srshea -> RE: Aches and Pains (Feb. 18 2007 20:23:48)
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Manzmann, I’ve had all kinds of nerve/muscular back problems for years, upper, lower, middle, shoulder: you name it, I’ve had it. I’ve also tried just about every chiropractic/acupuncture/electric-needle-stabbing approach out there, and I’ve learned that with some stuff you just gotta deal with it and learn how to live with it. My own humble suggestion is to put the guitar down every fifteen minutes or so when you’re practicing and get up, walk around, gently stretch, shake it out, etc. just for a minute or so before sitting back down and getting back to work. Not a miracle cure by any means, but I do find this to be really helpful and surprisingly effective for such a simple thing. Also, in general I find that breaking my practice up into half a dozen fifteen minute chunks with 60-90 second breaks keeps me a lot more focused/refreshed/stronger and more productive than I would be just trying to grind through a non-stop hour and a half. Oh, and I do take a day off from the guitar once a week, and I think that helps a lot for me too. Anyway, this is all pretty simple, common sense stuff so I hope I’m not stating the obvious, but the above has, for me, been really helpful in keeping the ‘ol back and shoulder situation in a manageable condition.
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