Thesteelydane.com » Wrist pain http://www.thesteelydane.com Violinist Nicolaj Møller Nielsen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:01:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Back in business http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/03/back-in-business/ http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/03/back-in-business/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:00:31 +0000 Nicolaj http://www.thesteelydane.com/?p=278 My wrist is fine again, and I’m playing full time. It took about a month, and according to medical science I should count myself lucky, as it can take up to 3 months for the overstretched ligaments to heal and fully contract. I have been busy freelancing a lot with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and practicing for upcoming auditions. I have also been preparing a few pieces to record for this website and expect to upload material within a week. 

In other news, the article about my story in “Musikeren” (”The Musician”) is coming out in a few days. Stay tuned for more….

]]> http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/03/back-in-business/feed/ 0 Wrist sprain http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/01/wrist-sprain/ http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/01/wrist-sprain/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:08:16 +0000 Nicolaj http://www.thesteelydane.com/?p=226 Given my recent close encounter with the subject, I decided to write a little about what it actually is, why it hurts so much and takes so long to heal. In your forearm you have 2 bones that rotate around each other. These are joined to the 8 small carpal bones that form your wrist and fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. They are aligned in 2 rows of 4 and the whole thing is held together by a complex web of ligaments. Ligaments connect bones to each other and helps to stabilize the joint. They are also used by the brain as a sort of joint sensors that helps the nervous system to control the muscles – they are thus full of nerve endings! It is these…

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