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capilano-gypsy · 2005-05-02 22:30:45

i've been getting some mild pain in my wrist. keeping the angle required for the picking is making it sore. i do my best to relax but the extended practicing is slowly catching up. what can i change in my technique to prevent this? i must be doing something wrong... i know i'm not tensing up. i'm very careful with that.

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MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

June 2005 Posts: 6,154

guit_box wrote:

"Sounds to me like you might be bending your wrist the wrong way. One of the big no nos of technique is bending the wrist left or right. It should be perfectly straight and then bend down to create an arch. If you bend it left or right it will limit your movement, create tension, and probably lead to injury."

The picture on page 10 of GP has a wrist position that I would call bent to the extreme right. Could you ellaborate on what you mean by a perfectly straight wrist?

It's supposed to be bent in the direction of the guitar, but not towards floor. It's basically just hanging there naturally. I'm not sure how else I can put this into words. The picture in the book is the correct position.

If you're doing it wrong you'll feel a lot of tightness and tension in your wrist. When done correctly it feels totally natural.

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