Never really had that much soreness. But I go right don't move it as much as I do my left when playing.
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Pretty sure that it's the side that thinks horse dewormer cures COVID, the vaccine makes metal stick to you, the vaccine is a actually a tracker placed into your body by the government, vaccines rewrite your DNA, etc. is the side not using data. And the side lead by the chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation who has advised seven presidents, made many contributions to basic and clinical research on the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated and infectious diseases, has helped pioneer the field of human immunoregulation by making important basic scientific observations that underpin the current understanding of the regulation of the human immune response IS using data.
This is why I don't want to discuss this. One mention and it starts. To be clear, I took the vaccine, I'm just exercising a healthy dose of cynicism. Someone once said "trust but verify." I like verification. Verification is important because this world is full of idiots, and without verification I'm usually in that boat rowing away too. So I've learned to check the data. That is all. I've been an idiot too often, my wife can verify. People lie, data usually doesn't (unless manipulated by people...). So let's not derail this thread, and get back with how to deal with flu shot?
try moving around to increase circulation.
Right handed. Got 1st dose last Sunday at 11:00am in left arm then played that night for about 2 hours
and didn't even think about it.
and didn't even think about it.
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Really, Really ? God forbid anyone gets a hang nail...
I wouldn't want to hold my arm in an elevated position if it was sore or weary. I vote plucking arm.
I don't think it matters that much. I try not to do the same arm every year, I figure if I put too many shots in one arm over the other I'll end up unbalanced and end up walking in circles.
I've been getting flu shots for decades and have never felt anything worse than mild soreness that would not impact my playing in the slightest.
A week ago Monday I got a covid booster (my third covid shot) in my left arm, and flu shot in my right. Docs said it was fine to get both at the same time. Very slight soreness from the flu shot. Significant arm soreness from the covid shot, but not enough to impact my playing. Now, the next day I also had body aches from the covid shot... not as bad as from the 2nd shot (which resulted in two days of feeling like crap).
So: as others have probably said, don't get your covid shot less than 2 days before a gig. With a flu shot you probably won't have to worry -- but if you do, it's probably from side effects other than arm soreness (which are rare).
Silly , Really I been Vaxed 3x & flu shot & blood taken the same week! Never felt sore once! You talk like youre incapacitated after Shots. maybe sore but nothing that serious! Now if theres a Mishap which arm would you want damage to? Like say a broken needle?Neither I say, but probably want my subdominate arm, harmed since I can almost do everything with the dominate one.
Okay... setting aside the fact that:
- As a GI brat, and a GI for 24 years who had to be ready to go anywhere in a few hours? I had hundreds and hundreds of shots until I retired. I have 15 of those long yellow international shot records filled up - and one that's only 3/4's full - in my keepsake box. And, of those shots, only 3 ever gave me a sore arm; Bubonic Plague, Anthrax (God, did those 2 hurt), and a not-quite-attenuated-enough Typhoid Fever shot. In addition to hurting like Hell, I also got a 12-hour case of Typhoid fever... But, I digress...
- I had to get a Flu shot every year I was in the Air Force (24 years), and for the last two years (now that I'm old). I get a bad cold every time I get one - but never a sore arm. And,
- I'm very left handed - and play that way...
I'll play along. I would get the shot in my left arm. Why? Because I'll be moving that arm a lot more than my right arm. That movement will help work the soreness out quicker than not working the arm...
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Got boosted in one arm and flu vax in the other yesterday. Both are a little sore but the left is more so. Unfortunately, I don’t know which is which.
I've had both my Covid shots, and had my annual flu shot about a month earlier.
I always go with the right (plucking) arm. My reasoning is that my right shoulder is already irreparably damaged after a cycling accident so if I do have any problems, I don't want both arms stuffed. Fortunately I don't seem to have any reactions...
I always go with the right (plucking) arm. My reasoning is that my right shoulder is already irreparably damaged after a cycling accident so if I do have any problems, I don't want both arms stuffed. Fortunately I don't seem to have any reactions...
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Had it once many a years ago and got the flu, never got it again and been perfectly fine.
If you fear soreness then go for your right side, agree with others that your fretting side will feel it more.
