David
I sympathise as suffering myself from capsulitis (computer
induced?); and the effect is far worse using my 70cm lute, in
particular when the piece demands that LH stay on the lower frets. I
try to adop a position which minimizes the extension of the left arm,
but I am never quite free of these effects. I have used Chinese balls,
exercises with Gripmansters of various strngths, and also Condo
digiextend hand.
I do find that five minutes with a medium gripmaster followed by a
digiextend gets me over most hand pains, and the Grip master also seems
to improve finger tip touch. It has a rough surface, and after a few
minutes the surface and contact area seems to change. I have better
contact with the strings. I do not use any of these to get stronger,
but to warm up before playing. Clearly, it is not strength but
economical use of it which helps avoid RSI.
Now I just saw an extreme machine for strenthening wrists, the Marcy
wedge, and some wrist and carpal damaged people seem to have some
success with it, but others not. It seems that an early model made of
metal was better than the present plastic one, but it does look as
though it might do as much damage itself, as good.
It makes me think about Schumann, although apparently that his injury
was due to a machine, might be more myth than reality (even flutists
suffer from RSI)
http://www.lunnflutes.com/ho6.htm
Nevertheless, I am ready to try the NSD Power ball hoping it may help,
but I notice on Amazon that the NSD version has few write-ups, while
two others Dynaflex Digital Speed meter and Dynaflex extreme steel do
have a number of good reviews.
Which one are you using David? I am willing to give it a whirl to try
to undo a few year's damage.
Regards
Anthony
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De : David van Ooijen <[email protected]>
A : lutelist Net <[email protected]>
Envoye le : Jeudi 1 Decembre 2011 9h49
Objet : [LUTE] injury prevention
Tendinitis in arms and hands comes up once in a while on this list.
The woman from our local Thai take away suffers from a similar form as
I do: inflamed tendons at the wrist. In her case it comes from doing
too much fancy vegetable carving. She found relief (notice the
spelling!) in a 'power ball'. Her husband runs a shop in (Thai)
sports' articles across the street, so she got me a 'Nsd Power Ball'.
Strong stuff, like her food! Perhaps approached with care when you are
suffering now, but it is supposed to be a good injury prevention, used
e.g. by people spending many hours behind a computer keyboard.
David
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