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Unread post by HCHaikuWarrior » Mon May 23, 2005 9:40 pm

anyone ever notice stiffness in the strumming arm? like from wrist to upper forearm? what do you do about it?
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon May 23, 2005 9:45 pm

take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
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Unread post by HCHaikuWarrior » Mon May 23, 2005 9:47 pm

fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon May 23, 2005 9:51 pm

HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
i dunno, it just seems that you either A) have more problems for some reason or B) its the same thing every guitarist experiences but you just complain about it more
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Unread post by Beauford33 » Mon May 23, 2005 11:37 pm

fatjack wrote:
HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
i dunno, it just seems that you either A) have more problems for some reason or B) its the same thing every guitarist experiences but you just complain about it more
Comming from the kid that was piss-in-his-pants worried about playing guitar the first day of college...Im gonna go with B.
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon May 23, 2005 11:38 pm

Beauford33 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
i dunno, it just seems that you either A) have more problems for some reason or B) its the same thing every guitarist experiences but you just complain about it more
Comming from the kid that was piss-in-his-pants worried about playing guitar the first day of college...Im gonna go with B.
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Unread post by Brock » Mon May 23, 2005 11:39 pm

HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
you jack off too much?
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Mon May 23, 2005 11:42 pm

bbatsell wrote:
HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:take a break

and you always seem to have some kind of physical problem when it comes to guitar...
what are you implying?
you jack off too much?
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Unread post by DRMusic » Mon May 23, 2005 11:52 pm

when i saw the name of this topic i definitely thought it was about boners
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Re: stiffness

Unread post by lyrics101 » Tue May 24, 2005 3:41 am

HCHaikuWarrior wrote:anyone ever notice stiffness in the strumming arm? like from wrist to upper forearm? what do you do about it?
1) Hold out your arm straight.
2) Bend the wrist as far back as you can, so your fingers are straight up in the air.
3) With the other hand, take two fingers at a time and stretch them back. Go through all your fingers.

It'll definitely help.
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Re: stiffness

Unread post by c_tietze » Tue May 24, 2005 9:09 am

HCHaikuWarrior wrote:anyone ever notice stiffness in the strumming arm? like from wrist to upper forearm? what do you do about it?
Occassionally, if I practice with bad form, i.e. in a chair with arms, or in my bed. (Technically this shouldn't even be CALLED practice!)

Take a break (as said before) and attention to proper form are key.
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