[Artemisia] Preserving My Hands

[Ash]

I type for a living, and have two set (yes, sets).
They are wonderful!
Ash

--- Jeff Brainard <marcocaprioli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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