Tendonitis

[Kristinn Leifsson]

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Kristinn Leifsson
Reykjavík, Iceland



At 22:51 16.2.2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I have had tendonitis.  The medical doctors told me to quit tuning and take
>an aspirin substitute called iboprophen.  If conditions did not improve they
>said I would have to go on more powerful drugs.
>
>I believe tendonitis has more than one cause.  The stress of tuning is just
>one part of the problem.  Good nutrition is what helped me.  When I had to
>quit tuning I did a lot of reading.  I came across a book "Green Leaves Of
>Barley by Dr. Mary Ruth Swope with an introduction by David A. Darbro, MD.
>There are three testimonials in the book how the juice of young barley
>plants help with tendonitis.  I take a product that contains the dried juice
>of young barley plants that has helped me so much that I can now tune
>without pain in my hands and elbow.
>
>Sometimes my tendonitis will come back if I eat to much beef an neglect to
>drink enough barley juice.  I then use a tincture  or a salve made of
>Polygonatum multiflorum or more commonly called Solomon's Seal.  In
>Minnesota it grows in the woods most everywhere.  For more information on
>Solomon's Seal read pages 397-406 The book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood.
>ISBN  1-55643-232-1 .  Published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley,
>California.
>I have used Solomon's Seal as a tincture and as a save. It cured a clicking
>knee joint that I had for three years within two days of taking the
>tincture. The salve takes away the inflammation of tendonitis over night.
>
>The berry of Solomon's Seal is toxic.  The part of the plant used is the
>rhizome.  True Solomon's Seal is available in herbal commerce but is seldom
>found in commercial preparations.
>
>For more information e-mail me at sigurd@sigurd.com for the barley juice
>product I use an how to obtain it.  There are herbalists in Minnesota that
>make up a salve made of Solomon's Seal
>
> Sincerely
>
>Sigurd T. Hanson
>3715 Oregon Ave Door #9
>St. Louis Park, MN 55426
>
>612-827-8090
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <PDtek@AOL.COM>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:13 PM
>Subject: Tendonitis
>
>
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>> 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
>>
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