>Hey, people! > >Shall we throw in F. Mathias Alexander's technique while we're at it? >Just a thought :) > >Gordon I've heard that Feldenkrais method and Alexander technique have some things in common. Feldenkrais stresses how the body MOVES rather than how it is aligned (static). Also, Feldenkrais requires you not to think, which should be pretty appealing to most of us. :-) (In other words, you don't analyze anything ... your body learns through movement.) Whatever "method" is used, it needs to address body movement rather than simply muscle strength. As someone else said, these kinds of ouches develop over time through mis-use of the body, and muscle relaxants etc. offer only temporary relief. It has to be a re-learning process. As I recall, Virgil Smith (I think) wound up having to have surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome from tuning. I never thought of this as a hazardous profession, but that made me pay closer attention to what I was actually doing physically while I was tuning. But, Willem, could you tell us a little more about the vibrator?? :-) Barb Barasa
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