[Artemisia] Preserving My Hands

[Jeff Brainard]

here's another take on it from somebody who handstitches way more than
a man was meant to: analyze your movements carefully. i have issues
with my forearms and such as you describe only when i'm doing heavy
duty leatherwork. what i've noticed is that the pressures and movements
neccessary for the high-tension work stress my arms out due to the
prolonged application of extreme pressure. you may be making
counter-productive movements in the process of stitching and gripping
things too hard. maintain your wrist stance and grip the needle with
your middle finger and thumb. also, try not to involve any unneccessary
wrist articulation in your stitch technique and purge your hands of
uneccessary tension. believe it or not, unneccessary tension is the
number one cause of performance related injuries in musicians. let me
know how things are going and drop me a line. a good book for learning
the development of better technique is titled "playing less hurt"
(author escapes me now), available from sharmusic.com. i tuly hope this
helps.

marco dei caprioli

--- LadyPDC at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 1/13/2006 2:52:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
> dtavares1 at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> I'm  thinking of wearing one of those Hand-Eze gloves recommended for
> 
> quilters  who suffer carpal tunnel or tendonitis. Has anybody used
> one of 
> these? Is  it worth the effort and money? Or do you get better
> results from 
> some  other method? Pain cremes, specific exercises, a certain
> frame....
> 
> I'm  trying to teach my off-hand to stitch, but it's slow going.
> 
> Many  thanks,
> 
> <twinge>
> Aurora de Portugal
> Loch  Salann
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I had the same problem several years ago, complicated by some 
> medications 
> giving me arthritis that effected the same area.  I bought two  pair
> of those 
> gloves though I doubted that something so lightweight could be of 
> much use.  
> However, I didn't want to wear a wrist brace and knew I couldn't  do
> needlework, 
> sewing, or even cooking while wearing something like that.   So I
> tried the 
> hands-ez gloves and what do you know, it worked.  Now I put  one of
> them on 
> whenever I am going to be using my wrists overmuch, even long 
> sessions of typing 
> at the computer and they have been a lifesaver.  
>  
> Still don't know how something so lightweight can work but they  do.
>  
> So, go get one and give it a try. 
>  
> Debbie
> 
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