Muscle Spasms when machine quilting - make it go away.
I am learning to quilt. I am doing my first quilt on my DSM. I really want to do this, I love it so far except for the horrible pain in my shoulder/neck from muscle spasms. I am prone to these from working at desk on computer all day. but was hoping to be able to quilt without so much pain.
I was so disappointed to have to quit very soon after starting a quilt yesterday due to pain. I have a great new machine, 11.25 inch throat - just need to be able to learn to use it without so much pain.
I am not sure my table is low enough/chair high enough. Does anyone else suffer from this and have suggestions on how to change things so that it does not cause this strain.
I wonder if it is a problem when using a long arm standing up? anyone have any trouble with muscle spasms when using the long arms?
Thanks,
Terri