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Post by SHRED FAN on Apr 30, 2008 8:16:46 GMT -5
So a couple days ago I started noticing problems in both my arms. I'm getting slight pain in my right elbow after playing guitar for a little while. I recently changed my picking technique to be more from the wrist so i don't screw my arm up and i never noticed the problems before i actually changed my technique to be 90% from the wrist. Also, if I cock my left wrist forward, it feels like i am cutting the circulation off from that large vein that goes down the thumb side of the forearm. This also causes slight tingling in my fingers. Anyone got advise for these things?
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Post by Torkin on Apr 30, 2008 9:00:48 GMT -5
I could be more helpful if I actually saw a video of how exactly you pick. IMO there could be soo many details about the picking that could elude even you.
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Post by Joel Wanasek on Apr 30, 2008 9:40:24 GMT -5
Sounds like you are tensing up while you are playing. I have a studio who used to tense his muscles and got tendinitis. He loosened up and no problems. When you practice, sit in a position where you are relaxed throughout your body and see if that helps. Be mindful of what is going on in the rest of your body when you play. If something really hurts, don't do it!
Also, how is your diet? Are you in the Twinkee, Candy Bar, Mountain Dew club or do you eat pretty decently? Having a good diet is important to avoid injury.
Finally, do you exercise? It helps. I do stuff like weight lifting and yoga.
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Post by Torkin on Apr 30, 2008 20:06:01 GMT -5
Never though that having a good diet helps you with guitar playing Not that I am a fatface but I mean just look at them Yngwie and Romeo!
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Post by thenotshredder on Apr 30, 2008 22:08:36 GMT -5
Yngwie claims to have fixed his tendinitis by drinking Gatorade instead of water at shows.
Of course, he's also a cocksucker.
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Post by johnny on May 1, 2008 5:32:15 GMT -5
Also, if I cock my left wrist forward, it feels like i am cutting the circulation off from that large vein that goes down the thumb side of the forearm. This also causes slight tingling in my fingers. Could you explain this a little more? I might have an answer for you on this, but I'm not entirely clear on what you mean.
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Post by SHRED FAN on May 1, 2008 7:58:08 GMT -5
Hmmm... I wish I knew more about it. Basically if I bend my left wrist forward (I don't while playing guitar though), I get a pins and needles sort of effect running from the vein to my finger tips. I wish i could video my picking motion so people could see it and see if im doing anything wrong that I haven't noticed, but due to severe G.A.S. I don't have a camera... just lots of Ibanez axes Also, I don't do any strength workouts and my diet is pretty average... should work on that i guess
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Post by Joel Wanasek on May 1, 2008 8:20:42 GMT -5
Never though that having a good diet helps you with guitar playing Not that I am a fatface but I mean just look at them Yngwie and Romeo! I know you have my book.... haven't you read the extensive chapter on it?!?! lol There will be death in Iceland my friend A good diet helps everything with body function.
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Post by Torkin on May 1, 2008 10:02:10 GMT -5
My bad man, I am doing and learnig for my finals at the moment, so I only had time to read the technique section. Will fix that the very day I finish the college \m/
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Post by johnny on May 1, 2008 19:19:38 GMT -5
Hmmm... I wish I knew more about it. Basically if I bend my left wrist forward (I don't while playing guitar though), I get a pins and needles sort of effect running from the vein to my finger tips. I wish i could video my picking motion so people could see it and see if im doing anything wrong that I haven't noticed, but due to severe G.A.S. I don't have a camera... just lots of Ibanez axes Also, I don't do any strength workouts and my diet is pretty average... should work on that i guess To start, you might just try doing some stretches before you play--your whole body, not just your hands. Massage the muscles from shoulder down, just get the blood flowing before you even touch your guitar. And when you play, try to keep your fret hand in alignment with your forearm. Do some more stretching and massaging after you play, too--keep things loose.
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Post by SHRED FAN on May 3, 2008 6:36:44 GMT -5
Reliving to say, just being EXTRA loose and stretching seems to have helped. I'm still getting some pains but not as much over the last two days.
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Post by Torkin on May 3, 2008 9:06:06 GMT -5
maybe there is one more thing that could probably help you, it helped me. If you play with a decent amount of distortion, you can try practicing unplugged, but making sure you pick and fret so lightly that the overtones from the backside of the string sound louder than the notes you pick. When you plug the guitar in the notes will still sound due to the distortion.
This helped me to develop lightness, but if you are practicing unplugged like this you can be making mistakes that you wont hear properly.
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