Wrist & forearm pain

[Klimperer42]

Thanks for linking to the videos! Looks to me, though, as if his wrist is really straight only when he plays open chords. And then his thumb is way above/around the neck. When he plays barré chords, his wrist is still a bit bent (and I would really like to see where his thumb is then). So isn‘t this what I mentioned before already? Though I have to admit that my wrist is probably much more bent than his, and I’m not even playing barré chords

And regarding strengthening the thumb: my thumb usually sits quite loosely on the neck, sometimes it even lifts off, or only the tip of the thumb touches the neck. Not sure how this would strengthen the thumb. So perhaps this is also part of my problem!?

[Tbushell]

Pain is a warning that something is wrong with your technique. I gave myself tennis elbow for a year because of over practicing barre chords. For me, the treatment was Trigger Point Therapy.

Anyone suffer from tennis/guitar elbow?

Had tennis elbow in both arms a few years ago. Wasn’t playing tennis, but was trying to play guitar at the time - barre chords, specifically. Never saw a doctor, but did online research, and tried all the methods already mentioned above. None of them worked long term for me. If I started playing again, my fretting hand elbow would start hurting again - often, the same day. What did work was this book. Basically, it’s self treatment by deep tissue massage with a hard rubber ball. I notic…

Lots of other treatment tips in that topic.

[RickCast]

if you have a tendinitis, go and see a doctor, and slow down until fixed.

[KimR]

This is excellent thanks!

[Jamolay]

I got myself into this bind!

I decided that I needed an exercise to work on fretting hand ring and little finger independence. So I devised a simple exercise wherein I tap the little finger using very small taps that keep it in one place, while moving the ring finger back and forth. Then swap the fingers.

Surprisingly mentally harder than expected!

And, apparently, physically harder than expected. A short 10 or so minutes slowly figuring out how to move the fingers like this and bam! Tendinitis at the wrist. Ouch! Hard to play right now and I can only blame myself.