5 Secrets to Prevent & Treat Hand, Wrist, Arm Pain and Injuries (PART 2)

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks gang for watching this video! Did you enjoy these part 1 and part 2 videos? Hit me with your feedback and comments below. e :)

[@petezah4597]

Should i point my thumb towards or away from me during the stretching exercise?

[@jeremythornburg1050]

I played call of duty religiously for years, 5 hours a day or way more. I have played drums and guitar off and on for years too. I really got serious about guitar at 18. I would practice three hours a day when I played. I overlooked these pains and pushed through. At 21 I lost my hands just like jay in this video. I can do all this stuff again. Took a year and a half till I could played again. I use compression gloves to do these hobbies now. When it hurts, I stop. I focus on wrist angle when playing guitar. I am terribly guilty of never stretching. I'm going to focus on this alot more. I appreciate your input. I'm 24 now. I pressure that anyone watching this video early on with their pain, DO NOT OVERLOOK IT MY FRIEND!

[@joehensley8139]

I think it's great that you cared enough to do a video like this, it says a lot about you my friend.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks so much Joe. I do care. Thank you for noticing my friend. Your appreciation is infectious.

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

Brilliant encourageing and informative video, thank you very much

[@rashimandlik7393]

This is really encouraging for someone like me, I picked up the guitar without any training, just to cope with the pressure of medical school and now I can play full fledged covers thanks to your videos and many like them. Sending tons of love from India....❤️ Thank you so much .. Rashi

[@AgavePiper]

I did the same while completing my degree. It was the best form of stress therapy. good luck with medical school.

[@mikejr8604]

Congrats

[@chrisstrobel3439]

Before doing these stretches I'd recommend a general warm up, you don't ever want to stretch cold muscles and tendons, this comes from my years as a bodybuilder. Try walking briskly around the block for 10 minutes first, or jump on an exercise bike. I've actually injured myself in the past stretching cold. Thanks for this video, I'm currently suffering carpal tunnel after over using a shredneck, I shoulda know better 🤕

[@MrArchie765]

That’s great advice. Warm your hands up first before stretching your muscles, if you don’t you could do more damage!

[@gaby5474]

thanks man, a bit too late for me i hurt my pinky while stretching being cold

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

Unnamed Player Body builders use science all the time lol. Anyways, I was going to add that if you don’t have time for a 10 minute run, you can always message and squeeze your forearms and hands to get blood flowing to them before stretching.

[@rebeccajhamilton]

Yup Agreed good reminder

[@sapelesteve]

Very good information overall. The injuries that you are describing are basically repetitive/overuse syndromes and should not be taken lightly. BTW, those wrist supports are known as "cock-up" splints which are used to take pressure off of the median nerve that runs through the carpal tunnel. The exercises performed at the wrist are know as "flexion/extension" stretches which are used to stretch the flexor & extensor forearm muscles. Any initial swelling/edema & inflammation should be treated with the application of ice (10 to 15 min on & 1 hr off before reapplying). The ice should never be placed directly on the skin but wrapped in a moist towel first. An over the counter anti-inflammatory medication, such as Aleve, can be taken initially for a short period of time, usually no longer that a week or so. If anyone starts to experience symptoms, I would recommend that they cut back on the duration/time they play & begin doing exercises prior to beginning practicing again. As a retired chiropractor, I treated many of these overuse syndromes over 35+ years of practice. If treatment is instituted early enough, this type of injury should respond well to conservative measures. However, any chronic persistent pain should be evaluated with the appropriate testing procedures by a doctor trained in the field of orthopedic/neurologic medicine.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you so much for adding this my friend. Good stuff!

[@Prince_Oli]

This is the best piece of guitar playing advice I’ve ever been given. Thank you. Watched all of part 1 and 2. Very important knowledge here. Also it’s inspiring to hear you bounced back from yours. 🙂 I would also add that guitar posture is also responsible for wrist and hand problems. Your body is all connected. Try not to lean over your guitar to “watch yourself” play. Keep your posture good and don’t slouch.

[@shamirgeorge]

video starts at 14:57

[@guitaristmathewsloan8006]

Actually true.

[@TheLittleEconomist]

If you are older and have sports injuries this might happen much sooner. First hit me a year ago. Changed guitar to a smaller mustang. Now soreness in my lower arm and shoulder again. This time based on your suggestion, I'm going to a physio. Just listening to you and paying attention, I could feel significant tension in my lower arm - massaging this out has helped. One other thing I would add for those of us who are smaller and weaker is weights

[@paulmitchell5349]

I do extreme rock climbing twice a week plus 4hours guitar each day. May the guitar gods have mercy on my hands !

[@katariina7697]

It's awesome that you have time for that on top of all the shampoo-making!

[@lucaswilkinson6441]

I just started playing seriously again and was feeling discomfort and this was definitely helpful. I appreciate the vids!

[@sirgravacado4885]

Thank you for sharing this and including a player who has been coping and improving with help. I started playing at church regularly and developed bad habits over-squeezing when I played. After about 18 months I had pain and quivering in the left arm, as well as numbness. With therapy the pain and most of the numbness went away, but I think considering the possibility of carpal tunnel and these exercises should help. I am hoping over time the residual numbness in the index and middle fingers will go away. Guitar and music are my passion and I hope I don't need to give it up any time soon.

[@lisac.9393]

Thank you for these tips. I have gotten some instant relief from pressing into forearm and working out sore spots there.

[@daniel_chayra]

This was really helpful, don't feel alone and changed my perspective. This injury WILL make me a better guitar player by forcing me to reexamine a lot of my techniques and dynamics!

[@jimdawson5299]

Thanks 🙏 This video is what I needed NOW. I haven’t played in two weeks because I NEVER knew I was supposed to warm-up. I was gung-ho about your course and really working hard. Suddenly my fretting arm is useless. I can’t even play the keyboard or my Ukulele or harmonica without pain. I’m going online right now to find a wrist brace. Never thought of musicians as athletes. Time for a change of habits and practice routines to include plenty of stretches and warm ups. I guess I need some balls too. I’ll be back to playing soon.

[@juansalazar6443]

Those hand stretches I’ve used in some of the manufacturing jobs I’ve had they also called us industrial athletes. I also play guitar and my strumming hand been hurting but, on the top of my arm, I think I’m gonna use these stretches again cause they do help.

[@paulmitchell5349]

Using lighter strings on treble E and B string can help. Also,sometimes play classical guitar,which has 3 nylon strings, requiring less force to fret.

[@johnmerrill4717]

Definitely helpful. I have carpal tunnel and tendinitis. He described my issues spot on. Thank you. It has helped for sure.

[@MM-bg7in]

This is a great video. I’m going thru tendinitis. My PT has me working on extensor muscle exercises to fix my imbalance of weak extensor vs over used flexor muscles in my forearm.

[@jonwyatt4936]

I am experiencing hand pain bad for the first time in 30+ years of playing. The stretching and hand exercises in minutes has already helped some! Thanks a ton for do this topic :)

[@yourguitarsage]

Glad it helped! 🙌

[@lild4131998]

I think the action tip is actually really important. People hear stories about SRV and say well I want to be like him so high action. Thanks again Erich you're a class act.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you for this my friend!

[@davidjohncox7333]

I’ve been having strumming hand problems where my strumming hand cramps up on a fast tempo/fast strumming song to the point where my hand just won’t work. I’ve had to just throw my pick and finish the song with my thumb (which, of course, dampens the sound). I don’t maintain a vise grip on my pick. Something is going on (maybe with my forearm muscles?). I’m going to see my hand specialist this week. I wish someone would specifically address strumming hand problems on YT. Thanks for this series, though. Very good info!

[@yourguitarsage]

David, if you’ve been playing for a long time and that just started, there could possibly be a medical issue. However, if not it does take time and practice to develop stamina.

[@davidjohncox7333]

@@yourguitarsage I have been playing a very long time. This happened at a gig last week. Second time it’s happened. We’ll see what my hand specialist has to say. Thanks a lot for your reply!

[@darengreenall503]

My fretting hand is really suffering atm and this has been the most helpful video. Thanks 👍

[@DwightP980]

Great video and very valuable information. I haven't suffered any real hand pain yet, but have only been really learning to play for six months now. I've got some really nice calluses built up now and got through the fingertip pain without much trouble. I gave up dairy, and red meat pretty much so, with the exception of a little cheese maybe once a week and a small portion of farm-raised beef once every week or two. My hands that were sore all the time and inflamed joints went away in literally a month or so, and sinus problems cleared up in about a week's time. Thanks for sharing this information!

[@Jenny-uz1un]

Thank you very much guys! I was doing some crazy playing (lot of stretches across the board) but i did no warm ups or anything like that. Horrible snapping pain in the middle of my wrist. As im getting older, getting into playing more hours per day again after 25 years of playing, this is still priceless! Thanks a TON!

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@di3486]

Wow, thank you so much for this video. I am genetically prone to tendinitis (hyperflexible joints) and I am worried to developing one while progressing on the guitar. Definitely working on prevention!

[@padraiglyons3709]

You too are both great teachers.

[@michaelteckman6552]

This was so super helpful - I've been getting some tendon pain from a combination of guitar and working as a programmer and the stretches started to relieve tension immediately - have ordered some balls (hee hee) and a wrist strap so fingers crossed I'll be playing without fear pretty soon!

[@inimhs]

Thanks for this. Loved both the videos.

[@yourguitarsage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sirspaceface]

Great video! The idea of the chinese balls is that you rotate them without the bells making a sound. It's very difficult but thats the intended exercise.

[@toriredlund1903]

I just started playing guitar about a year ago. I also play tennis and the pain in my left wrist has gotten to the point where It hurts to just move my fingers. My doctor gave me a wrist brace a few years ago and it has helped some, but the pain is still bad. I'm going to try the stretches and other things mentioned and hopefully it will make a difference.

[@yourguitarsage]

I hope it does help, Tori! Good luck

[@paulmitchell5349]

Use a tennis racket with lower tension strings, that will impact the wrist less.

[@tvsmurphman]

Thanks guys. Fretting hand just started hurting after a year of lessons. Gonna use your exercises to cut off at the pass anything from developing.

[@yourguitarsage]

Perfect! Don't forget this series as well my friend: www.yourguitarstage.com/30 It's free!

[@stephenb3414]

just a little more than half way through my first year at music school and starting to get pains like this and pains in my knuckles. with exams coming up i cant afford to stop practicing or even practice less, i've been playing for 16 years and this is the first time i've experienced any real pains. lets hope these things do the trick to keep carpal tunnle/tendinitis at bay lol

[@acoustical.ly_]

You are a great teacher.. And your student is a reflection of yours! 🌸

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you! 😃

[@rhysrodrigues9373]

Thank you so much both of you'll guys . I had the same problem i had been playing for 6 years and this problem just started but i had ignored this problem for a year until i could not play the the last two fingers , luckily i have found this video thank you. Is there a proper way to hold the guitar properly for this problem not to happen again ??

[@markandresen]

Hey guys, good tips but what about proper wrist position and posture while playing?

[@virginiachampagne4540]

Thanks so much!! Awesome information guys! Doing the exercises while I am watching the video and I am feeling better already! Ordering balls and wrist brace now! Thanks again!

[@codystokes9289]

ive been playing for probably around 12 or so years. it wasn't until about maybe 3 or 4 years ago that I really started to progress past basic and general playing. My left wrist has been hurting so bad for MONTHS within the past year. Ive been so scared ill never be able to play guitar again because I didn't know what to do about my wrist, and felt like there was nothing I could do. I did think "I should go to the doctors", but I was afraid they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. im going go definitely make a doctors appointment asap! wouldn't be surprised if it was tendonitis. even typing this is hurting my wrist😩 this gives me hope!! thank you!!!

[@Kipperbob]

I had carpel tunnel syndrome and a ganglion cyst in my left wrist, it resulted in me having to give up playing for about a year and a half, the cause was as you said playing and practicing for hours every day plus poor posture when playing, I'm from the punk rock era of guitarists wearing the guitar slung down low, too low as it turned out and I had a habit of practicing while laying back in the couch or laying back in the bed, I played guitar almost all the time when I was relaxing, the problem is that playing with the wrist Bent way too much for 25 years cuts off the nerves to the fingers, I had to have an operation and as I said quit guitar and drums for 18 months before slowly working up to playing guitar again, I still haven't got back to drums but the guitar is almost to where I left off, its been 4yrs now since the operation

[@JamesJohnson-hb1me]

Kipperbob Sam - wow, very scary! Glad you were able to get back to the guitar. Hopefully drums again soon?

[@Kipperbob]

Good posture when practicing and playing is so important and I've found out the hard way that you play better when you pull the neck up closer rather than bending the wrist around to where the neck is, I always use jazz guitarist posture as an extreme example, not necessarily that high up but definitely not James Hetfield either a happy medium could prevent injury.

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHA!! James Hetfield wears it LOOOOOW. :) Great analogy.

[@honeybun3596]

Thanks man that was handy

[@yourguitarsage]

😜👍

[@EmmaSiegfried]

Thank you for this advice! I have been playing ukulele and guitar for quite a while now and I have been suffering with severe pain in my fretting hand. Really grateful that you have made this video as I know it will help, thank you so much.

[@SamuelRaines]

Thanks so much for these two videos. It's been very helpful.

[@Airam5000]

Very very practical help. Ive had some temporary relief with icing my hands and wrists. I usually throw a damp towel in the ice box so I can wrap it nicely around my arm later. I also take some paracetamol (acetaminophen). But for the long run I will definitely have the strings redone, get those magic balls and the stretching exercises. Thanks!!

[@gregoryosborn2228]

Thank you very much for these videos guys! Erich you are awesome and thank you for all the help you give every guitarist who watches your videos!

[@MikeMurdy]

Very timely. I sat down with an ice pack on my wrist and picked up my iPad to scan my subscriptions and voilà, this video grabbed my attention. I have suffered from tendonitis in my left (fretting) hand and also have residual nerve pain in that wrist from a repetitive motion injury. I will be more diligent about stretching and I will definitely start wearing a immobilizing brace to bed. I know that I tuck my hands under my head when sleeping on my back or sides... it aggravates my shoulder too! I'm a mess! Thanks for sharing your experience and advice.

[@yourguitarsage]

You are welcome Mike. Jay swears by this stuff, so I'm starting to do it.

[@crossroads900]

Thanks a ton, the therapy balls helped with my thumb pain immensely. I could never really get the palmy part of my thumb stretched or pressed enough to completely release its tension. Oddly, I didn't think they the balls would do that much but got them because I've heard about them over the years. Yea, I'm a believer now. It must cause some sort of micro motion when you rotate them that I wasn't able to get through stretching or pressing. Thumb feels much better and really helped with full dexterity a lot. Thanks all🙂

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@dariusabdollahi7695]

Thank you !should we play guitar when we have these pains or wait until total healing?

[@mikemiller6628]

Great info ,I myself use the stretching exercise that Jay showed us and It works great.

[@StonelessLemurTTV]

Go see a chiropractor about your repetitive strain injury. I go to a guy that works on symphony players. Needless to say I'm playing guitar again. The guy has given me a lot of relief.

[@miles_walker]

How can string bending technique and string gauge influence this? I used to play loads and got to a good level, then had a break but I'm really getting back into playing again during lockdown... I've started getting wrist pain so will try the suggestions in this video, thank you!

[@rolandjgutierrez4147]

Thank you you helped I should of known better you put me on the right path....Thank you... Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa

[@stevelaferney3579]

I had both wrists in braces due to severe pain from working. Took months to recover so when I took up guitar I wanted to be very careful so not to get that pain back and reinjure my wrists. Each time I picked up my guitar I was careful and made certain my position and posture was such that I had no excess or pressure to cause discomfort other than fingertip pain which proved to be my bane. But a bit of preplay stretching and no wrist pain provided I didn’t overdo it. Highly recommend correct posture and position of body, hands, arms. You’ll thank yourself later.

[@Jerry102158]

My action used to be high but because of my carpal tunnel it had to be adjusted, now much better! So it affirms wh as you discussed.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks Jerry. Indeed!

[@roberthancock2563]

Thanks,guys! This has helped tremendously👍👍

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

My elbow has been hurting badly lately. I found another video that demonstrated some massages, and your stretches at the beginning of this video. After doing both the pain in my elbow is completely gone. Completely. But it's moved into my forearm, bicep, and even my neck a little bit. These are more "normal" pains in terms of severity. What I have/had in my elbow is not normal at all. It feels like an injury. Strangely I've been playing over 30 years and haven't had a lot of pain until this past week. Just one other time I had wrist and elbow pain but it went away. That was a long time ago. Anyway this is my career and I have no other real skills so it's a bit concerning. I'm going to keep doing these massages and stretches, get a wrist brace and those ball things, and if this continues much longer I guess I'll go to the doctor. This sucks!

[@jesusgastelum704]

Last year, I had a high action on my Rogue Acoustic Electric Guitar my mentor (who's an English teacher who loves guitar) at my old high school suggested that I lowered the action because he noticed that I was pressing too hard so he suggested that I'd shave down the saddle and restring the guitar. Since then I have had a more comfortable time with my acoustic electric.

[@yourguitarsage]

Nice! Thank you so much for adding this Jesus.

[@jesusgastelum704]

No brother thank you for taking the time to share this information with all of us. Keep up the great work.

[@albertrealy1817]

Guitar positioning, playing with the guitar at bellybutton is not the coolest look, but it's safe. Also wrist position and thumb position. Playing with lighter strings wont kill your tone. And pressing down on the fret engaging biceps and pectoral muscles will also help lessen tension on wrist and fingers muscles

[@gnatt1131]

This was so helpful. Every time I go to play Wake Up Alone by Amy Winehouse my hand hurts so bad from barring the chords. After doing like 5 minutes of these stretches I played it perfectly for the first time. Thanks guys!!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you 🙏

[@elizapat]

As i get older i am finding intense playing just kills my hands, wrists and elbows. So just when i get my callouses prime on the fingertips, the rest goes too far and then i have to stop. When i am composing i tend to work at it until i am happy with the song. Sleeping i have noticed also sleeping i tend to lay my arms up and under the pillow with my lower arms twisted funny. Lately my right elbow feels like i have a nerve over my outside bone radius near the elbow. Thanks so much for all the tips here! Will definitely listen to your channel and provide my music love!!!!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you for this information Elizabeth. And the kind words:-)

[@mpimento3]

I’ve been playing Accustic guitar for years. I’ve recently started electric guitar. I’ve been experiencing pain on the top of my left hand. Is this a technique issue?

[@MastanehNazarian]

Great info here! But also, it's important to address the body's core. The arms and the hands don't live separately to the rest of the body. Thanks for covering this topic extensively.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@rickmeadows686]

Excellent. I needed to know this.

[@locifer696]

Great vid guys, thanks for the info. For someone who loves guitar and is extremely passionate about it, I certainly took something from this video!

[@carpediem514]

Thank you! i'm going through that hand pain at the moment and getting physical therapy for it.

[@yourguitarsage]

🖐💪

[@milbo9491]

very helpful

[@EllisG123]

Thanks for this dudes ! Having gone through hell as a drummer with wrist problems, I don’t wanna make the same mistakes with guitar ! Prevention is the best cure 👌👌

[@yourguitarsage]

🤗👍🙏

[@mrs.hollerbredkennels-jana7891]

THANK YOU SO MUCH ERICH & JAY!!!! I am really struggling with knowing if my wrist & arm pain on my fret hand is from my technique OR if I just have a medical issue. This didnt happen for the the 1st 3 months of playing but it's now starting. This is THE MOST informative video that I have seen so far!!!! Thank you guys so much!!! (AND THAT IS WHY I WATCH & FOLLOW ERICH ANDREAS!!!!!)

[@joshchristian8598]

At 53 and 30 years of serious practice on and off (2-6 hours daily) for me... my thumb joint is screaming at the moment, feels like a broken bone? Go to the ER before trying to stretch or anything else. This started a few days ago and I jumped on to remind myself how to take care of my hands... and made my thumb way worse. So if it really hurts... doctor first (just sayin) Great vid

[@gaby5474]

yes please, my wrist was in pain and I try to stretch after almost 2 weeks the wrist is starting to fading but my pinky finger (which I stretched) is hurting really bad :(

[@클래시칸-p9x]

Thank you so much guys, am definitely going to do the arm stretching before playing!

[@yourguitarsage]

You won't regret it!

[@djjohnson838]

I press down to hard on the fretboard and I try not to put a lot of pressure down and stuff. And thanks for the great video. I'll keep the excerise and stuff in mind

[@MrKellyak47]

Wow guys, can't believe I'm seeing and hearing this! This is great! I've been having a lot of wrist and thumb pain in the last month. Didn't know what to do till now. I've been a subsriber now over a yr. But don't think this showed up in the alerts. Glad Erich, I checked to see if you​ had anything​ new. Thanks so much!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you so much Mr. Kelly :-) so glad it helped.

[@mr.t1791]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. I just developed the pains mentioned in the previous video this past week or so. (I’ve been playing for around 9 years...) I have a question though: - Do I need to limit my playing while overcoming the pain or just keep at it?? I play about 1.5 hrs each day on the average.

[@MrMrPomki]

Take a few days off and start slowly after you rest, It's better to improve slowly than getting injured and not be able to play for an extended period of time.

[@rebeccajhamilton]

Wow this was invaluable ty sooooo much

[@elizapat]

Jay thank you for your tips and Erich you are kind to get this info out. Both awesome!

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@sheronka3]

Thanks for the stretches!! Just a clarification: was it a "physical therapist" or "occupational therapist" who provided the hand stretches?

[@yourguitarsage]

I don't know, but think it was a physical therapist.

[@WildWoodlandsSW]

Great information and testimonial on this important subject. Subscribed for more. Best wishes.

[@yourguitarsage]

Welcome aboard!

[@PedrooFerroo]

Thaaank you so much for this!

[@YJMusic72]

Wow, thank you so much for posting this video! This is some excellent info. Maybe one of the most important lessons of all, if you love to play and wanna keep doing so for a very long time!

[@yourguitarsage]

Indeed! Thank you for the kind words 👍

[@heymarcello4827]

Thanks a lot for this Video!

[@reckynut]

Excellent advice, many thanks for posting this video.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you 🙏

[@stevejohnson7002]

Thanks for doing these 2 videos, really helpful!

[@yourguitarsage]

You're welcome Steve. This is really important stuff

[@graemewilliamtaylor5724]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️😎

[@psyconickiller]

I don't even play Guitar and it inspired me to take even better care with every subtile detail. There just is no way around taking care as much as you can :) Thanks guys, you rock (literally ;P) I have an inflamated wrist from training Handstands. Went to the point where i wasn't even able to support my weight on a push up. Have to strech my forearms, extend my joint gap and get some balls to play with (lol). Take care

[@ThePOSSM]

Thank you guys, this was very helpful! We have been playing a lot and my wrists (especially the strumming arm) are in constant pain, I am hopeful these tips will help! I am typing this with wrist braces on as we speak, it isn't a pretty picture!

[@janinerusinovich3040]

It is informative ty

[@robertlouis5721]

Great video!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks!

[@bettyodell1420]

Thanks very much. Most of all, thanks for shining light on this. Musicians are looked at like we have super powers, so talking about injury has been swept under rug as to not dispel the 'magic'. We're just human, really, really cool humans, susceptible to chronic pain and injury like the rest of us. Being Macho is 1/2 the problem I'd say (guilty). Thanks guys!

[@curiousgeorge555]

Thanks for the tips.

[@emilio23canton]

Wow so helpful!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you Emilio!

[@Sambalbe]

Thaaaank you so much!!!!!

[@PanosK777]

Great tips but what about the thumb? I recently took up the banjo and 1 week in, I have already developed moderate thumb pain on my picking hand, probably due to my hand not having gotten used to the fingerstyle 'rolls' of this instrument. Any suggestions for that would go a long way! ;-)

[@musicbyoakly]

Good to know that the has not to be permanent.

[@yourguitarsage]

Indeed! Any knot tied can be untied. 🪢

[@Fallingawayfromme1111]

great advice !

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you so much for 420 *cough* *cough*

[@Irishwanderer15]

What about high tension strings? They can be a problem too.

[@loganbaxley6808]

does where you put your thumb on the bridge have any consequences. like putting it on the top around? thx for this vid

[@loganbaxley6808]

yes, I totally meant the neck. lol.... /:

[@yourguitarsage]

Yes, please watch the fretting video in my free series at: www.yourguitarSage.com/30 to find out the proper way to fret.

[@loganbaxley6808]

ok

[@pyssyase1080]

I had pain (feels like inflammation) in the back of my hand, and one thing that alleviates it is to point the thumb towards the head of the guitar. If I hold my thumb vertically like everyone says you should, I immediately feel some pain in the back of my hand. So I'll keep pointing my thumb to the headstock and disregard the advices as long as the pain remains and only start using the normal thumb position again once the pain is gone.

[@davidwinter3749]

Thanks for this. Be lucky

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@kbabhimitra]

where's the link to wrist wraps? I went to decathlon they didn't have very good ones.

[@bettyodell1420]

Hey guys, excellent episode. Did you mention links to the therapy tools you demo here? I'd appreciate it, I can Google myself but would rather have your recommendations. (Fully aware of disclaimer, you're rockstars not doctors lol)

[@rachelmoran3175]

Where are the links for those tools?

[@user-ww3js8ci7d]

I have been having pain and tightness on the top of my left hand, does anyone know how to solve this issue?

[@crustynugget7398]

Guitarlessons365 has a nice lesson about stretches

[@JerkPoser091]

try this one and also check out his website in the description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHnYeoaoa6iGhas&ab_channel=DIYJointPainRelief&fbclid=IwAR1nj072ztDImPGpran3Cec3uE3mIzvBMyhdD_jbP1Ews06lsR1E3RzQZnA

[@Gratefulrose36]

@@crustynugget7398Do you have a link please? Pain in my strumming hand for the first time. Been playing on and off since I was a kid (about 15 years), just got serious again the past year. After practicing every day with NO pain (aside from normal fingertip pain while building calluses) for over a year, I took a few weeks off when I went on vacation. My first time playing I guess I went too hard, and now my right forearm/wrist area is very inflamed. I’m super discouraged and depressed because I finally got over the beginner’s “hump” if you will after having struggled with it for years. I got better technically but my arms and hands are too weak for the amount I want to practice I guess. 😔