Musician with sore shoulders and locked fingers

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I saw a lady the other day the who plays the fiddle, amongst other instruments. She was complaining of stiffness in her shoulders and took for granted that she would never straighten the fingers of her right hand which, at rest, were in an exaggerated flexed position. Throughout the session, I found that actually she was very tight across the chest in pecs on both sides and was able to release these considerably. With a little bit of extra time spent on the right hand, the client (who for the purpose of this blog we will call Jane) was surprised to look up during the session and see her hand lying flat across her stomach. Movement in the shoulders was actually quite good but again the upper arms were very tight, particularly the biceps.
So enough about what was and what wasn't tight. Let's talk about the before and after.
Before the session, Jane felt that her shoulders were tight and that it was probably due to stress and her body position while playing music. As Jane had an old neck injury on one side, I treaded very lightly to make sure that we didn't aggravate anything. Once we were finished, both of Jane's arms were lying straight down along her sides and fingers of both hands were straight. Jane recognised that all the restrictions in her shoulder movement had actually been coming from her pectoral muscles and that she felt much freer after treatment. Jane has said that she would love to come back for another session  but would like to wait and see how long the effects of this session last first so that she can book a few sessions in together but spaced apart.
It just goes to show that we don't have to play full contact sports to sustain injury and end up with tightness and sometimes pain. What we do on a daily basis - be it driving for a living, or painting ceilings or working at a computer, can all impact on how we feel in our own bodies. Give this treatment a go and let us know how you felt afterwards :) I will be treating two runners tomorrow  - one post back surgery and one with severe plantar fascitis - Ill keep you posted ;)