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Get you guitar set at a comfortable height, supported by the strap.
Sit on a proper chair, not a sofa or bed.
Put everything you need (eg. CD players) within easy reach.
Make sure the neck of the guitar is raised, I like mine so the headstock is almost level with my shoulder, and the guitar resting on my left leg (I'm right handed), it gives better access to the whole neck.
Stop playing before you get pain. 4x 15 minutes, or 2x 30 minutes without pain is better than 1 hour with pain.
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Using a strap when seated allows you to set the height where it's comfortable, so when you stand the guitar is in the same position as when seated.
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Taking more frequent breaks is a good idea. I tend to lose track of time when I practice so perhaps a timer might help too.
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Left shoulder pain: front of it, back of it? Or different?
EDIT
It seems to get worse the more tense I get, which is why I'm currently thinking a combination of a music stand and more frequent breaks may help
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Check your neck movements (rotation L & R; side flexion L & R; flexion; extension; retraction) and see if there's an obvious culprit or two when it comes to movement.
Beyond that, get it seen if it's a problem but basically that area is often a "neck problem" that's felt there. And another bit of the spine as it happens (upper thoracic if you feel like googling it). But the fix is so often the same:
movement, common sense, avoiding sustained posture if it's problematic
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When you go back to it you'll remember more of it than you may think.
http://i.imgur.com/FOGBGao.jpg
Doesn't help with the pain but it will make good use of the time spent away from the strings.
Good luck man.
even 10 mins a day can really help
look for neck exercises on Google, and try a few out, make sure you breathe deeply and slowly while you do them
I can confirm that - I find just 15 minutes of I'll just have a quick practice whilst at the table with a sheet on the table and me looking down is sufficient to make me ache and cause incredible tension in the neck/shoulder. I suppose like sitting on your legs for 15 minutes then all of a sudden you realise you have pins & needles then can't move.
@sev112 I'll ask Google for stretching exercises
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If you don't do regular exercise then start. My shoulder/arm/wrist got a lot better when I joined a gym. It wasn't for body building and I didn't do heavy weights - just several repetitions with light weights. If you don't fancy a gym then do Pilates or go swimming regularly. Any of them will help a lot. Prevention is a lot better than cure.
If it has reached a certain point then you may need some kind of intervention first from someone like a physio but long term you need to exercise it and get the muscles around it stronger.
Thanks for the advice dude
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He gave me some anti inflammatory gel to help with the pain as well as advice on keeping my shoulder moving so it doesn't totally freeze up, which would be a nightmare.
So I'm slightly grumpy about giving the guitar playing a longer rest than I'd like but I've got some other music projects that I can get into so overall it's cool
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