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A Hand Injury and the NovoTHOR

This week, Jeremie shares his experience with the NovoTHOR light therapy bed. Sometime last November, Jeremie noticed a pain developing in his arm that lead him to put the guitar down for a few months. Not only did that NOT lead to healing, it just about drove him crazy! A suggestion from his wife sparked his interest in NovoTHOR and light therapy, and like a mosquito to a bug zapper he was irreversibly drawn in. A month later, he can play guitar pain free. Jeremie starts today by giving you 3-4 hand stretches that can help reduce pain or risk of injury from playing guitar, then takes a guess at how his injury developed, and finally shares some experience with using the NovoTHOR bed. Note: he's still not very tan... Check out: NovoTHOR: https://www.novothor.com/ Performance Bodywork: http://performancebodywork.com/

CCM - Contemporary Christian Music

A bit out of the ordinary for us, today's conversation is less gear-centric or business-oriented and more of a conversation on genre. Nate is largely unfamiliar with the genre of CCM but has seen a consistent flow of customers who say, "I play in church." Jeremie has played guitar in church or CCM-related endeavors for 20 years. So Nate had questions and Jeremie pretended to have answers. This is also our first show that begins with a bit of a disclaimer - namely, Jeremie is worried that expressing an opinion that CCM is anything other than butterflies and rainbows will hurt feelings, and he really doesn't like to hurt feelings. On an unrelated note, Nate's dad loves Sugar Ray. No, not the boxer. We're wondering what it would take to convince him to get a tattoo of Mark McGrath...