Category Archives: Guitarists Health

Solutions For Guitar Players with Sore Shoulders.

January 29, 2009 – 11:27 am

It started a few years ago, it was after I had been playing the electric guitar for several years. Usually we learn to play the guitar at a fairly slow pace, because in the beginning we have to learn basics and fundamentals and develop the related muscles. Most of the time beginning guitar players don’t [...]

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The Power of Music Therapy and Your Mental Health

November 20, 2008 – 11:47 am

Music therapy is a real life form of treating and improving your health problems and falls under the category of guitarists health issues. It is not limited to guitarists only , read on…
What is Music Therapy?
Music Therapy is a proven treatment backed by extensive clinical testing using music to accomplish individual goals by a trained [...]

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How Guitar Players Can Solve A Cut Fingertip

May 29, 2008 – 10:56 am

Here is an exclusive tip from the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Players like Stevie Ray bend strings, a lot. It is part of the particular style of music he played. Stevie Ray Vaughan used the largest gauge strings made, at least ones I am familiar with. Gauge size is .013″ to .056″, basically the [...]

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Practice What You Preach

April 18, 2008 – 10:29 am

You can’t teach the teacher.
Practice what you preach. Me, myself and no one else forgot to follow some basic rules that I feel are mandatory for allowing your fingers and wrists to stay healthy. I preached in a recent article about not overplaying in term of the length of a practice session. Take a break [...]

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Silence can be Deadly When it Comes to Prostate Cancer..

January 9, 2008 – 10:52 am

Men are mostly mum about prostate cancer, but new options improve treatment, outcome

Composer, guitarist Frank Zappa succumbed to prostate cancer in 1993.
Above, Grateful Dead bassist and composer Phil Lesh underwent successful prostate cancer surgery in 2006.
Guitarist Stephen Stills underwent surgery for prostate cancer Jan. 3.
Singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, part of the “soft rock” movement of the [...]

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Sore Wrists and Elbows Why?

November 2, 2007 – 10:05 am

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What are the primary reasons our wrists and elbows get sore from lots of guitar playing? Actually there may be several causes wrists and elbows develop soreness, weakness and numbness.
Note: Realistically speaking any time you develop a chronic soreness it becomes imperative that you see a doctor in relation to your ailment. If you look [...]

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