Musicians Please Be Carefull...

[the old guy]

When I was a kid with stars in my eyes practicing 8-9 hours a day...seemed to justify the pain....now I'm 40 and in a lot of pain.

 

Please, pick up yer guitar or drums for a few hours and then walk away. Study books ,DVD,s hell just listen....just don't make the the same mistake I made. Carpel tunnel, nerve compression, tendinitis...no fun.

 

Play safe....

[borntohula]

that doesn't sound fun...

[Gomo]

I'll get it from using the computer seemingly non-stop everyday since the age of 13. I'm almost 23.

Edited February 12, 2008 by Gomo

[Moonlight_Graham]

wow that sucks. sorry dude. I hope you had fun playing all those hours though.

[finboy]

i already have pretty good pains in both wrists, between 14 years of guitar, manual labour jobs, and data entry, they act up pretty badly. I plan on going in for some custom ear plugs before i start building up my new amp set up.

 

you only get one body, treat it well.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

my writer's craft teacher had carpel tunnel and it made me so sad 'cause she couldn't do what she loved anymore.

 

or mark our work.

[MissEmily]

I'll get it from using the computer seemingly non-stop everyday since the age of 13. I'm almost 23.

This is also my trap. Doesn't help that I work at a call center. Guitar playing is a relief!

[Audio of Being]

When I was a kid with stars in my eyes practicing 8-9 hours a day...seemed to justify the pain....now I'm 40 and in a lot of pain.

 

Please, pick up yer guitar or drums for a few hours and then walk away. Study books ,DVD,s hell just listen....just don't make the the same mistake I made. Carpel tunnel, nerve compression, tendinitis...no fun.

 

Play safe....

I agree. I am a drummer and I practiced alot when I was younger some times 4-5 hours at a time, thanks to the crappy drum throne I had, and the constant sitting straight I have a lower back problem now, and thanks to working with computers for 10 years plus, there are days where it is painful to turn my wrists.

[darrenbacker]

I have never even thought about it. I guess I should start because it sounds really crappy.

[RicardoObviouso]

playing fooseball works the muscles and tendons in an opposite direction (thus causing relief) than when they're used while doing anything from typing on a keyboard to playing a guitar to knitting and even clicking a tv remote.

 

 

try it.