- Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:42 am
#17434
i just revisited this thread and thought it would be very useful one day to collate some of this info into a set of short articles.
many of us have had our injuries (from the minor to the more serious) during the time we've been playing, and some of the more experienced drummers have had different kinds of injuries pop up at different stages of their playing careers.
e2c, earlier in the thread you mentioned that you tend to use frame drum techniques more (at least with the slap) because you found that it was not as hard on the wrists/fingers. i wonder if that's still true for you a couple of years down the track?
mikeleza, by 2nd slap do you mean the tonpalo (we've been referring to it here as a 3rd slap!). you mentioned changing your technique for that. could you share with us what you are doing different now and how that's coming along?
fiene bee, how are you going 6 months after the onset of your pain? any advances?
john, welcome back mate! how's the bamana ensemble going? must be coming into its 3rd or 4th year! and how is the therapy coming along? i think you're taking a good approach to relearn your technique and work on more effortless playing, but do make sure you warm up plenty with specific exercises for stretching and relaxing the wrist and for the whole body for that matter... and if you do find yourself in pain, taking a break for a day or two is good prevention. you don't want to be finding yourself answering that tongue in cheek zen koan you asked that man!
james also mentioned shoulder pain (in another thread) due to playing with a strap. that kind of thing usually happens because playing standing and strapped is more demanding, but often people don't practice with a strap, so they don't become conditioned to it, then find they quickly get tired during their performance. the pain can last several days. another reason (and this applies to just about all injuries) is insufficient warm up.
please feel free to chime in on your experiences, even if i haven't mentioned your name
i found these warm up videos specifically for djembe.
enjoy!
also check out the dunun exercises and advice in the dunun technique thread.
be well!
many of us have had our injuries (from the minor to the more serious) during the time we've been playing, and some of the more experienced drummers have had different kinds of injuries pop up at different stages of their playing careers.
e2c, earlier in the thread you mentioned that you tend to use frame drum techniques more (at least with the slap) because you found that it was not as hard on the wrists/fingers. i wonder if that's still true for you a couple of years down the track?
mikeleza, by 2nd slap do you mean the tonpalo (we've been referring to it here as a 3rd slap!). you mentioned changing your technique for that. could you share with us what you are doing different now and how that's coming along?
fiene bee, how are you going 6 months after the onset of your pain? any advances?
john, welcome back mate! how's the bamana ensemble going? must be coming into its 3rd or 4th year! and how is the therapy coming along? i think you're taking a good approach to relearn your technique and work on more effortless playing, but do make sure you warm up plenty with specific exercises for stretching and relaxing the wrist and for the whole body for that matter... and if you do find yourself in pain, taking a break for a day or two is good prevention. you don't want to be finding yourself answering that tongue in cheek zen koan you asked that man!
james also mentioned shoulder pain (in another thread) due to playing with a strap. that kind of thing usually happens because playing standing and strapped is more demanding, but often people don't practice with a strap, so they don't become conditioned to it, then find they quickly get tired during their performance. the pain can last several days. another reason (and this applies to just about all injuries) is insufficient warm up.
please feel free to chime in on your experiences, even if i haven't mentioned your name

i found these warm up videos specifically for djembe.
enjoy!
also check out the dunun exercises and advice in the dunun technique thread.
be well!