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Miguel de Maria -> Has this happened to you? (Jan. 23 2006 15:00:04)
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On Saturday, I played a 4-hr gig with a duo, doing mostly rumbas, GK, santana, etc. I was using a thin-bodied Cordoba guitar for the first time, and also was standing up, something I have only done a few times before.
After one song, I noticed that my right shoulder was really tired. We sat down at that point and started another song. I was having trouble getting my shoulder in position to play. At first I though that the guitar strap was pulling it down, or because I was wearing two layers, that was restricting my mobility. Anyway, the rest of the day I just kind of struggled through it.
When I got home, I came to a startling realization--I could not raise my right arm to even close to 90 degrees! If I put my arms down my side and tried to lift them out, like as in a jumping jack, the left would easily swing up above my head, the right would not even get to horizontal. There was no pain, no sense of fatigue. It was just like my right arm wasn't constructed the same, there were no muscles there. No matter what I did, I could not get the arm to rise.
The next day I found that I could raise it a little higher, with some tightness. This morning, I can get the arm above my head, but it feels like I am lifting thirty pounds with that side. It's very difficult to do it, but I can.
What the hell is this!
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