G'day all

katlaughing: Your comments on the elbow connection are germane. I've been suffering from a lateral epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow) bout for the last 3 months ... and it seems to aggravate problems right up and down the (right) arm - from shoulder to little finger.

I bumped the elbow yesterday - after applying some eyedrops to irritation from a eye examination earlier in the week, and misjudging a doorway. This set off problems everywhere ... and I went back to wearing the "Tennis Elbow" brace ... just to ease the assorted pains!

My physio has me doing (Well, when I remember ...) exercises that gently flex tendons and muscles all the way from fingertips to neck (she is a Feldenkrais adherent) and this works better, in the long run, than just concentrating on the joint that hurts at the time.

Fortunately, the instruments I most play (button accordion, concertina, mouthorgan, bones and whistle) don't seem to exacerbate the problem ... it's just working at a keyboard, to make a living, that does that!

Regards,

Bob Bolton