In a message dated 1/8/04 7:28:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> And the only position I feel > comfortable in is sitting upright on a hard chair playing my lute, with a > hot-water bottle behind me. Somehow the combination of the hard chair and > the > position required to play the instrument relieve the pain, and course the > music > does the rest. I recall from a past LSA seminar seeing Jacob Lindberg using a specially designed wedge-shaped cushion which slopes forward at a low angle with a little gap cut out for the spot at the bottom of the spine. He said that it solved his back pain and gave him a comfortable posture. Recently, here in the U.S. I have seen these for the first time being sold in the Walgreens store chains (I think they cost around $20 or so). Kenneth Be Cleveland, Ohio --
