muscle strain under the pinky :-(

[hodi]

i played a lot yesterday, i played the 1st movement of beethoven's tempest sonata.

now today i came to play the piano, and i felt i have a muscle pain under the pinky, it's
it's like you overuse your body muscles and after that they pain?.. u know what i mean
the muscle is strained.
is that ok?
i can't really play now beacuse it pains
what should i do? am i  doing something wrong? should i ask my teacher what am i doing wrong maybe she can help?

[guendola]

Something is wrong! Ask your teacher, this is a major flaw in your playing. A little bit of strain might happen if you overdo a physically hard piece but it should never get painful enough to make you stop playing.

Whenever you can relate pain to piano playing you should check your technique and ask your teacher. It is a very good indicator for something wrong. If you ignore the pain, it might develop in a quite ugly way and could stop you playing for weeks or months. A well know keyword is "tendonitis".

[ramseytheii]

Hmm.. thinking of that movement, I can't think of many passages that would strain the pinky.  Can you identify the passage which is causing the most trouble?

Walter Ramsey

[dan101]

Sharp pains from over-stetching can be harmful. Give piano a rest and restart in a couple of days with some simple scales... of anything that exercises without the big stretch.

[pianokid16]

hey don't worry if its just the muscle, just give it some time toheal and you'll be fine :)its happened to me many times. You'll have full recovery within days. Btw love the tempest