RE: EXERCISES to PREVENT RSI Injuries for all instrumentalists

[kelly maxwell <apacheci5@hotmail.com>]

i use some of these exercises     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KHh_c6Ha4
 

> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:45:23 +0000
> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: EXERCISES to PREVENT RSI Injuries for all instrumentalists
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> Rick Walker wrote:
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> > For you sitters, the constant hunching over the guitar isn’t any better,
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> the alternative
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> Shifting the guitar to the left, so that the recess sits on the left
> thigh rather than the right (other way round for left handers of course)
> and angling the neck upwards brings you more into the ergonomically better
> "classical" position.
> Then keeping the elbow close to your side and the thumb on the back of the neck
> you'll instantly have improved stretch without effort.
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> Similar with standing, position the guitar/bass so that the headstock is at eye
> level if you want an extra 2 frets of stretch ( or to get the same stretch without
> tension).
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