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Hey,
I practice my innstruments for about 4 hrs. a day. My guitar for an hour, my bass for 2 and my key boards for an hr. Playing music is what I love to do more than anything, but I've noticed in the past month after I practice my wrist really hurt. I get like this peorcing pain in and my arms grow numb and weaker than normal. My freinds say I may need to cut back on my playing time alot. And mabey take a break. I really don't want to I love playing music more than anything in the world. Dose some one know any way to releive these symptoms. My wrists are still hurting and the last time I played was more than 3 hrs. ago.
As a musician myself, I know first hand that long training hours combined with the repetitive force or pressure on your wrist that your instruments require will lead to stress that in turn will makes you suffer wrist pain. This is usually a sign of weak wrists, so you should work on strengthening your wrists. However before you can do anything, rest, rest and then rest. You need to stop playing for some time, depending on the severity of your case. Give your wrist enough time to heal.
When your wrists are ready, get a very light dumbbell. I repeat, A VERY LIGHT dumbbell or use a book or perhaps a small rock. Then with your fretting hand while your palm is facing up, rest your elbow on your thighs for more convenience and start tilting your wrist so you would be lifting the weight up, then back to the middle position, than tilt more backward so that the weight is going lower this time. Do this in sets of 15, 3 sets in the morning and 3 sets in the night and rest for a minute between one set and the other. Tilting angles should be reasonable, if you start feeling pain at some point don't tilt any further.
Continue to exercise on a daily basis for many days to come, maybe everyday for the rest of your life if you want to. You can get back to practicing whenever you feel like the pain is gone but when you first get back to playing, go easy on your wrist.
(Rating: 5) Thanks. I talked to my music instructor and he's gonna have me do some exercises to make sure im holding my instruments the right way. I also talked to my parents and im going to see my chiropractor. My mom has had similar symptoms and hes really helped her.