Everyhting went away at about the two year point. Once I got better and started playing more....seems like the more I play the less my hands or body complain. However I did buy a comfortable Gibraltar, sort of expensive chair that swivels and a foot rest, and worked on posture while in that chair....I think that it's like anything else....learning to play golf, tennis, boxing or lifting weights. The body has to get used to the movements and forces, while the specific elements are forged by the process of pracice and pain, that is inescable with all habitual physical exertions. But it seems that after the two year point is the no more pain zone.