Another "it Hurts Should I Stop Topic" Options

[buttmonk]

Yooooodle,

I have been learning the intro to sweet child and all the different variations of that riff and stringing them together in different orders, and can pretty much do it cleanly, reliably and up to speed which I am quite pleased with:)

I now notice (when riding my bike for some reason) that there is a dull pain in my picking hand wrist just about where the side of the thumb meets the wrist) and I am pretty sure it is from the wrist action of playing all those string skips. Anyways, it deosn't hurt when I play but I do notice it some times doing other things. This has been going on for about a wk, I normally play a bit every day.

So, should I just keep going or stop for a few days? I play this with strict alternate picking and it is all done with my hand pretty much stationary and just using wrist action, wondering if there is bit of bad technique causing this as well...tho I would guess that the technique is OK but I am just using too much tension in my hand.

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This post has been edited by buttmonk: Sep 4 2008, 04:21 PM

[Bogdan Radovic]

Well I'm guessing this isn't serious...Rather just muscle fatigue from hours of practicing..Guess its ok , just don't over do it (practicing) especially if it persists for some time or gets worse..

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