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Post subject: Arm Pain
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:17 am
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I am a complete beginner, and have only played my bass for a week. Today I work up with extreme pain in my right tricep--is this normal, or have do I haven't something more serious. (46-year-old male). Thank-you.


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Post subject: Re: Arm Pain
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:59 am
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Normal IMO . Sometimes it is good to begin with a teacher to start with good playing habit . After it is too late ....


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Post subject: Re: Arm Pain
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:19 pm
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If you primarily stand when you play, try experimenting with different strap lengths (most straps are adjustable). It's customary for human physiology to require some time to adapt to holding and playing an instrument. If you're reasonably healthy I doubt that you've done any permanent harm to yourself.

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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:24 pm
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Thank-you!!


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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:20 pm
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You may even try the position to your body the bass is at. I play my basses more to the side instead of directly in front of my body. The head of my bass is pointed more forward, instead of pointing to the side. Move it around, find the right spot.

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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:49 pm
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Will try that. Thanks!!


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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:54 pm
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Also low slinging it may look cool, but leads to all sorts of issues. Raise it higher.


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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:43 pm
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And thank-you!


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Post subject: Re: Arm Pain
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:07 pm
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Try to relax the muscles in your arm? If you are not noticing it- you may be flexing the muscles all the time. After a couple days that would hurt. When I play the tricep is completely relaxed so is my bicep come to think of it. Forearm muscles seem to be the only ones moving.


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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:40 pm
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Mr. Nylon wrote:
You may even try the position to your body the bass is at. I play my basses more to the side instead of directly in front of my body. The head of my bass is pointed more forward, instead of pointing to the side. Move it around, find the right spot.

I had to do that one time when I had a sore shoulder.

It's better now, but I still sometimes do that any ways.

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Post subject: Re: Arm Pain
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:22 pm
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zontar wrote:
Mr. Nylon wrote:
You may even try the position to your body the bass is at. I play my basses more to the side instead of directly in front of my body. The head of my bass is pointed more forward, instead of pointing to the side. Move it around, find the right spot.

I had to do that one time when I had a sore shoulder.

It's better now, but I still sometimes do that any ways.



It's not a "sore shoulder" .. it's a "shore soldier" .


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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:14 am
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You got to be careful with this. I've actually experienced partial paralysis on the bottom part of my arm and fretting hand back in the late 90's or early 00's, when I got back into a heavy playing routine after a brief period of inactivity. Luckily, it straightened itself out after a couple of weeks. Another good tip is lighter gauge strings. I find them a lot easier on me and the bass neck, too. Then again, I like to use flatwounds, which seem thicker than rounds at the same gauge to me. At least the Rotosounds do.

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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:44 am
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I'm self taught so proper technique was never something I learned. I do find I wear my bass higher these days than back when I was "young." Now I'm 49 and after a recent ortho appt it's confirmed I have osteo-arthritis and bone spurs in the joint at the base of both my thumbs. The right one is much worse, probably from using it as an anchor point to play, but the pain is manageable as long as the guitarist remembers to control his volume and I don't "hammer" the notes to be heard over him.

Now, that being said, I've had numerous physical-type jobs in the past during college, and in the years after where I've worked my hands hard. Years in construction, and 5 years in a foundry slinging castings and hammering gating. Those types of activities are hard on your hands and take a cumulative toll as well.

Either way, some Dr's advice and adjustments to your playing style can all be of help with repetitive type injuries. I now have a wrist brace for my right hand in the gig bag at all times, just in case.

Sucks to get old, but it sure beats the alternative I guess.


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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:25 am
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A lot of soreness isn't the muscles at all. It turns out to be the tendon that run down the arm to the wrist/hand. Tendonitis, or tennis elbow can be a factor. It doesn't just effect the elbow.

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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:22 pm
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WI KISSfan wrote:
I'm self taught so proper technique was never something I learned. I do find I wear my bass higher these days than back when I was "young." Now I'm 49 and after a recent ortho appt it's confirmed I have osteo-arthritis and bone spurs in the joint at the base of both my thumbs. The right one is much worse, probably from using it as an anchor point to play, but the pain is manageable as long as the guitarist remembers to control his volume and I don't "hammer" the notes to be heard over him.

Now, that being said, I've had numerous physical-type jobs in the past during college, and in the years after where I've worked my hands hard. Years in construction, and 5 years in a foundry slinging castings and hammering gating. Those types of activities are hard on your hands and take a cumulative toll as well.

Either way, some Dr's advice and adjustments to your playing style can all be of help with repetitive type injuries. I now have a wrist brace for my right hand in the gig bag at all times, just in case.

Sucks to get old, but it sure beats the alternative I guess.


Like the song goes: "Any day not in the ground is a good day."

I have a wrist brace thingy, too. I haven't needed to wear it in a long time, so I suppose that's a good thing.

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