Have you thought about left hand mousing on the computer? I switched for similar reasons and found it very helpful. Anyone who can do lute left hand fingering should have no problems learning to use a mouse left handed.
Eric Crouch On 2 Nov 2005, at 18:46, Craig Allen wrote: > Lately my right arm has been giving me lots of pain, in particular > inside the elbow. And it's affecting my playing. I sit and > pracitice for half an hour and when I unwind from the instrument I > get this pain right inside the elbow. I suspect the general cause > is working on a computer all day and finally the mouse is catching > up with me. I'm also getting a sharp pain at the left shoulder just > at the base of my neck. This can be excruciating. > > So then, does anyone here experience similar pains and aches and > what are you doing about it? If you're undergoing physical therapy > I'd be interested to know more about what kind specifically. I've > also heard Pat O'Brien often has good advice for these sorts of > things, but as I'm not in New York maybe one of his students here > could expound on any help he's given them. > > Thank you for your replies. > > Regards, > Craig > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
