wrist

So. I’ve always tried to minimize wrist angles when possible. Generally I think I keep my wrist pretty straight, however, I noticed a pretty steep wrist angle while watching back a video of myself while hitting a low fret octave. Here is a cap from that: It surprised me as from my view...

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 wrist at risk for injury. Just started making YouTube videos. Would be cool to get some feedback, and subscribers. Here's my page. A cover. An original.

I just recently started playing my new/used 2004 Stingray. My other primary basses are an American Performer Precision and a Sterling Ray34 (which, in theory, the new Ray will replace). To date, I've had no issues with any of my basses in terms of impacting or damaging my hands or wrists...

Hello In the last couple of months I've come back to playing bass after a break of about five years, I played for about six or seven years before that. When I played before I didn't work very much on my technique, I just sort of got by. Since I started again I have made an effort to learn to...

I am a pretty casual upright bass player and have been playing for 20+ years. I play for about 30 minutes each day currently. Even in that limited amount of playing each day I have developed right wrist pain. It usually goes away after a few days of not playing. The problem is that I’m not sure...

Hi All! I've searched around the forums and found plenty of info on wrist pain, stretches, treatments, etc (all good stuff!!), but a general search for "best wrist brace" didn't yield anything. So, I humbly ask, for wrist pain (back of the wrist/thumb side, specifically), what wrist brace do...

Hi All! I've searched around the forums and found plenty of info on wrist pain, stretches, treatments, etc (all good stuff!!), but a general search for "best wrist brace" didn't yield anything. So, I humbly ask, for wrist pain (back of the wrist/thumb side, specifically), what wrist brace do...

Hi! So, I recently started watching a show called Trigun, and the opening song has a nice bass riff that I wanted to try. I figured out the main riff and began practicing it at a slow tempo, at first. Then, I slowly sped it up to the tempo of the song. As far as I know, this is a good way to...

Hi, I know there are many threads about wrist problems, but I still wanted to get some opinions. Yes, going to see a doctor would be the best but I don't currently have the money to go and besides, the money would only go to waste if this was something that I could heal myself. About a week ago...

Hello everybody. Recently I've been struggling to learn some pickstyle playing. I used to play a guitar a little, so when I started playing with a pick on the bass, I held it guitar-style like this: that is, it rested on the last joint of the index finger. With this approach, I had too big an...

Hi guys for those that play standing, when in 1/2 or first position, is there an imaginary straight line from the elbow through to the wrist and onto the fingers OR does the wrist bend slightly (I'd say, in my case, around 45 degrees) ? If a straight line, what causes the bend and how to fix...

Recently an old sports injury has come back. Turns out that, years ago I broke my wrist. Except for stiffness, it never gave me much of a problem until recently. All the cartilage is gone leaving bone scraping on bone. The pain is excruciating and I will be having my wrist fused in February. By...

Hi guys! I wasn't sure where to post this, so I chose miscellaneous. I've been playing double bass for about 5 months, and I'm currently attending school as a DB major. I started having wrist pain when my bass teacher suggested suggested that I adjust my posture to be a bit more to the side of...

I've recently experimented with tucking my thumb underneath my neck to help keep my wrist straight. It seems to be working pretty well, but I don't see anybody else doing it. Is there a reason doing this may be counterproductive?

Hi! I’ve been trying to find out why I keep having my wrist in the wrong angle and it seems that is because I put the neck too far away from my body but it feels strange to have it so close by. Do you think that the problem is the neck distance or something else? I have included a picture of...

Hello Guys I'm planning to build some bass guitars with better ergonomics and balance, for both stand up & sitting down playing. They would be for pro players who have trouble (tendonitis/tension) with the fretting hand and overall unconfortable ergonomics (and sick of Neck Dive). I've made...

I've been playing bass for a year and about 8 months into my playing, I started to get serious wrist pain in my fretting hand. I took some videos of myself playing and compared it to other people and realized that I had a serious bend in my wrist. I've spent at least 4 months trying to fix it...

My right wrist has an old injury that keeps coming back due to both my job and my bass playing, so I wear a wrist brace as often as possible. Lately, it has been really bad, so I started wearing it while I play. At first, it was really difficult to play. But, I have since altered my playing...

I began playing in January with a full scale bass. For the first 4 months I was playing/practicing at least 4-5 times a week, 1-2hrs/day. Last 2-3 months only 1-2 times and sometimes going a week or two without playing. My playing/practicing is using the SBL Academy Beginner Course, so mostly of...

After reading through a number of posts, I didn't really see anything exactly related to my issue. I've been playing steady for about 7 years, and am mostly self taught on bass (I was a converted guitar player). I've known for a while that some gaps in knowledge (but mostly bad technique) were...

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 problem.....I have injured my wrist and cannot play, so i am taking my own advice. So what am i going to do about it? I am going to follow my own advice, and...

Recently I've broken my wrist. Have lost approximately 40% movement back and forth. And approximately 60% side to side. Not currently able to play, nor trying to while the healing process takes effect. It's my left (fretting) hand. So I'm looking at what options I have if things dont recover...

so ive just acquired a lush 5 string fretless fender jazz after years of playing a 4 string fretted precision. im loving playing it, except it has been giving me hand and wrist pain in my fretting hand. i suspected that it could be to do with me reaching further with my finger spacing in order...

Hey guys. Just thought I would bounce this off some better minds than my own. I've been playing for many years, though I admittedly do not practice as much as I should. After all this time, I know I've developed bad habits. One example is not using the ring finger on my left hand as much as...

I'm a pick player and recently I've been having a lot of pain fairly quickly, which isn't normal. The only thing different I've been doing is using different gauge picks and practicing different things, such as string skipping and more funk driven lines. Sometimes the pain travels from my thumb...

Greetings all! I am currently playing in two different bands, and I use both finger and pick technique. I've gotten away from developing good techniques over the last couple years (too focused on GAS), so I am trying to re-focus on the basics. Ok, now on to my picking technique question. I...

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 the past 2 days. Ive only played about 15 minutes in the past 2 days but thought no I should rest it. Is this fatigue as I dont get it any other...

Hey guys, so ive recently started learning how to play with a pick after soley playing finger and slap for a couple years but ive noticed that when i play i get some irritation on my wrist and the it gets very raw and starts to sting. So i was wondering does anyone else have a problem with...

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 and in both my wrist and index finger when I write for long periods of time. Trying to find a way to hold my phone is becoming a task too. I try not...

so when im practicing a song on the high end of my B string i sometimes get tightness in my wrist, no pain at all just tightness and if i give it a few minutes to rest it loosens up and also i do bend my wrist but not very much and i make sure to not let it bend as much as possible by pulling my...

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 aching and my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger are numb. Please keep me in your thoughts, and lift a fellow lowender's sagging spirits. I'm at...

I just got a bass for my birthday (I'm 14) and have been playing for 4 months so far. I have a problem with my non strumming hand. If I try to play the first fret on the E string with anything other than my middle finger, I have to bend my wrist to the point of pain...is there a solution?