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Piano Board => Student's Corner => Topic started by: iancollett6 on March 05, 2013, 09:03:23 AM

Title: Tingling Hands.
Post by: iancollett6 on March 05, 2013, 09:03:23 AM

Hello,
         After practising I sometimes get tingling hands. There is no pain just a "sensation". Its actually very mild.
 Ive looked on the internet and through other posts but they all seem to be describing an actual pain.
 My teacher has said there is nothing wrong with my technique. Maybe Im just being a little paranoid.
 I practice up to 3 hours a day so maybe this is to be expected? Its just that I read so much about piano injuries.
 Thankyou

Title: Re: Tingling Hands.
Post by: hardy_practice on March 05, 2013, 09:36:58 AM

Often that kind thing results from pinched nerves in the shoulders.  Google Esther Gokhale.

Title: Re: Tingling Hands.
Post by: hfmadopter on March 05, 2013, 09:55:54 AM

Quote from: hardy_practice link=topic=50303.msg 548161#msg 548161 date=1362476218

Often that kind thing results from pinched nerves in the shoulders.  Google Esther Gokhale.

Yes, my thought as well, my neck got tweaked in a car accident and I get tingling in my fingers , especially at night. Not so much a piano playing problem for me, though distance to the keys can make some difference. I'm not a doctor but if you are reaching too far forward or if you are tensing the shoulder muscles for that matter and have any neck problem to begin with, I could see this happening.

My daughter had to have surgery for tingling in her left forearm and hand from disk trouble in her neck. They had to open up the passage where the nerves exit her spinal column by caging two disks to afford more room for the nerves.. She lost minimal motion in her neck. Still gets a slight ache fom nerve damage but tingling and numbness is gone. Just an account of another persons problem, not saying the OP has any of this !

Title: Re: Tingling Hands.
Post by: hardy_practice on March 05, 2013, 10:06:22 AM

Yes, I should have said..or neck.  Often the peering forwards/up as you look at the sheet is the culprit.

Title: Re: Tingling Hands.
Post by: iancollett6 on March 06, 2013, 09:01:27 AM

Thankyou for your responses. I have been told im quite a tense person, when im concentrating so hard on playing a particular piece im sure im not in a relaxed state.
 I have chosen some easier pieces, "Clementi Sonatina's" The purpose is to try and play and relax and breathe...etc.
 Out of interest, Do you think a concert pianist performing something along the lines of Rachmaninoff to a large audience would be in a non-tense state?
 So much to think about, a physically demanding piece with the pressure of people watching? How do they do it?..

Title: Re: Tingling Hands.
Post by: hardy_practice on March 06, 2013, 11:53:42 AM

There is obviously going to be some tension in a concert situation.  What will damage you is having tension 3 hours a day on a daily basis.