sometimes, compulsively now, i hold my guitar at an odd angle when i play. i know i am doing it and if you watch me, i am constantly adjusting how i am holding it. it is a nervous habit. i have directed my stage fright into one singular location on my body--my wrists. when i hold my guitar down, i press the strings very hard with my left hand and bend my wrist at the wrong angle. this, combined with helping with gear load in and out this weekend has left my left wrist in pain. for some reason, every Spring i do this. a few days laying off the guitar and then a few weeks of playing properly--the problem's gone...but the past 2 days, it's been hurting and today, i'm icing it down.
i want to go on record: I DON'T LIKE IT when things on my body don't work. i used to be able to do whatever i wanted, but like everyone else in the world, i am aging and so my expectations for my body and what my body does are starting to diverge a bit. also, i feel strong and in better shape than i have ever been--still, why can't i lift 100 pounds over my head? my bull-headedness (is that even a word?) says i should be able to do anything.
allright, typing isn't exactly helping the situation, but some yoga will.
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