuning more pianos than I ever had before, and that i= n itself has given me the problem that I have.  But, since reading the= se posts, I'm going to try playing the piano every day.  (I've been me= aning to anyway...I feel my hands getting soft again...) Tom Sivak Chicago Chapter PTG</HTML>