"In December of 1996, my hands closed into fists as result of an injury called dystonia. Dystonia is considered by the medical profession to have no cure. At the time of the injury I was in my second year of college and practicing five to eight hours a day despite a lot of pain. As the symptoms of dystonia began to show, I felt that the more I practiced..."

"In December of 1996, my hands closed into fists as result of an injury called dystonia. Dystonia is considered by the medical profession to have no cure. At the time of the injury I was in my second year of college and practicing five to eight hours a day despite a lot of pain. As the symptoms of dystonia began to show, I felt that the more I practiced the worse my playing seemed to get. My fingers felt sluggish and the harder I tried to make them move the more heavy and slow they felt. Eventually it got to a point where my fingers would curl up under my hand after playing. After a particularly frustrating day of practice, I was on my way home when I felt the third and fourth fingers of my right hand pull together in a sort of cramp or spasm. I tried to massage it away, but I couldn’t. I stuck my hand deep into my pocket and continued walking when I felt a sensation that seemed to be creeping through my right hand. All of my fingers were curling into a fist. There was no pain, only a light squeezing of muscles. Three hours after my right hand closed up I felt my left hand third and fourth fingers pull together, just as my right hand had done. I felt like I was living my own private horror movie, knowing what was going to happen to my hand, being unable to stop it, and only being able to watch and feel this odd sensation take over. I started to take lessons with Robert Durso [Healthy Typing Specialist], and began to learn how to replace my old movements with healthy new ones. My body responded favorably and my dystonia was gone within a year’s time. The technique unifies fingers, hand and forearm, so that they all move together in a coordinate way. After eight months the worst of my dystonia was over. After two years of retraining my technique I returned to school and finished my Bachelor’s. I have now completed my Master’s degree in piano performance. Not only am I free from dystonia, but I am playing difficult pieces with more precision and artistic statement than I ever did before my injury. I cannot imagine what it is like for people who struggle with the injury for years, and are told they will never be healed. I hope my story will offer insight and inspiration."

"I had been experiencing pain in my hands, wrists, and forearms that was diagnosed by a specialist as tendonitis. Though the pain had started as a minor annoyance, it quickly escalated to the point where I could no longer do my work, which involves many hours each day at a computer and considerable amounts of data entry. At one point, I had taken 5 straight..."

"I had been experiencing pain in my hands, wrists, and forearms that was diagnosed by a specialist as tendonitis. Though the pain had started as a minor annoyance, it quickly escalated to the point where I could no longer do my work, which involves many hours each day at a computer and considerable amounts of data entry. At one point, I had taken 5 straight days away from work. As a classically-trained percussionist as well, it was vital that I find a way to stop the pain and fix the problem so that I could continue working and that my playing remain unaffected. The 3 sessions I had with you [Edna Golandsky, Healthy Typing Inc. Founder] changed all of that. You determined that the problems consisted of positioning and movement, exacerbated by the presence of wrist supports. After adjusting my keyboard position and working at applying the principles of proper finger, hand, wrist, and arm movement that you showed me, the pain has decreased steadily and dramatically and I have been able to resume working full-time. I can't thank you enough!"

"Speaking from my background in medicine and neuroscience, I can say that the Taubman approach is an incredibly detailed method that speaks directly to muscular coordination, motor learning, and cognitive restructuring toward the elimination and prevention of strain injuries. This has been noticeable in my typing, which used to cause me discomfort equal..."

"Speaking from my background in medicine and neuroscience, I can say that the Taubman approach is an incredibly detailed method that speaks directly to muscular coordination, motor learning, and cognitive restructuring toward the elimination and prevention of strain injuries. This has been noticeable in my typing, which used to cause me discomfort equal to that of the piano [tendonitis, fatigue, and tension]. The ease and comfort with which I can type vastly improved since beginning the Taubman work. Speaking as a musician, the Taubman technique, Robert Durso [Healthy Typing Specialist], Edna Golandsky, [Healthy Typing Inc. Founder] and colleagues offer not only a path to freedom from all technical limitations, but open doors to possibilities of musical expression previously unimagined. But you don’t have to take my word for it: In my first performances since working with Mr. Durso, reviewers have called my playing: 'novel in all the best ways,' 'intensely moving,' 'sensitively executed,' and 'the clear standout."

"I spend many hours every day at the computer keyboard. I began experiencing stiffness in my fingers, pain in my wrist and back [and] also pain in my fifth finger on my left hand. The pain increased with the number of hours that I spent at the computer terminal. Professor Durso [Bob Durso, Healthy Typing Specialist] offered to help me by teaching me..."

"I spend many hours every day at the computer keyboard. I began experiencing stiffness in my fingers, pain in my wrist and back [and] also pain in my fifth finger on my left hand. The pain increased with the number of hours that I spent at the computer terminal. Professor Durso [Bob Durso, Healthy Typing Specialist] offered to help me by teaching me a physiologically sound method of rearranging my basic finger/hand/arm motions. After one hour session, I noticed considerable relief from the pain and discomfort. Since then, if the pain recurs, I can make the necessary adjustments using these new skills to correctly use my fingers, hands and arms. He helped me with a worrisome problem that I thought would prevent me from continuing the work that I need to do for my job."