A fellow named Greg Irwin has a series of hand/finger exercises on YouTube which are quite challenging, not damaging (as far as I can tell).
Regards, Leonard Williams On 8/11/11 3:59 AM, "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 August 2011 22:42, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Take great care with stretching exercises of the hand!! I deal fairly often >> with musicians' injuries, and musicians are nearly as bad as competitive >> athletes as far as abusing their bodies to try to get better performance. > > I second that: take care with stretching. It's my observation that > those who are already flexible, can do those exercises. Those who have > stiffer tendons, should not try to do the same. I have a nasty case of > De Quervain Tendinitis (troubled tendon at the base of the thumb), and > over-stretching/too much playing is to blame. The closing remark of > the doctor is spot-on: in my hospital there is a special department > for musicians, as they tend to have specific complaints, but also > specific behaviour, all demanding specific treatment ... > > David > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
