Hand pain when playing?

[musickid10]

Sometimes when I play, I get pain in my hands.. It usually happens when I play lots of consecutive octaves chords that have multiple notes in between fast. I have a small hand, could it just be that I'm stretching it so much that it causes pain? Just curious as to if anyone else has had this problem, what could possibly be going wrong with my playing, or if anyone knew any warm-ups that would help? I'm pretty young so I don't think its arthritis of any kind. Any help would be much appreciated!

[ajspiano]

Sometimes when I play, I get pain in my hands.. It usually happens when I play lots of consecutive octaves chords that have multiple notes in between fast. I have a small hand, could it just be that I'm stretching it so much that it causes pain? Just curious as to if anyone else has had this problem, what could possibly be going wrong with my playing, or if anyone knew any warm-ups that would help? I'm pretty young so I don't think its arthritis of any kind. Any help would be much appreciated!

There are a lot of different reasons you can end up with pain while playing. Something about what you're doing physically is putting pressure on your hand, it could be stretching or it could be some other thing. Its not something you can solve by doing some special warm-up or exercise.

You need to diagnose and resolve the technical flaw, this is always easier and faster when done in person with a competent teacher. If you don't have one of those you either need to find one or start doing some real in depth thinking and research about how to move more comfortably.

[indianajo]

yes, I've got that. My hand cartilege was crushed by the minister and a couple of deacons shaking my hand.  Don't shake hands, especially with European or African males. I don't know enough orientals to have been damaged by them.  Its  been 2 1/2 years since I stopped shaking hands and I can't get rid if it.  I can play octaves all night with the left hand.  I'm good for a couple of dozen measures in the right hand.
My brother's hand was injured by shaking hands with the package deliveryman and his was actually broken, required a splint.  Fortunately, he has never played piano. 

[nyiregyhazi]

Sometimes when I play, I get pain in my hands.. It usually happens when I play lots of consecutive octaves chords that have multiple notes in between fast. I have a small hand, could it just be that I'm stretching it so much that it causes pain? Just curious as to if anyone else has had this problem, what could possibly be going wrong with my playing, or if anyone knew any warm-ups that would help? I'm pretty young so I don't think its arthritis of any kind. Any help would be much appreciated!

read the very last 3 paragraphs here and watch the video.

https://pianoscience.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/collapsing-fingers-simple-illustration.html


does your basic hand action open or close the space? if use the action that closes (or simply stiffen your hand) then it will cause strain. most people end up using the muscles that close up the span of their hand and then fight against those muscles, to try and stay open. for healthy octaves you need to learn how to use the action that merely opens you out through the keys, without doing anything to close you up.