Tendonitis

[PDtek@AOL.COM]

This isn't the first time, but it's back. Tendonitis in my "key pounding" 
hand and wrist. I try to hold it down to four pianos a day, but it just 
flares up now and again. I would like to alternate more with shop work, but 
sometimes its just all tuning.

I give my hand a rest and move it around a few times during tunings and try 
not to pound any harder than I need to but I can't shake it.

Does anyone know of any effective therapy that would help? (Professional or 
self.) I could see how strength training would help but seems like it might 
just irritate an area that was already prone to injury. I enjoy my avocation 
as a musician and fear that I may eventually sacrifice mobility in my hand.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

By the way, I figure that I have tuned about 12,000 pianos. Could this be the 
beginning of the end? I hope not.

Dave Bunch