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I'm really glad to see some chatter about this on THU, MAY 14, 2009 and its neither here/there but this really a fundamental on topic to us all sooner/later. I'm 53, have made most of my living moving mice since '92 plus as many have played music since I was a kid in some capacity. Knock on wood I've been pretty lucky though I do get some tendinitus or tennis elbow in my left arm occasionally as well as sometimes wrist pain. I do some random yoga and stretching and 'wrist pumps' to ward off things as well as rotating computer pos etc and if really bad a I stop playimg for a few days which is emotionally harder than hell. A violinist that has had some influence on me wrote a wonderful book for musicians called 'You Are your instrument' tjat I highly recommend. its pb and from 13.57 on amazon. Her name is julie lyonn lieberman www.amazon.com/Your-Instrument-Julie-Lyonn-Lieberman/dp/1879730200. Stretch stretch. Jim On 5/14/09, Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com> wrote: > I've suffered from musculoskeletal disorders in the past... never again. > Setting up your office properly is crucial to avoid injury. So is taking > breaks, stretching, diversifying your tasks. See below for some advice >on > setting up your office: > > >http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/checklist-aidememoire-eng.php > > Sylvain > > > > On 5/14/09, tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote: >> >> Tilmann, >> >> I'm sure others will come up with a variety of very good solutions and >> suggestions too. >> >> I used to suffer with pain and fatigue in my right arm and shoulder from >> using a mouse (I'm right-handed). >> >> I'm a graphic designer and make a living with my computer, so I couldn't >> very well stop feeding my family. >> >> Now I use a track ball (a Kensington Orbit) and have none of that >> difficulty whatsoever. >> >> Sometimes it's not that you have to stop doing what you're doing, but >> change something a little so you're using different muscles. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Ted >> >> >> On May 13, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Tilmann Dehnhard wrote: >> >> dear fellow loopers, please be very careful with the computer mouse. >>> after mixing a recording using almost only the mouse i had terrible >pain >>> in the hand and inflammation around the elbow. my right hand got slow >and >>> kind of numb. i changed to the left hand for a year. took some serious >>> conditioning to stop reaching for the mouse with the right hand... >>> today i am able to switch hands whenever fatigue and stress build up. >>> letting go of the mouse when not in use and simply moving and massaging >>> the fingers regularly has helped me, too. >>> >>> one of the main problems is that the mouse-clicking finger joints do >>> experience stress from the operation. unfortunately the movement is too >>> small to trigger blood circulation and other recreative measures >usually >>> maintained by the body. >>> this was discovered when a condition surfaced called the "sms-thumb" - >a >>> terrible stinging pain in the thumb from using cellulars for messaging. >>> >>> best - tilmann >>> >>> >> > -- ReUse, an introspective textural aural journey coming soon... music links... www.jimgoodinmusic.com www.chinapaintingmusic.com www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic www.myspace.com/jimgoodinviolinelectro www.myspace.com/jindream www.youtube.com/jimgoodinmusic video work/editing... www.vimeo.com/jimgoodindigital social networking... www.twitter.com/jimgoodinmusic