Thumb Pain

[jolkszost]

Well i play jazz so this seems the right forum.
Anyways i just developed this pain in my right thumb a day or two ago, and i want it cured. When i play pizzicato i have to be super conscious about not using my thumb to get extra picking force, and it hurts to play with my german bow. I think my problem is bad bow technique because that hurts more.
What do you guys think?

[YamBass]

Hey, that sounds to me like a posture problem. Try to do some hand exercises to get your fingers relaxed.

[jolkszost]

Any suggestions as to exercises to try, and do you mean hand posture, or back posture?

[YamBass]

Sorry for the delay Jolk!, I meant your hand posture, or the tension that you put into playing. Try to be more relaxed, for hands I reccomend you to do this http://datarealm.com/marbeth/relaxation.html until you feel your fingers relaxed.

For the back, you can lay down on the floor with a towel rolled and placed right under your column. That's sooo damn relaxing!.

[jolkszost]

thanks for that recommendation, i'm always looking for new ways to relax.
I found that the pain was a result of that tension, but the reason for the tension was that i had just raised the height of my bass and i failed to readjust my right arm's posture. I repositioned my elbow and that allowed me to relax my right hand.