injury

It’s day 6 of 12 on our UK tour. It’s been an absolute blast. Last night, I jumped out the van “with aplomb” and my thighs acted like a nut...

Hey TBers, I've been playing bass guitar & upright for about 12 years now, right handed, and I've noticed the end of my left hand thumb (the part...

Hi, it's my first post here so sorry if this isn't the right place to post this. I've searched for the answer to this for a while and found...

On Sept 28, I injured my right index finger and accompanying knuckle. This is my plucking hand. I heard something pop down in the knuckle, and...

I started playing the bass around two months ago. However, I was playing 2-3 uninterrupted hours a day with relatively poor technique and no...

I've always known I had a bit of a T-Rex thing going on with my plucking hand wrist angle. Curious if others do the same and if I'm putting 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...

I've recently REALLY gotten into playing funky slap/pop lines, but painful, bloody cuticles on my popping index/middle fingers have all but...

About 10 days ago, I was cracking my knuckles on my left hand in one of the usual ways I do so -- by bending my fingers back over to the back of...

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...

I’ve had a slightly crunchy shoulder for a while. No pain or real restriction of movement, just a few clicks. Since maybe just before Christmas...

Hi all. I have been playing double bass for 5/6 years but have only properly dedicated myself to rockabilly playing since November 2018. I have...

Hello, Talk Bass: I'm hoping to get some useful feedback on getting back to playing once I'm cleared to do so after upcoming reconstructive...

Hi, I debuted on the double bass playing last fri-sat nights. Alt-country/blues, pizzicato, centered around root-5 stuff. The next day i had...

So, had a run in with the leaf blower today. Didn't cut it to the bone...but she was close. It's on my ring finger...fretting with it is going to...

Yep, I managed to acquire a sparkly new (non-bass related) nerve compression injury that's left my left arm weak and my fingertips tingly. I can...

Situation: Worship Pastor calls you to say, "Hey - I've added The Meters 'Cissy Strut' as the opening song a few weeks from now, are you up for...

So I've been going to Bradley School of Music in Lafayette, CA for some time now. Many of the teachers are Berklee graduates and fantastic, but in...

Not looking for advice, just making conversation. In sports, there's a well-known unwritten rule that you don't lose your job to injury. If...

So, to make a long story short, I love my basses, I Do...But I've sustained an injury to my left arm, that I had treated for Tendonitus, but might...

Hi all, as many may know i comment a fair bit on injuries and techniques that may cause injuries, so here is a personal look at a common...

So I've torn my left rotator cuff and I can't extend my arm out from the side of my body more that 6 inches. Looks like it will be months before...

Recently I've broken my wrist. Have lost approximately 40% movement back and forth. And approximately 60% side to side. Not currently able to...

Hi, I played a lot to reahearse in one day. Like 3-4 hours with my band and 2-3 hours of arpeggio practive now I get a dull ache playing bass for...

Lower back injury in lumbar area. Possibly a slipped disc. Sustained it while bending over on weekend, spent two days laying down in pain; am...

I already have issues with that hand/arm from nerve damage due to a martial arts injury. Now I seem to have done some serious damage. My wrist is...

Howdy friends - About three months ago I sliced off the tip of my left index finger while slicing potatoes. It wasn't a deep cut; mostly the...