what damages do you get for playing too much piano? and best healing methood?

[sportsmonster]

i have  problably not an very unusual problem, and that is overplaying. the case is that i love the piano too much, and then i play the piano too much. and i have a lot to catch up and a very busy program for the piano. but last lately i have gained some pain in my joints, and my fingers....and it is hard to tell where the pain comes from. it seems to be very cronical. any suggestions for what i should doo? 

[xvimbi]

Check out the myriads of threads that deal with injury, pain, joints, tendonitis, etc. See, if anything there covers your issues.

In general, I would say:

1. take it easy; if the pain is significant, stop playing altogether (temporarily, of course)
2. try to find out what movements cause the problems (complicated task, but absolutely necessary; may involve doctors, piano teachers, colleagues, etc.)
3. retrain those movements in order to avoid the problems from recurring
4. remember that time away from the piano can be used beneficially (doing so will avoid any psychological issues derived from the unwarrented notion that time away from the piano is wasted time).

Good luck!

[sportsmonster]

ok thankyou.  I must admit not playing the piano for a while is probably the hardest part.   It takes self disipline to do that kind of stuff.  But it is most likely worth it.

ive heard that putting your hands in hot water and keeping it hot helps a lot. maybee in case of scene infections? 

and maybee ill be a bit better on warming up before playing. thats probably why people says it is inportant to warm up before playing.

[Tash]

get some acupucture that works bizarrely well- i kept getting a really sore pinky finger cos i was over-using it too much so got it acupuctured (laser style i'm too much of a wimp for needles!) and it was fine after that!

[sportsmonster]

hm...not a bad idea, im going to the doctor soon, so ill ask the doctor about that.
it would be nice to have no needles and surgury.