Bruce’s fourteen comments

The other vague possibility is a variant of “writer’s cramp”, or to use medical jargon - focal muscle dystonia, where your muscles cease to obey the commands from your brain via the motor nerves. more…

I had a patient have complete remission of the palmar thickening after focal, superficial radiotherapy. more…

Thank you very much for this app. I’m about to head out to a very small, very isolated town in Central Australia and was trying to work out how to take my mandolin with me. more…

As an isolated Aussie (with Scots grandparents) who plays for his amusement, may I second Ailin’s comment. more…

From a rural GP’s perspective - if it doesn’t hurt, it won’t stop the bones healing. None of the muscles which are used for finger movement attach to wrist bones, so the tendons are only sliding past the area of the fracture, not pulling on the bone. more…

How did we get from the effect of alcohol on your ability to play music to the treatment of gout and the Krebs cycle? more…

I enjoy the music I make, but accept that I will never have the talent or the skill to be a first class musician. I also accept that there are people who have that talent and skill and for whom music is the major part of their lives. more…

Arrows optional? more…

Anatomically speaking it is easy to determine the position of function of the wrist - bend your elbow and hold your hand and wrist in front of you with the fingers extended (straight) and wrist in a straight line, close your eyes and then close your hand. more…

Just a minor query - I would think that the only way to have the strings forming a 90 degree angle with the bridge would be if the nut was the same width and had the same string spacings as the bridge. more…