Piano injuries

[pianoplayjl]

I recently (it was a month ago) had an injurie (well not an injury but my right hand hurts when I play chords and octaves, particularly the muscles between the 2nd and 3rd finger). So, if you had a piano injury or know of some bizarre piano injuries that can really happen, share it here in this thread.

I also recall when I was 8 years old I was a beginner and started the john thompsons series. This injury is not from the pian obut impeded my practice on the piano. While walking I broke into a skip and somehow my shoe came in contact with my thumb while my arms were swinging wildly and hit my thumb really hard. I still practiced, though.

Do YOU know of any?

JL

[j_menz]

When I was at Uni, I played on a rather awful piano in the college where I lived.  One day I was sightreading a big octave run up the keyboard, fortissimo (it was Shostakovich PC1 as I recall).  Turnes out the manufacturer of the piano had taken the whole 88 key thing as advisory only, and left off a few at the top.  Instead of the key (which wasn't there) , I hammered down on the solid bit of wood at the end.

I survived, but my language isn't repeatable here. 

[ariel12345]

I had very bad condition, couldn't play without pains for two years, terrible pains all time long. It was really bad time! I learned three major lessons after resolving the problem:
1: TENSION! especially in the neck. One must learn to release the extra tension accumulated in the playing. You can do a lot, alexander technic, feldenkrize, shiatzo, whatever works.
2: Do not over protect your hands. Do physical things with them to keep them strong. I thought I should avoid hard physical tasks to protect my hands and they got weak and that lead to my condition and worsened when I had the pains and restricted the activity even more and they got even more weak. My great orthoped who got me out after 2 years gave me instructions how to strengthen the hands and body despite the pains and how to relive tension.
Finally, you need good piano teacher who can observe and find mistakes in positioning of the body and hands and work to get more power with less effort.

[werq34ac]

I somehow managed to shank my thumb on a broken key playing octaves -.-;

And then quite often after I cut my nails, the skin underneath my nails somehow ends up getting pushed back, which starts to gush blood if I play piano in that state.

Then there's the nasty octave gliss callouses that occasionally have to be ripped off. Not fun.

[monkey68]

When I was about 8, I didn't want to practice anymore, so I slammed the piano lid down onto my hands. Ended up with a bone bruise and no playing for a week or 2. Not sure if purposeful injuries count, but there you have it.

[starstruck5]

After a break from playing -over 5 years -I have aching arms somedays which I never used to have-I don't understand why, because my technique or posture hasn't changed fundamentally -I am playing a digital piano more though -weird.