How To STOP Wrist Pain on Guitar - MUST SEE

⏱Guitar Wrist Pain Chapters: ⏱

0:00 - Guitar Wrist Pain - OUCH!
0:33 - How Guitar Straps Help
2:49 - Waiters Pose & Praying Mantis
4:16 - Fixing Waiters Pose
5:00 - Fixing Praying Mantis
5:41 - Best way to correct wrist posture
5:51 - Thumb Pain

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[bobpeters]

Useful alternate definition for ergonomics: putting everything within easy reach.

[deanvaughan]

Damn you have helped me solve my wrist problems, you really are probably the best guitar teacher thank you so much

[anordinarygamer]

thanku, i needed this..barre chord is killing me..

[explorer]

Thank you for your coaching. The tips really help. 🤠

[sharknatho]

i've been averse to playing guitar for EIGHT YEARS because of wrist pain. even had an instructor who never said anything about the way my wrist was.

in seven minutes watching your video, i think i've figured out why (a combination of praying mantis and too much pressure from my thumb).

THANK YOU

[joelsalazar]

Had no idea I was dipping my neck! Just elevating and my hand position is perfect and no more strain !! Thank you so much for the fix!! Ur awesome !!

[captainhennahead]

You gave me my very first guitar lessons a year ago, Im still going!!! Its so great to have your channel to run back too! Thank you!!!

[basingstoke]

Hi Lauren, a fantastic tip, and just at the right time . I have just picked up the guitar again after my wrist accident . It's as if you knew . Thankyou so much, but plenty to catch up on . lol

[angeldiaz]

My father was primarily a violin and viola player... he had a guitar, stopped playing it because he said it hurt his fingers more. But when I played, eventually, I realized that a lot of the pain throughout the chording hand can come from sideways thumb posturing. If your thumb is sideways, you're gonna hurt yourself more than necessary. What I like to do sometimes when fretting the low strings is to imagine like I'm making an ok sign with my thumb and index.

[Avareed_]

I love how easy to understand was that video and how clear the mistakes i made were shown. Really great execution. This video contains literally everything i needed as a new guitar owner. Thank you, truly great work!

[scotttravis]

I love it when I watch a video like this and find out I was doing it right and didn't know it. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while! Thank you for being auch a great teacher!👍

[pmfnr]

I took a year of weekly lessons and I can't figure out why my teacher didn't focus on correcting my positioning. It really seems like that is the #1 thing to work on. Honestly, the discomfort made practicing a drag and I avoided it as a result. Thank you so much, Lauren. In 7 minutes, you've saved guitar for me!

[bucktv]

This is what I'm doing this month, June '23 after years of struggle...from the sitting position with my guitar on the right leg & parallel to the floor to the guitar on my left leg at an angle with a footrest and a strap! Thank you.

[outermarker]

1:08 Thanks for pointing this out!
Because a LOT of videos are forcing people to keep this very natural 'classical' hand position even with the neck lowered.
This forces your wrist from a natural state to a locked underhand position. No wonder EVERY great Rock, Pop, RnB, Blues, Jazz etc guitarist ever abandons that nonsense advice and does whatever best suits their own hands and style.

[dandylion]

This is a crucial video. It’s the thumb pressure that’s tripping me up. I have a little pain and I thought it was because of my fretting hand position. But I noticed I can see the white of my skin under the nail flaring up, which means I’m applying too much pressure on my thumb. Thanks for the tips!

[dianasantiago]

🌄 Morning Lauren Bateman
Thank for the advice
Loveli lesson
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[IzzySmith-swmd]

I just started learning and my left wrist has been hurting, thank you so much for this! It’s helped a lot. Subscribed

[darrenoak]

Excellent spot on Laren, I had all these problems, but eventually fixed with the neck tilt etc, and wrist bands seem to make things a bit easier on heavy guitars. I am still a bit finger heavy on the frets thow.

[t]

That classical position seemed so natural when I first picked up a guitar. 🙏🎸

[michaelpond]

An old friend of mine who is a longtime professional guitarist started using a device called a dynabee an old school gyroscopic wrist strengthening device.