Ricardo -> RE: Warming Up (Oct. 16 2011 16:10:05)
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I personally find that when I play more than an hour and half a day for two or three weeks, I get shoulder pains which can become quite debilitating to my playing. Usurally exercise helps this to an extent. As you get older, it is still not going to help, the stretching and exercises etc. What you need to be doing instead is focus on your body WHILE YOU PLAY. What good is a long yoga session if the next thing you do is sit crossed legged or however you sit, and don't move, and tense up, and look down over your fingerboard in frozen position, for hours? You have to learn to move around while you play and if you do get tense, learn to release it while still playing. Practice in front of a mirror or video tape your self. Exercise and stretching all that is fine for your body, but not simply to prepare yourself for the abuse you are about to subject it to playing the guitar. Make sure you can play the guitar comfortably and cold without hurting yourself first.
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