Daphfz
Senior Member
Hey everyone! Great to see you all(metaphoricly, i'm not actually outside your window.... -_-).
Umm ok, so i've been drumming for about 3years now, In the last 2-3months i've started focusing on technique a little and i've tried molleor a little bit, but couldnt really get the hang of it(i need more practice i think), anyway i've used i think its german grip(palm down) the whole time and over the last month, i've begun to get pains in the bottom of my wrists. I air drum when i'm in the car listening to music(im in the car ALOT), i used to txt like hell(1000+ msgs a day) and i hardly ever warm up before i drum, i just sorta do a lil snare roll and get on with it. But could it be carpal tunnel? or maybe just a pulled muscle?
I'm going to start rubbing deep heat into my wrists before and after i play from now on, do some snare rolls(starting slow and getting fast then going slow and back to fast, etc..), and wear a tight bandage around my wrists/thumbs to slightly support them when i play. Will this help? and can anyone suggest anything else i can do to avoid any more damage?
Please help me, i dont want to give up the 2nd best thing in my life!
Umm ok, so i've been drumming for about 3years now, In the last 2-3months i've started focusing on technique a little and i've tried molleor a little bit, but couldnt really get the hang of it(i need more practice i think), anyway i've used i think its german grip(palm down) the whole time and over the last month, i've begun to get pains in the bottom of my wrists. I air drum when i'm in the car listening to music(im in the car ALOT), i used to txt like hell(1000+ msgs a day) and i hardly ever warm up before i drum, i just sorta do a lil snare roll and get on with it. But could it be carpal tunnel? or maybe just a pulled muscle?
I'm going to start rubbing deep heat into my wrists before and after i play from now on, do some snare rolls(starting slow and getting fast then going slow and back to fast, etc..), and wear a tight bandage around my wrists/thumbs to slightly support them when i play. Will this help? and can anyone suggest anything else i can do to avoid any more damage?
Please help me, i dont want to give up the 2nd best thing in my life!