How Do You Improve Your Reach? Options

[Nick6373]

Hey everyone, I was wondering about some suggesting for improving the distance I can reach since my hands are pretty small.
I figure the best advice I can get is just practice and play but just incase I decided to ask XD.

I can reach from fret 6-11 fairly easy (around the middle of both frets) but if I'm actually playing I can't implement a reach that length into my playing, especially not at fast speeds. When I actually have my hand in my playing postition I can reach the edges of 6-11 (beginning of 7th fret and end of 10th fret is what I mean by edges) but it's painful to do and the notes are kind of muted and sloppy since I'm usually right on or near the frets and can't put enough pressure down on the frets a lot of the time.

Any advice?
Thanks!

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