Guitar Players–Hand And Finger Movements To Prevent Hand & Wrist Pain

Musicians can get a lot of pain in their hands and arms because they hold their muscles in the same position for long periods of time.

The way to help get rid of that pain is to counteract all of that “closed hand” muscle activity.

When you use ALL of your muscles, you are not likely to get pain of any type!  That’s the trick to staying pain-free.  When you were a little child, you used all of your muscles.  You ran and jumped, climbed and slid, crawled and tumbled.  You were never still!

But now?

There are many ways to move and stretch your hands to avoid and help correct muscle strain and pain from playing musical instruments.  Think of the position you’re usually in and move into the opposite position (without your instrument, of course.)

Pay attention to your hands.  Are you holding your hands “palm down”?  That’s the position musicians use the most (and the rest of us, too.)  By holding your hands palm up, you are using different muscles right off the bat!

Are you wondering whether it is possible to stretch TOO much?  Yes, it is.  I have done it myself.  So always pay attention to your body.  If you begin to have new pain in your hand joints, back off on the stretch a bit (don’t stretch so far) or stretch less often.

There are hand and finger movements musicians can use to get rid of or prevent hand or wrist pain–they are the opposite movements!