Manual Osteopath, guitarist, and founder of Gentle Octaves. I help adult players over 40 keep playing guitar through better body mechanics. Download the free Pain-Free Guitar Guide at https://blog.gentleoctaves.com/pain-free-guitar-guide
Longevity & Arthritis
You don't have to quit guitar just because your hands are giving you grief. So you've been playing for a while now, maybe decades, maybe just a few years and somewhere along the way your hands started talking back to you. Not in a good way.
Longevity & Arthritis
You know that F chord? The full barre, thumb crushing into the back of the neck, index finger flattened across all six strings like you're trying to squeeze juice from a stone one? Yeah, that one. that f******* one If you've got arthritis, or aging joints,
Longevity & Arthritis
Sensitive and stiff joints don’t mean the music has to stop. They do mean you need to change how you move. As both a guitarist and a movement specialist with training in manual osteopathy and therapeutic exercise, I’ve spent years helping older players loosen up their hands, protect
Hand & Wrist Health
Your hands are your instruments too: treat them like VIPs, not afterthoughts. Do your fingers stiffen or tighten up after a few minutes of playing? It’s bloody frustrating right! Your enjoying your jam, maybe alone, maybe in a group, but those fingers always seems to want to pack up
Mindset & Performance
You pick up your guitar and your fingers start to ache. Maybe your joints whisper your too old or your body resists movement you once took for granted. You tell yourself, “Maybe Im not able for this anymore, maybe that was a thing I could do when I was younger,