canefan17
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I'd love to hear if you still play and also if you have found ways around tension, pain, injuries etc...
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Me - I studied ergonomic playing with an ergonomic piano teacher in the hopes of helping me get better, before we knew what I had! Result: didn't cure Lyme (!) but it was better for my physical experience.
Depends on what your injuries are. You are welcome to pm me if you want to discuss.
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Judie
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Physical therapy helped me play again. The scales actually helped strengthen my fingers. I had to work up strength before playing (squeezed therapeutic clay and stretching exercises).
With this new levaquin tendinitis BS that I'm dealing with now, I don't know. Posts: 2839 | From California | Registered: Jul 2012
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I used to play quite a bit. My Lyme settled in my knees and ankles, not my fingers, so the keys are all right... but not the pedals. Those are excruciating. Anything with that motion hurts-- car driving, etc.
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Brussels
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I started learning it 5 years ago, when my lyme went dormant! I had a second chance to live, and one thing I wanted to do before dying was to learn to play the piano ( I could play a bit of guitar and different types of recorders)...
It's been 5 years now, I'm still improving.
No pain, as lyme is not there, just an old brain trying to grasp theory. My fingers don't follow easily where I want them to go, and my touch is not as soft as someone that started playing early!
But I love it.
I think it is a good training for the brain, more than anything else!
In South Corea, many old people started learning the piano because some physician said that it will prevent you to get some brain diseases! It's a big fashion to learn the piano no matter what age you are!
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LisaK
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I was learning to play about a year before I was dx. it was getting harder and harder before dx but I didn't know why. then all during the last year I could not play. I could not make sense of the notes
I am a vocalist. I sing (sang) with groups and performed.
I couldnot sing either.
so hard to see /read notes/
now I jsut started playing piano again. beginner stuff an dsome days I can do well and others not.
I have all kinds of trouble, but I think if I keep at it it helps my brain.
I also noticed from playing Spider Solitaire my brain gets a work out and this helps.
piano and Spider Solitaire are my two "mental works" for my lyme.. haha
-------------------- Be thankful in all things- even difficult times and sickness and trials - because there is something GOOD to be seen Posts: 3558 | From Eastern USA | Registered: Jul 2013
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Had to pre-record myself because I couldn't remember the whole piece - that I composed!
With work and persistence, my memory is almost back to where it was. Yes - it takes work!
I never had pain in my fingers - just a lot of emotional "pain" that I'm finally recognizing and releasing.
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