AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
It can happen to anyone!(In Unison)
I consider myself to be very lucky. Throughout most of my piano studies, I have had the good fortune to work with teachers who stressed an efficient and effortless technique. As a result, I have felt totally at ease at the piano and have avoided any playing-related injuries, in spite of a demanding performance schedule.
As many of you know, I have also been a long-time musician wellness advocate, lecturing on these topics as far back as the 1980s. In 1989, I instituted a pioneering course on wellness at Ohio University long before it was the "pc" thing to do. Information about healthy practicing and injury prevention strategies is a standard inclusion in my wellness course and my wellness lectures.
Given all my knowledge, how did I recently end up with a diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome? CTS is the most common peripheral nerve compression syndrome, caused by the impingement of the median nerve. Symptoms can include numbness, tingling or burning pain in the first three (and half of the fourth) fingers of the affected hand. In my case, I attribute my condition to computer overuse and misuse based on these likely precipitating factors:
Factor 1
If you've ever sent me e-mail, you know that you can expect a very quick response. To put it succinctly, I am addicted to e-mail, regularly checking e-mail from home, at school and on my laptop when I'm on the road.
Factor 2
Many years ago I used to sleep with my hand bent under my chin. I would awaken with a "numb" hand. I purchased a splint that kept my hand in a neutral position and, after a year or so, trained myself to no longer do this. Even though this happened years ago, I've been told that a predisposition for nerve impingement can be a lingering consequence.
- CIBER Wins Contract With Ohio University for New Student Information System.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 1, 2009 700+ words
...awarded a 20-month contract with Ohio University located in Athens, Ohio. CIBER...Practice (GEIP) are working with Ohio University to create a new Student Information...and most complex project upon which Ohio University's Office of Information Technology...
- Reports from Ohio University advance knowledge in transfusion medicine.
- Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly October 30, 2008 700+ words
...Results of confirmatory factor analyses indicate that a 4...Construct validity is supported by factor analyses, expected score...France and colleagues, Ohio University (see also Transfusion Medicine...contact C.R. France, Ohio University, Dept. of Psychology, 245...
- Ohio University Saves $2.9 Million per Year Using WorkForce Software's...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 5, 2008 700+ words
...investment (ROI) for Ohio University, and a payback on...s EmpCenter helped Ohio University improve employee productivity...implementing EmpCenter, Ohio University manually tracked time...affordable cost were key factors in OU's choice...
- Research from Ohio University has provided new information about cancer.
- Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week February 9, 2009 700+ words
...related transcription factors and some proapoptotic genes...Bose and colleagues, Ohio University. The researchers concluded...contact R.N. Bose, Ohio University, Dept. of Biomedical Science...Treatment, Women's Health, Ohio University. This article was prepared...
- Research from Ohio University provides new data about life sciences.
- Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly December 30, 2008 700+ words
...Kalenkoski and colleagues, Ohio University (see also Life Sciences...Improperly controlling for factors that vary systematically...M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University, Dept. of Economics...Life Sciences, Ohio University. This article was...
- New findings from Ohio University describe advances in aphasiology.(Report)
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter April 28, 2009 700+ words
...influences of stimulus-driven factors is crucial because individuals...Heuer and colleagues, Ohio University (see also Aphasiology...information, contact S. Heuer, Ohio University, School Hearing Speech...Aphasia, Aphasiology, Ohio University. This article was prepared...
- Recent findings from Ohio University highlight research in life...
- Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly November 11, 2008 700+ words
...Caporale and colleagues, Ohio University. The researchers...and other standard factors in this literature...contact B. Caporale, Ohio University, Dept. of Economics...Life Sciences, Ohio University. This article was...
- New comparative biology study findings reported from Ohio University, Medical...
- Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly November 18, 2008 700+ words
...identification of the genetic factors underlying phenotypic variation...Vinyard and colleagues, Ohio University, Medical Department. The...contact C.J. Vinyard, NE Ohio University, College Medical, Dept...Comparative Biology, Ohio University, Medical Department. This...
- Findings from Ohio University advance knowledge in blood pressure.(Report)
- Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly September 4, 2008 700+ words
...loading on hematological and hemodynamic factors during acute psychological stress in...S.M. Patterson and colleagues, Ohio University (see also Blood Pressure). The researchers...information, contact S.M. Patterson, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA.. Publisher contact...
- EDITORIAL: Give it some teeth: Ohio University must let athletes know that...
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) October 10, 2006 700+ words
Oct. 10--Seventeen Ohio University football players have been arrested...benched or kicked off the team. Ohio University had not always been so lenient...driving last year. These are all factors that the university will have to...
Source: HighBeam Research, It can happen to anyone!(In Unison)