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Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

Health Warning!

I have been a little sloppy in my playing posture recently, in an armchair for example! I have sprained a large muscle over the right kidney, in my back and got a "hole" of pain in the palm of my bridge hand. Like a blunt nail has been driven through it.

I'm wearing a weight-lifter's belt to practise now

So, sit up straight on a firm surface. You have been warned.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 9:56:19

duende

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Joined: Dec. 15 2003
From: Sweden

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to Escribano)

hm..im like a cheez doodle while playing...when i walk too. better straighten my self out then.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 10:46:29

flyeogh

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Joined: Oct. 13 2004

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to Escribano)

Simon I get the blunt nail in the right palm (right in the centre, it can be quite bad but if I stop playing it goes away). But I had it before I ever touched a guitar - while playing golf. Do you know what it is? I thought at first that I might have broken a bone.

Sorry Simon, not only do I expect you to administer the foro but now I expect you to be a doctor

! C'est la vie

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 11:21:29

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to flyeogh)

quote:

Sorry Simon, not only do I expect you to administer the foro but now I expect you to be a doctor

No probs, I went to Med. School, not a doctor though

I make my own bread and I think I poked it rather hard with a wooden spoon whilst kneading the dough but I think it is more likely "mouse hand" from all the programming I have been doing in the past few weeks i.e. mild repetitive strain injury, golf could do the same I guess.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 12:46:16

Guest

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to Escribano)

Now, this is serious stuff. I mean, what is life worth if you cannot hang over your guitar in the sofa while you watch the TV with the volume turned down after a long day of hard work.

You're right. It's important to be a bit serious with the posture, but other things work as well. I'm not much of a sporty dude, but a good long walk in the mountains always makes me feel better.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 13:24:24

Guest

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to Escribano)

Anders, "long day of hard work" ???? I think you've been out in the sun for too long.

Even the moors knew that Granada was a place of contemplation and beauty to be observed.

But seriously I was warned when I started about the posture thing but the problem is that at an early stage you need to watch where those fingers are going and thus the tendency is to crouch over your guitar. Even now after a year I have to look when something new or difficult comes along (ok 80% of the time).

In my first book Juan Martin suggested that to adopt the traditional upright flamenco style (the guitar that is) was the way to go. At first I just couldn't do it. Always had the feeling the guitar was sliding away from me. But iwith this upright position of the guitar I find it much easier to be upright myself with a straight back(and thus more comfortable) and it also looks sort of authentic (I think!!). Is this observation simply due to my abnormal body shape or is there some value in perservering with this upright style?

I note that despite Juan Martin's comments he seems invariably to play with the guitar in the more normal cross legged position.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 14:04:56

Guest

RE: Health Warning! (in reply to Escribano)

I'm guilty of a bit of slouching and doodling around too. In the end it does you no good at all. I mostly use the traditional 'upright' position for playing and at first the guitar used to slide about, it doesn't now. I think I read somewhere that Paco Pena uses sticky tape, to create friction to stop that movement.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2005 14:25:03