The Flexbar did not work for me- but a lot of intelligent thought and experience seems to have gone into this device. If anyone on the list would like to give it a try, I would be more than happy to give away my Flexbars- one light, one medium, & one heavy- any or all of them to anyone interested- let me know.
Dan >> There is a fairly 'new' approach to elbow pain from epicondylitis (tennis >> elbow), involving using a stiff but flexible bar. This, like several new >> approaches, works by 'turning off' reflexes through antagonistic muscle >> action and a combination of concentric and eccentric motion muscle >> contraction. Anyone suffering from tennis elbow-like complaints ought to >> download this little article - it has easy to follow instructions that one >> can do at home ( sorry, nothing available specifically for wrist pains yet, >> but this exercise could potentially help the wrist too): >> >> >> http://www.optp.com/userfiles/file/PDF%20Storage/NY%20Times%20article_flexbar.pdf >> >> >> >> >> (Original article from NewYork Times, PDF from www.OPTP.com website) >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> >> To: Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: lute <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 1:17 am >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: injury prevention >> >> >> Hi Anthony, >> Interesting that you should mention the NSD Powerball. For UK readers >> info, I was shopping in Sainsbury's yesterday and they had Powerball >> copies at -L-5 among their 'scientific toys'. If I remember right, >> there was a three-for-the-price-of-two or similar offer so they >> could work out even cheaper. >> Certainly as I age old injuries are coming back to haunt me - mostly >> intermittent tendonitis and painful joints. Still, I believe that lute >> playing is very good for helping me deal with these and keeps things >> moving. >> Bill >> From: Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> >> To: David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com>; >> "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2011, 10:19 >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: injury prevention >> 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) >> [1]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 >> __________________________________________________________________ >> De : David van Ooijen <[2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> >> A : lutelist Net <[3]Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> 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 >> -- >> ******************************* >> David van Ooijen >> [1][4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> www.davidvanooijen.nl >> ******************************* >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [2][5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> -- >> References >> Visible links >> 1. mailto:[6]davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> 2. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html >> Hidden links: >> 3. >> [8]http://www.amazon.com/Dynaflex-SM-01-Speedometer-Power-Balls/dp/B000 >> W1OMRO/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1322733497&sr=1-1 >> 4. >> [9]http://www.amazon.com/Dynaflex-SM-01-Speedometer-Power-Balls/dp/B000 >> W1OMRO/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1322733497&sr=1-1 >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://www.lunnflutes.com/ho6.htm >> 2. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> 3. mailto:Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 6. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 8. >> http://www.amazon.com/Dynaflex-SM-01-Speedometer-Power-Balls/dp/B000W1OMRO/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1322733497&sr=1-1 >> 9. >> http://www.amazon.com/Dynaflex-SM-01-Speedometer-Power-Balls/dp/B000W1OMRO/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1322733497&sr=1-1 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > > >
