Mridangam exercises
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Hi, I am a mridangam artist and i practice daily however i do realize i tighten my muscles when it comes to mekala sollus. i believe that is due to my workout routine but i have to do it since i have a dislocated shoulder i want to know if there is a way to not tighten my hands when playing sollus or not let it come tight or any other alternatives. thank you.
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We have a number of professional mridangists among our members who may be able to offer help.
I would guess though, that it is necessary to see a player's posture and movements before being able to suggest changes.
Physiotherapy, yoga therapy, etc are all possibilities as well as help from musicians.
I would guess though, that it is necessary to see a player's posture and movements before being able to suggest changes.
Physiotherapy, yoga therapy, etc are all possibilities as well as help from musicians.
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Dear brother-member, Nethursan, As our brother-member, ganesh_mourthy, put it I am not a professional Mridangist at all. At my younger age only I was playing Mridangam and later switched over to Vocal and lastly Violin as a musician. That is why I cannot give you any remedy not to tighten your hands. However, if you need and if you go through some of my postings here you can find some remedies in respect of strengthening your abilities of Laya. With best wishes, amsharma.
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Nick, good point. I'm surprised too that more mridangists do not suffer from RSI and carpel-tunnel.
Incidence of posture related movement disorders is quite common among pianists as well. In fact, most major symphony orchestras have a full time occupational and physical therapists and that travel with the musicians.
Incidence of posture related movement disorders is quite common among pianists as well. In fact, most major symphony orchestras have a full time occupational and physical therapists and that travel with the musicians.
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Re: Mridangam exercises
Hello, I'm a 23 year old who played the miruthangam between the ages of 9 and 15 (but still occasionally play). It's really important to relax the muscles around the shoulders and to sit with the back, shoulders and hips completely level.
When I started practicing for an arrangatram, I developed uneven hips and shoulders + markedly uneven shoulder blades which mean I had to give up football and sports when I was 13. I think this could be avoided through playing with more attention to posture. My teachers didn't really pay attention to posture. I curved my hips, shoulders and spine when playing to meet the unrealistic sound and volume demands from my pushy teachers. My fault but as a child, I wish they had paid more attention to my health. Please be careful with your health and make sure your teachers and professional and healthy.
My teachers had something similar and it was noticeable in them. Not every miruthangamist has this issue, but it does look noticeable in some miruthangam artists such as Yanchan.
When I started practicing for an arrangatram, I developed uneven hips and shoulders + markedly uneven shoulder blades which mean I had to give up football and sports when I was 13. I think this could be avoided through playing with more attention to posture. My teachers didn't really pay attention to posture. I curved my hips, shoulders and spine when playing to meet the unrealistic sound and volume demands from my pushy teachers. My fault but as a child, I wish they had paid more attention to my health. Please be careful with your health and make sure your teachers and professional and healthy.
My teachers had something similar and it was noticeable in them. Not every miruthangamist has this issue, but it does look noticeable in some miruthangam artists such as Yanchan.
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Re: Mridangam exercises
Nethursan: There there are three methods in addition to physiotherapy:
1. If you have friends in the west, ask them to get you a Tube of aspercreme - pain relieving cream.- trolomine salicydate 10%. Apply this before and after playing; (2) If you also can get a over the counter tablet of Ibuprofine 200 milligram talets and take one tablet with a cup of water before the performance will relax all the muscles and (3) start doing shoulder yoga first for say five times, after a week make it 10 and then stop at 15. You have to move both sides of the muscle forward in a rotational fashion and backward the same way. Thus, the muscles slowly will become flexible. Be careful and find well trained yoga teacher. This also get rid of Osteoporosis. But take the advice of a doctor first.
1. If you have friends in the west, ask them to get you a Tube of aspercreme - pain relieving cream.- trolomine salicydate 10%. Apply this before and after playing; (2) If you also can get a over the counter tablet of Ibuprofine 200 milligram talets and take one tablet with a cup of water before the performance will relax all the muscles and (3) start doing shoulder yoga first for say five times, after a week make it 10 and then stop at 15. You have to move both sides of the muscle forward in a rotational fashion and backward the same way. Thus, the muscles slowly will become flexible. Be careful and find well trained yoga teacher. This also get rid of Osteoporosis. But take the advice of a doctor first.
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Re: Mridangam exercises
tablets, not talets .. sorry for the error