nelly
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Hello everybody,this might seem silly but while i have a good strum,my eldow on the inside of my arm is really painfull.
Does this seem normal!!!!
Does this seem normal!!!!
Sounds like "tennis Elbow" Good advice, check technique, ice, see ortho if need be. You don't want that condition to get "too bad." Had it, had to wear a special band around arm to put pressure on that tendon. don't want it again.
Do some research on which brands are best. To be most effective, glucosamine needs to work in conjunction with other chemicals and is often mixed with like chondroitin (that's also a blood thinner) and MSM (methylsulfonylmethane). Dosages need to be high, too - 1,500 mg a day. Somewhere around 25-33% of the population gain no benefit from glucosamine, so it may be an expensive but ultimately pointless experiment for a few months.I'm not a "pills and herbs" kind of guy, but have been using glucosamine for joint pain for years with good results. It's worth a try. If it doesn't help in a month, it probably won't. It takes at least 1500mg per day.
That is good news. If you play sitting down, try playing the uke away from your body, with it sitting in your lap or on your thigh. The sound projection is so much better when you don't have the uke pressed against your body, and it may change where your arm rests on the edge of the uke. The elbow has some very large nerves close to the surface, and it is very easy to pinch them. The Uke Leash will help you hold up the neck. I remember sending yours to you... Stoke on Trent is such a colorful town name!Hi lori, i started to play my little banjo uke and the pain as eased, so maybe you could be right about pinching a nerve on edge of uke... Fingers crossed!!!
oh and i have bin using a uke leash
Sounds like "tennis Elbow" Good advice, check technique, ice, see ortho if need be. You don't want that condition to get "too bad." Had it, had to wear a special band around arm to put pressure on that tendon. don't want it again.