A player's hands are part of his instrument.

Do you think he plays with his nose? All that squeezing is damaging. So is all the signing. At some point it became too much for him...he said so. Never again, after Australia. Please don't have a bully fit after this post. It's just information. No need for endless questions and interrogation. That's what he said. This is what he's doing. If there's a bunch of bashing after this post, all it's going to do is keep more people from sharing. So could the negative haters here just accept this info -- or go find their own source.