Paul Gretton
Wed, 09 May 2007 06:19:24 -0700
Sorry to hear about this, John. I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery. Can I suggest that you contact the Seattle Conservatory (or another big conservatory) and ask if they know of a doctor or physiotherapist with experience of dealing with injuries to musicians? I know from the experience of several musician friends here in Holland (and previously in Germany) that there are physiotherapists who specialise in this kind of thing in addition to their normal work. (The cases I know of concerned shoulder injuries to violinists and a facial injury to a trombonist, rather than hands, but still....) If there are specialists in Amsterdam and Cologne, I would be sure that there will be at least one in Seattle. Cheers, Paul Gretton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 May 2007 18:10 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] thumb injury Last Saturday I crashed on my bicycle avoiding a couple of dogs at the bottom of a long downhill. The worst of my injuries is a torn ligament between my thumb and forefinger on my right hand. I was in the drops when I hit the pavement and jammed my thumb against the handle bar, pushing it in the opposite direction of its normal bent. It requires surgery to reattach, which I'm scheduled to have next Monday. The orthopedic doctor gave me some very bad news about how this will effect the movement of my right thumb. He said I need physical therapy to do regular things like typing on a key board, so I'm very concerned how this will effect my ability to hit keys with my thumb. Has anyone here ever had this injury and how did you get back up to speed on the pipes after surgery? I hope the doctor was just giving me a worse case scenario. all the best, John Dally -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html