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Ok. So I see this is from 2014! It’s now 2022. I searched far and wide on KZfaq for practical clear ways to fix my guitar playing pain issues. I watched other ad filled nonsense AND long disguised ads that tricked me into watching. BUT, YOUR’S IS THE BEST ADVICE I HAVE FOUND. Folks, forget it’s old and has simple production. THE INFO NICELY DONE. I might watch every day for months to come. Please add ads. You should receive royalties for this. It’s the best I’ve found.

2 months thum tendonitis before i saw this video. After 2 day massaging my forearm and thumb the pain and inflammation are fading away. I still cant believe it really ... THANK YOU!

I'm crying with happiness right now. I was worried I would never be able to play without enduring pain. Thank you Mr. Crowley.

was just thinking what a waste to practice for all these years, love to finally play decent , and then start getting pain. you are a golden god , thanks for this 1

This technique is beyond good, thank you for sharing this Gary. You're awesome.

Wow, Gary, thank You! You are saving my guitar playing! Thank you thank you thank you!

Great exercises. Thank you!

wow this literally worked within 2 minutes, thank you

Thanks for the advice! Really helpful!

Thank you so much Gary!! I just started doing them and the feeling is like night and day. I have never felt so relaxed in such a long time. God bless :)

You are very welcome. Great work by you! Best, Gary C.

Thank you so much for sharing this!

This was a fantastic video that has really made a world of difference for me. Thank you. I cannot recommend this video enough.

Thank you so much for this!

Thanks for sharing this. pretty amazing finding

This actually works thankyou been suffering this recently.

I can't thank you enough for posting this

This information is absolutely priceless.Thank you so much for this Gary. You are a very good man.

This is amazing!!! Thank you so much! You just saved my life

THANK YOU GARY! I am a performing guitarist and singer. My right arm (used for pretty aggressive sometimes high energy strumming and finger picking on amplified acoustic guitar) was really hurting bad to the point where I had to stop playing to let it subside, I think due to tendonitis (self diagnosed). I used a ton of Salonpas. I did what you showed in video #1 and almost immediately (!) the pain and stiffness vanished. Miracle! Thank you again, you made a huge difference in my life!

I tried many things to get rid of my pain with no hope but only this worked. Very well explained, it makes so much sense. Thanks a lot for sharing this information.

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! I thought that I was going to need surgery or something drastic, but just figured out it was from playing guitar and found your video. You rock, man!

Thanks for your videos. I get tennis elbow and ulnar wrist pain every now and then. I manage to fix them with stretches and exercises, but they return after a while of not exercising my forearm. Your videos give me alternative ways of dealing with these pains.

Thank you!

Thank you very much Gary. You are a kind soul.

Mr. Crowley, thank you very much for putting your time in doing these videos! My hands, wrists and fingers were really bothering me for a couple of months now and these exercises helped a lot!

This method really works!! I can´t stress enough on how this helped me. My palmaris longus tendon (fretting hand) hurted a lot from too many hours practicing without taking breaks in between. I was a little skeptical at first, specially because I was afraid that doing this would cause more damage, but I gave it a shot, relaxing one muscle of my forearm at a time, and it really worked! I feel much better now, and hope to be able to play again very soon. Gary, you're a life saver and I will be forever grateful.

Very helpful, much thanks. Cool belt.

thanks gary!

Thank you so much for this video! It really works! After trying these treatments my wrist feels so much better!

Thank you Gary for posting nothing but positivity from a view of nothing but a willingness to help people. Bless you.

I needed this. Thank you so much!

Thanks!

such an amazing video!!! thank you SO much

Thank you! This truly helped me.

This is very precious ... it really helps ! Thank you very much for such kindness and generosity. All the best in your life.

thank you so mucy i had an aful pain on the top of my left wrist and now i feel such a relief thank you so much

Hey Gary,For somebody who loves to play guitar , your video has been a God send. Thanks so much.Regards, Tom

Thank you so much Gary! My fret hand was in pain and useless and now I can actually type after this video.

Thank you for sharing. Been playing a lot of guitar lately after a long hiatus. Woke up with tendonitis symptoms. After only a few minutes of your exercises things cleared things up. Awesome :)

Provided me with pretty instant relieve - will continue with the pressure techniques and stretches. Thanks Gary!

My man, i can honestly say, everytime i get serious about fixing myself, i find you! Wish i could remember that everytime i have muscle pain. Great Vid!

This website is a true gift, I return to it again and again for various aches and pains that arise, I wished I remembered it earlier when new troubles arrive. Thanks Gary, a million thanks

Dear Mister. Thank you a LOT

This really worked! I am SO grateful! Thank you.

Thank you! Blessings

Thank you so much Gary! I have been struggling for years with this problem. For me it originated from playing drums and has since made all my instrument playing very difficult, but these techniques kicked the pain almost immediately, I didn't have to sit with it for 15 minutes, thank you again for giving this extremely helpful advice, cheers!

Gary - this is amazing! It works. Thank you!

You're a guitarist's hero.I developed slight pain in my forearm from 6 hr per day practice sessions and this instantly fixed it. Thank you, sir!

Thank you SOOOOOOOO much for this video. My forearm has been absolutely killing me every time I’m done playing my guitar. This helped so much. Thank you!

Thank you so much . This is really helpful . I just followed what you were doing as the video was rolling having never done this before and felt a difference within a few mins. I shall keep this up thank you again

I've played basses for over 25 years and have never had any issues, then a few months ago I've made the transition to guitar and boom! bloody tennis elbow! Am actually suffering some anxiety as a result as I really do NOT want to have to give up playing guitar now because of the pain. Thanks for these videos!

Thanks a lot, you‘re great. Greetings from Germany

Thanks Doc, this is AMAZING information!!

I am a drummer/horn player, and tendinitis has really limited my right hand use for several years (I am left handed). This is my last hope, rest hasn't helped much. I tried doing this and it's still sore, but I am able to move finally! Thanks!

You are amazing, thank you so much!!! Even just knowing this is possible, it already kinda totally changes the mental game of trying to stay healthy. Ahhh, also, just came back to edit my comment now, because I just glanced at your other videos, and I recognize the hip ones - your suggestions helped me a ton with my hips and lower back a few years ago..! I treat them myself now regularly and hardly ever have big episodes of lower back pain any more. It has been years now..! Thank you so much. I work overseas in places with almost no doctors for this kind of ongoing stuff, and I can’t tell you how grateful I am to be able to learn this approach and try things on my own. It gives a person peace of mind!

This is great info! thank you for sharing.

thanks Gary, really appreciate this!

Thank you for this video!

I'm learning a new fingerstyle song and I'm having pains in my elbow. And you video helps me out to get rid of the pains - thank you :)

Can't thank you enough. 5 minutes into this video and I'm already feeling relief. I have been practicing a lot on guitar lately and my wrist was starting to become sore.

Great video! These are great myofascial release techniques that can be used on any part of the body. If your muscles are really tight then you can combine the push-pull-release with a lengthening of the muscle, ie. you’re pushing the fascia in the lengthening direction of the muscle while actively stretching the muscle by contracting the antagonistic muscles (the muscles working in the opposite direction of the tight muscle), this forces your tight muscle to relax while you’re lengthening the fascia surrounding the muscle. This isn’t a quick fix however since fascia is much slower to relax than muscles are, which is a good thing since the role of fascia is to create stability, but annoying when it becomes overly tight, but if you do it repeatedly you will most likely see improvement unless the cause of tightness is something other than keeping the arm static for too long while playing guitar. If you want to learn more techniques for releasing tight muscles, I suggest searching for videos on pin-and-stretch, MET (Muscle energy technique) & myofascial mobilization.

this video really teaches you to view your body as a machine that you can maintain and fix rather than just some mysterious blob that just works or not as the case may be.

Thank you Gary! 🐨🙌

Gary, I have played for 11 years and this immediately gave me results. Thanks so much!

god bless your soul sir.

IT WORKS! thank you so much!!!

This has been the most helpful thing I've found to help with wrist pain, and I very much appreciate it. When I keep up with it, I stay much more loose and painless. Thank you.

Thank you

Absolutely lifesaving. I am a very serious guitar player who started to develop pain in my picking wrist. I was terrified at the idea of having to stop playing for a year like so many people have had to do. For me, the forearm muscles that released the pain were on the side of my forearm on the thumb side. So make sure to try that if the muscles in the center aren’t releasing pain

Gary, I would like to express my deepest gratitude. Your physiological wisdom has almost instantly resurrected my arms. Thank you so much! I am forever grateful

oh my god this helpped soooo much i can finaly play agin

Thanks great video man

Thanks alot for this very helpful video.

Works! Thank you! :)

Definitely going to test this, I was getting really worried after not being able to play in 4 weeks. I hope these work. My both brachioradialis muscles are LIT up

Trigger pointing...why on earth didn't I think of this. That referred pain is great. Thanks, making a huge difference.

Wow this helped me almost instantly. I have pretty small, skinny wrists, and I spend several hours a day playing a 7-string. Have been getting tendonitis on and off for awhile now. Had a really bad flare up today but this seemed to help immensely! Thank you sir.

Thanks so much! Very useful! It worked pretty well for me after a couple of weeks, combined with icing and arnica

Thank you very much.u did a great video for all guitarist.love from India.

Life saving

Youre a hero :)

This is awesome, thank you so much! I still do have a bit of soreness even after doing these exercises, but pretty negligible compared to before.

I tried this method and the pain relief was instant. Thank you so much for sharing this information for free, i owe you a lot sir.

You sir deserve a golden throne in valhala or something.... my good friend thank you so much, i'm dealing with a really annoying pain (muscular overload) below my thumb and in therapy they never really dig into my forearm muscles and the pain was still there. And i haven't play in a couple weeks to prevent further injury but with your videos i really dug into those muscles and use my thumb in circular way reeaaaallly deep in the forearm really help me THANK YOU

I did this and got nearly instant pain relief. Thank you!

everything is super tight... well thanks doc ;)

thanks, more help than my doctor. really does work.

Wow! I can't not believe how much tension I'm releasing from my forearms. Thank You so much Gary!!!

Thank you!!!!

You've got to be f*ing kidding me. I went from not being able to twist my door knob or use a computer mouse without discomfort. To an immediate 85% ish reduction in pain from the technique described in this video. It's such a drastic change with so little time/effort I feel like it's a cheatcode or something. Thank you so much to the creators of this youtube video! Absolutely life changing.

Thank You Very Much Really.Very helpful

Honestly - that helped so fast. I was having trouble drinking coffee this morning and this has made such a difference. Thank you so so much. If you had something set up for donations I’d do it I’m so happy. I’ll be back to playing in no time.

Excellent! Thanks much

wow I had no idea my muscles could be so knotted. I did what you said and it truly worked. thanks

Thaaaanks, so much help

I had wrist pain on my fretboard arm from playing guitar, and I found the forearm stretching exercises (pressing with thumb of the other hand) really worked for me. Thank you!

I have had a problem with pain in my little finger (sometimes set off when using my ring finger) for about a month and was resigned to a lengthy rest period before picking up the guitar again. I tried the press, hold, and move technique on the tender area on the side of my little finger last night, along with some press, pull, and release on the top, and just a few hours later I could make a fist with no pain in my little finger. It isn't completely cured yet and I'm thinking that taking a break from guitar for a week or two will still be a good idea but I have already noticed significantly less pain when fretting/bending with my pinky and no pain at all when fretting and bending with my ring finger. Thanks very much Gary - I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video (and the others on your site)

thank you for this video! I play the castanets. This is for sure useful! today I followed your video and already felt some relieve. Will follow for many days thank you will update.