Comments on: How to Stop Guitar Wrist Pain https://guitarfirstchord.com/how-to-stop-guitar-wrist-pain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-guitar-wrist-pain Free Quality Guitar Lessons Sat, 24 May 2025 15:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/how-to-stop-guitar-wrist-pain/#comment-285824 Sat, 24 May 2025 15:26:44 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=40729#comment-285824 In reply to Adrian Martin.

It’s true, in the beginning it’s a sort of a basic rule to start with the thumb behind the neck so students are able to put enough pressure on the finger tips, but having said that, if the guitar student can put their thumb a little bit higher and still feel good about it and it allows them to put enough pressure on the string then that is perfectly fine. For most guitar players that feels the most natural, but in the beginning it can be challenging. It also depends on the anatomy of the hand.

Thanks for sharing Adrian!
Best,
Klaus

]]> By: Adrian Martin https://guitarfirstchord.com/how-to-stop-guitar-wrist-pain/#comment-285487 Mon, 19 May 2025 15:12:33 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=40729#comment-285487 10 years ago I was teaching a beginning guitar class. A woman with a wrist brace came in. I asked her about it. She had injured it and a doctor told her that playing guitar might help strengthen her wrist muscles. I used to teach Segovia position (thumb in back). Coincidentally the man sitting next to her was a physical therapist specializing in hand therap. Crazy eh? When I demonstrated how to hold their thumb behind the neck even with the second finger,, he told me that it was ergonomically incorrect. We talked and ever since then I’ve suggested that my students hold their thumb a little higher. Thought you’d like to know. BTW Segovia suffered from back and hand pain most of his elder years.

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