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- From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: RE: tendonitis or what?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.114632.3029@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 17:46:32 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
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- [reply to mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu,]
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- >In a previous article, magic@netlink.cts.com" wrote:
- >>Does anyone know if excercise is good or bad for tendonitis? I'm a
- >>musician and have had pain and cramps in my hands for several years now,
-
- >I hope that you are seeing a hand specialist rather than a simple orthopedic
- >doctor. Such a doctor would KNOW what to do or what not to do.
-
- There are a few physicians in large cities who specialize in treating
- occupational disorders of musicians. If Andrea can find one, this would
- be the best person to see. The next best would be either a physiatrist
- (physical medicine rehabilitation specialist) or occupational medicine
- specialist. I agree that RTS is a likely possibility. Another is a
- focal dystonia (like writer's cramp).
-
- David Nye
- nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
-