On 19 Jun 2013, at 08:57, [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/topics > > Fingers story [3 Updates] > Fingers story > Jon Redpath <[email protected]> Jun 18 09:03PM +0100 > > At the beginning of this year I broke 3 fingers (2 left hand and 1 right) and > did serious tendon damage to both thumbs. When you are well over 60 it takes > forever to heal. Four months of gently playing slowly and I can now play la > Marianne again. If you have never been in that situation you cannot believe > how frustrating that is.[!] Bourree a Stephane is another story; that sounds > like one of my cats being stood on. Its been strange to relearn how to play > again, quite funny when you know where your fingers should go but will not. > Also when you are that bit older removing a 2,000 pound plus door step from > the back door is really silly. [Yes, in retrospect quite foolish] JON > [Well, you ARE in the wars! Last Sept I collapsed and broke my hip (femur > ball) owing to long caring stress, which will take year to recover from.. My > daughter is a nutritionist and while I can not give away her knowledge I can > tell you what we eat for healing. We need protein for muscle and fats for > the brain. Body and brain are both damaged and heal together. 1/2 pint raw > milk from a specialist farm. (Shop milk has been denaturised. ) Rich soups > are from high quality commercial soups with the addition of a broth made from > long-boiled chicken carcasses from a farm, Chicken, fish, very little beef, > plenty of fresh fruit and veg. Butter, cream, coconut oil. No processed food > or anything that is not actually nourishing. Little wheat and mostly good > wholemeal. Plus daily exercise and a positive turn of mind. > You will get used to it! Good luck M fruit > >
> > Rique Meirelles <[email protected]> Jun 18 10:42PM +0200 > > All the best to you, Jon. > Keep making music. ;-) > > Regards from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. > > Le mardi 18 juin 2013, Jon Redpath a écrit : > > > -- > "For he comes, the human child, > To the waters and the wild > With a faery hand in hand, > From a world more full of weeping > than he can understand." > > The Stolen Child - William Butler Yeats - > > cwhill <[email protected]> Jun 19 02:01AM +0100 > > Nice to hear you are making progress. I have that complaint where your > fingers bend into the palms of you hand and bad shoulders and it's > getting harder to play anything now so I sympathise with you (I'm over > 60 too) : (Well,I'm 85 and practice every day after a lacuna of 30 > years, and I keep improving. It seems that you suffer from Dupytrens > Contacture, which I can attest makes playing increasingly difficult;t. > However if you are interested I can tell you how to combat it. As for > shoulders. study Alexander Technique, esp the bits about standing tall and > lying on your back. Find a goof teacher I once offered this at a course but > no on took up the offer, ss with everything else.). Now I'm going for my > daily walk ( a bit late) and home to practice. Michael, > . > Keep up the good work! > > Colin Hill > > > On 18/06/2013 21:42, Rique Meirelles wrote: > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3199/5922 - Release Date: 06/18/13 > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > hurdygurdy. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new > subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hurdygurdy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
