mowing lawns

[dj]

hey is having a job mowing lawns all summer bad for your hands as far as the piano is concerned? I have done it before a couple years back and i dont remember it having any serious effects on my hands...but i just wanna make sure im not gonna screw anything up before conservatory this fall. thanx

dj

[Siberian Husky]

im a mexican..so my advice would probably the most authentic

(uh ohh there goes Luis with yet another racial slurr)

i'v handled some pretty crazy mowers..and they can be tough on the wrists..all that vibrating can sometimes be a pain...stretch your wrists out and do some clenching to prepare your wrists for it....another thing..if your relaly worried..wrap like a bandana..or athletic wrap to give your wrist more support and a more stable body for safer mowing....other tahn that..you should be okay unless the lawn mower turns around and tries to devour you whole in hopes to rule the earth, enslave all men, and breed with the women to create a half man half mowing super power to ensure clean fresh lawns everywhere...*cough*...you're okay man

[milkcarton08]

im a mexican..so my advice would probably the most authentic

Ew, how degrading, I'm mexican and never mowed a lawn in my life. Although, umm the guy who does our lawn is mexican, but before that we had a black guy, he just charged to much. I should be quiet now,

The point is, I don't see how mowing lawns would hurt your hands, or your fingers in a way that would decrease piano performance. But I'm no expert,

- michael

[apion]

Lawn mowers are hard on your hearing -- wear ear plugs.

[bearzinthehood]

Lawn mowers are hard on your hearing -- wear ear plugs.

Practicing piano is hard on your hearing. 

[dlu]

whever i mow the lawn (no...not mexican)...I always have to wait a while before I will play...my hands ussualy go numb...I just shower and then ussualy practice just as usual...

DLu

[whynot]

Good advice on the ear plugs!  For me, when I've been gripping something, like carrying a heavy suitcase, the clench is hard on my hands after a while.  Same with lifting weights, which I don't do anymore (not because of the clench though, I'm just really lazy).  I guess it might be good to change grips, keep the hands open sometimes etc.  Good luck.

[tds]

i'll kill before it kills me. but then, i am spoiled and am not mexican. heh...

[dinosaurtales]

This could be because I am a bit older than you guys (I am 49) OR because I have had a nasty tendonitis in my right forearm that is finally "gone", BUT, my hands are shaky and sort of numbed after mowing our lawn, so I make sure my practice is done BEFORE I mow!  otherwise I play worse than I usually do - I don't need that!