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Hi all, I am a 29 year old advanced player who sadly took a 2 year break from playing bass due to job and moving etc. During corona lock down 2...
I play metal/ deathcore pretty regularly, and fitness is something that's important to being able to play super tight and fast music for long...
Hi all, I've recently started studying bass full time at a conservatoire here in the UK, and over the last few months I've noticed the skin on my...
Hi, I need some advice regarding care for a fingertip cut that required stitches, whcih I got yesterday. Here's the detail: I just received a...
Well it's finally come to pass. I turned 70 this last October and after more than 50 years of playing bass, I've developed some physical issues...
Hello fellow bass lovers!!! Long time no since I was here last. So I got bit of a story for ya. You see during one of my kettlebell exercises I...
That's what I'm giving myself. Back story: I just had my annual health evaluation at work. Nothing "horrible". But... My blood pressure is still...
Hey all! I am often hired for electric bass and electric guitar, but am now being asked for some UB stuff, and piano. I have some...
I play bass in a duo/trio project, as well as in a 4 piece blues band, which shares the same guitar player. We don't gig very often, and...
So, at almost 63, I suffer from lower and mid back pain(2 herniated discs) along with bad shoulders(rotator cuff surgery). I cannot take the gigs...
I just retrieved a box of strings which have been sitting in my garage in Central Florida for nine years -- many are barely used. They are from a...
For the Tl:dr crowd, try saline nasal rinsing. I thought I'd share this as I now have repeated empirical evidence that this works. I'm almost 50...
One, of course. But I'm on my second one in three months, and the first one involved labyrinthitis and consequent extreme vertigo. I'm off to the...
Raw water trend slammed by food safety expert: 'You can't stop adults from being stupid' A bizarre new trend has emerged in California's Silicon...
Hey gang: My topic is Hand Health and more specifically I've been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in my middle finger joints. I've been playing...
I'm wondering if playing upright has caused what I'm experiencing. I've been playing upright a LOT lately, and I've been having pain horizontally...
Uh oh. Hope he pulls through. Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE)
Sooooo, odd question from a troll who never really posts: I've played guitar longer than bass (please no hate), but I've since discovered that I'm...
I knew I was losing my employer provided health insurance at the end of 2016, so in December I enrolled in a policy through the government...
I need to get back to working out more. I'm not in "bad shape" per say. (6'2" 200 pounds +/- and 34-34 pants size). But I want to harden up a...
For those who are making a substantial part of their income from playing music, what are you doing for health insurance?
Ok, this is a serous question - what have any of you done with your lifestyle that has made you a "healthier" player? This doesn't necessarily...
Does anyone know how Anthony Jackson is doing? Last I heard (late July, maybe), he was too ill to go on tour with Hiromi, but I've heard nothing...
Well my wife's company downsized and she is out of a job. It was her company that we were getting the health coverage with. My company's plan...
I know there's a stick about this, but this is about me specifically. For a good month or two now, I've noticed discomfort in my wrist when I type...
For anyone unfamiliar, the Paleo diet is a diet modelled after Paleolithic mankind's available foods. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats and seafood....
Hello everybody, I am 29 and I have been diagnosed with Crohn's disease 5 years ago. At the time of the diagnosis I was in pretty rough shape. I...
didn't want to double post so please go here.. but basically wanted to ask TB'ers about health insurance (U.S) and experiences and which one to...
So with the U.S. Health insurance as it is right now , whose got some good options and insight to what they use or recommend to pick a good...
First post here, this place looks like a pretty cool community! Anyway, I used to play bass quite a bit when I was younger (between 16-19), then...
