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Originally Posted by drurb  Irwin's gymnastics are, indeed, impressive. Whether or not his exercises or any others you might find on the internet would benefit us as bass players, in terms of maintenance of health, prevention of injury, or rehab after injury, remains to be determined. |
This is true but i have to assume as a player my hands are getting used way above there design limits in anatomy. If you had a job say where hand use was limited then indeed Gregs exercises would be of great benifit.
But as players there will be certain elements of the exercises that Greg does that are benifical and certain elements that would be detrimental to us as players, on the basis that we over use our hands in day to day life with our playing. Playing a instrument like a bass is the problem for our hands, they were never evolved in design for this function.
The function of electric bass bass guitar has only been available for the last 75 years or so and with a limited ergonomic detail in the design. The function of Double Bass has been about for centurys and in that time players have had to deal with the flaws of the design due to the technology and available materials of the day.
People who use there hands in a creative way will always find some way to justify using them in the face of injury and pain. For them he rules that apply to other injuries or illnesses do not seem to apply when the hands are involved. The rule is simple, stop using the hands if they hurt. Rest, a medical examination, tests etc will give you a better picture of what's happening, but many don't do this for fear of the answer. So what do they do? They ask others and seek justification in there experiences and believe that will be their out come if the experience was good, dissmiss it if it was bad and keep going till they hear the answer they are looking for, the one that allows them to play.
Injuries happen, as does illness, all will have an impact on the body, and that is without the wear and tear of time and the onset of age.
