My thanks to all who responded to my plea for info on what you do for the pains I described. I am checking out both the Trigger Point therapy as well as the Alexander Technique (I've written Jacob with some questions but I know he's a busy man playing concerts and attending to his lovely daughter). I will, on the advice of others, attempt to become more aware of my posture and the tension in my body as I play and hopefully this as well as one of the other two techniques will help.
My thanks again to all. Regards, Craig To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html