If you couldn't play guitar anymore...

lovestrat74 · December 2020

Lately I had been suffering with a pain in my right elbow and I think it is to with playing guitar.

This got me thinking what I would do if I couldn't play guitar any more. Apart from playing,all the time spent on forums or looking on the various trading platforms. Watching endless related YouTube videos. All that time would be freed up for something else...

What that is i do not know... What would you do if playing guitar was off the menu??

sweepy · December 2020

Have you looked at acupuncture ?

VimFuego · December 2020

take up a different instrument. That's what I did when the pain in my left hand got too much for guitar.

Nikc · December 2020

I cycle -

thegummy · December 2020

It's a terrifying thought - and it's why I don't lift weights anymore. I used to lift weights until I had elbow surgery to transpose a tendon because it snapped over my elbow bone. Now it's generally okay but if I lift weights it snaps again. The thought of damaging my arm and not being able to play guitar made me give up lifting weights even though I do miss it.

If I couldn't I would play keyboard instead. If I couldn't even do that, I'd still make music but would have to programme it all on a computer.

If I still couldn't do that life would be hard but I'd struggle on as long as I could listen to music.

If I went deaf I would kill myself.

lovestrat74 · December 2020

sweepy said:

Have you looked at acupuncture ?

Not yet. I am trying to have a little break over the festive period to see if that helps. I always found that certain neck profiles would lead to elbow and wrist issues but lately it seems it is any guitar.

Someone mentioned CBD oil..

skullfunkerry · December 2020

I genuinely don't know. As some of the other guys have already said, it's a terrifying thought

thegummy · December 2020

lovestrat74 said:

sweepy said:

Have you looked at acupuncture ?

Not yet. I am trying to have a little break over the festive period to see if that helps. I always found that certain neck profiles would lead to elbow and wrist issues but lately it seems it is any guitar.

Someone mentioned CBD oil..

If you do go for any of the silly gimmicks that people suggest, please only do so as well as real medical advice and treatment, not instead of.

phil_b · December 2020

sweepy said:

Have you looked at acupuncture ?

I tried it but it is no substitute for playing guitar

UnclePsychosis · December 2020

Other instruments are available.

BloodEagle · December 2020

i wouldnt give a shit

skunkwerx · December 2020

If I couldnt play guitar anymore I’d probably get a girlfriend and do that for a bit.

sweepy · December 2020

thegummy said:

lovestrat74 said:

sweepy said:

Have you looked at acupuncture ?

Not yet. I am trying to have a little break over the festive period to see if that helps. I always found that certain neck profiles would lead to elbow and wrist issues but lately it seems it is any guitar.

Someone mentioned CBD oil..

If you do go for any of the silly gimmicks that people suggest, please only do so as well as real medical advice and treatment, not instead of.

Nowt silly about acupuncture, worked brilliantly for me and is provided on the NHS as a complimentary therapy so I wouldn't poo poo it out of hand

Winny_Pooh · December 2020

Lap slide

poopot · December 2020

If I couldn’t play guitar anymore? Couldn’t play a musical instrument?

I’d take up the bass...

Dominic · December 2020

Talk to my family in the evening
Then again .........I guess there's always crochet

Logie · December 2020

I'd go back to cartooning and portrait painting ( if my fading eyesight would allow me )

TTBZ · December 2020

I'd still need something musical and creative in my life so maybe take up another instrument if possible. Or get more into the mixing and production side of things.

JerkMoans · December 2020

Jack Daniels and Pornhub

Voxman · December 2020

I would be devastated. I've been playing for nearly 50 years and it's a part of me and who I am. It's more than just being merely recreational and enjoyable to play and perform live, and more than being an enjoyable challenge. But for me it has been a vital therapeutic outlet for my wellbeing to help cope with stress, when life throws you curves.

It's also helped to give me a direction and focus in a way that's different to anything else. It's like, this is 'mine' - its hard to explain, but it's very important to me.

ToneControl · December 2020

Learn to play lap steel
My mate did this after a road accident left him unable to use his fingers normally

Since then he has several albums out and has played lots of gigs, including upstairs at Ronnie Scotts, so there is a good way to make music still open to you. Learning is much easier for a guitarist than for a beginner

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