I'm glad he mentioned the footstool, I was about to mention it. From a PRI perspective, it's putting the right hip in an even more dominant position - basically the whole body is collapsing toward the right. I'd imagine this is more relevant for professionals who rack 3-4 hours daily but i also had to deal with a lot of back stiffness that persists even outside of practice.
I don’t think problems are inevitable. Relaxed technique, good anatomical awareness and avoiding playing with pain are fundamentals that can prevent injury. Guitar is much easier on the body than some other instruments; flute and violin are two examples.
I think the biggest reason for injuries of hand or wrist is because of incorrect technique David Russel never had any injury as far as I know because of his text book perfect technique
So sad Dr John Sarno has proven that back pain comes from repressed rage without exception ,even with disk hernias, and probably hand also, and it's a matter of days often to stop it for ever with this simple knowledge and journaling emotions
He provided evidence, not proof. He also said it's not always the case. There is certainly a corelation between chronic back pain and emotional trauma.
@@jeromeThailande Although I believe in Mind-Body Syndrome (mentioned in my interview with Jerald Harscher) and there's plenty of clinical evidence to back it up, Sarno did not say that ALL back pain is psychosomatic. He only said MOST, and that ‘there is a proportion of the back pain population which suffers from structural disorders.’ (Psychosomatic Backache, 1977, p.357)
@@jeromeThailande Yes, I just came back here to say that I realise that he may have changed his mind after 1977! However, there are many accounts of physical therapy helping people (but not all of them), and my own back problems virtually disappeared simply because I stopped sitting to play, suggesting a physical root for some cases.
I've never dealt with it, but it seems you need a lot of patient work focusing on relaxation. There's probably a reddit sub or Facebook group for this. The longer you've had the problem the longer it will take to fix. There's no shortcut. I wish you luck :-)
I've had the same thing for over 10 years and it took the doctors, including a so-called music doctor, a couple of years to work out what it was. I haven't found a cure.
Graham is right about there being problems, but I think it is not just that guitarists get tired from having to practice a lot - which they do. Posture is super important of course, but also there are anatomical reasons for players to have serious problems, if they don't pay attention to how they hold and use their hands - right hand especially. For a bit more detailed info on the right hand problems guitarists have, take a look at the RU-vid video: Beware! A dangerous right hand problem for guitarists - Alice Artzt
This is a very interesting conversation, and although I find Prof. Wade's use of "natural" to be a bit overwrought I think his point is right on. Playing these instruments is inherently dangerous at some level, and we tend to blame ourselves for getting injured for having bad technique or bad posture. But no one will ever have perfect technique, so it's an ever receding standard. I play classical guitar, and I think I have pretty good technique and am pretty good at relaxing. But that's come from years of learning how easy it is to practice too much, or too hard, or how only a bit of bad posture for a little bit of time can hurt you. Today I don't even do these long practice sessions; I do 20-30 minutes at the most with at least 15 minute break in between. It's more like interval training. But that also poses problems, because if I could do those long practice sessions without getting hurt I'd probably be better than I am. I have to allow myself to break focus in order to maintain my body, and that means learning at a slower pace. It's a constant compromise...
Guitar playing not natural? To be a great guitarist you have to be tremendously twisted? So that’s why I wasn’t any good, just wasn’t perverted enough 😮
Understanding it all, so much is understood when the gate is closed after the horse has bolted. Thank you Graham, I hope that this will not deter all the budding Guitarists.
True. The problem is that people don't know how to do certain things properly, and they also don't know that they need to know how to do things properly!
@@TransformsIntoAGuitar sure. and when a problem rises, that issue must be discarded immediately. its like relationships, and like business. if something does not work, GET OUT most people get attached, and that can turn into a disease not everyone is meant to do certain stuff
@@TransformsIntoAGuitar also, i see people struggling with nails and filing them 10+ years of still playing classical guitar. i mean, being silly and not listening to experts is just bad
