Thread: Quilting injury
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Old 08-25-2011, 12:27 PM
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krafty14
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
For the last few weeks, while I've been FMQing, my neck and shoulders have been sooo tight and stiff. I just got back from the chiropractor and man what a difference!!! He adjusted both sides of my neck, left shoulder, and mid thoracic.

He asked me "what the heck have you been doing to cause this tightness!!". I said quilting.

He said "you mean like little old ladies do?"

"Watch it buster!! I resemble that remark!!"

I really need to fix my quilting setup. My machine is far too high. I just raised my chair and tried a few lines and it's not good enough.
I use two door stops under the back of my machine. It tilts it forward and makes it easier to see the foot. Ann
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