piano injuries

[pianokid16]

hey guys I just pulled a muscle in my hand playing the piano. any suggestion bout how to prevent them or how to treat this condition. any other injuries? how common is this?

[contrapunctus]

To prevent muscle related injuries, do not play long enough to injure yourself without taking a break. Also, you probably are not relaxed enough while you are playing.

[debussy symbolism]

To prevent muscle related injuries, do not play long enough to injure yourself without taking a break. Also, you probably are not relaxed enough while you are playing.

Greetings.

Contrapunctus is very right about stress. When playing it is important to not get tense anywhere. This includes face muscles, legs, etc. It happens to me and I try to of course relax, which my teacher stresses out. Your hands and arms should also be relaxed completely. I usually make sure that my hands are warm before I play, so warming them up might be of help.

Hope this helps.

[pianokid16]

ur right.  i'ts  really easy to forget these things when u get lost in big pieces thow, which can result to tension in muscles, which usually leads to pulling muscles and stuff of that sort thx for the good advice thow

[pianotouch]

Hi there.

This is good advice, for a start, to relax.   However, I know this is easier said than done.
I a writing on thsi post as a family friend who was a concert pianist, now passed on, experienced terrible pain in his hands and arms, in his late thirtis, and nearly had to give up the piano. This situation forced him to learn the anatomy of the hand and arms. and develop his own technique to resolve these problems.  He also had small hands, which did not help initially, but he developed a technique of strengthening his fingers, and in fact, being able to return to the piano, and play very much better than he did before.