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    RSI etc..

    in MUSIC/DJ HELP

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    I've been doing those stretches and have found they help a ton, so cheers for putting them up. All this stuff has been really helpful.

     

    I'd say you are spot on about not just accepting your condition, cos there was points where i was told repeatedly by doctors and physios to just to give up scratching and i had such a long period where it seemed like they were right, but it just seemed unacceptable. I just couldn't give up on it cos it means so much to me. Even though i still get a bit of gyp it's so much better than it was and if i'm mindful of taking care of myself and watch what i eat it feels like i can do this for the rest of my life (i say that hopefully, obviously i don't know what the future might bring).

     

    I'm suprised that push ups are good cos whenever i've done them they seem to fuck me even more, but maybe my technique is just shitty. My arms are puny as though.

     

    My main tips that i've found help are:

     

    -Wear a long sleaved top to keep the arms warm when scratching

     

    -I read that the latest sports physios tips is that they recommend to only stretch after activity and to warm up by gentley doing the activity you will be doing reather than stretching. And warm down doing the same activity then stretch. That really helps, i think.

     

    I wear an elasticated sleeve thing on my arm all the time now when scratching. I also follow the 'don't stretch before' rule. After a good scratch when the muscle is warm the stretch is a good thing though. The doctors said the same thing to me as well though...give up. How can I give up when there's so much more to learn. GP's talk shit.

     

    The foam roller really works for the forearm though, as I'm even back practising the snap tears and stuff that knackered the muscle in the first place.

    RSI etc..

    in MUSIC/DJ HELP

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    I fucked my forearm extensor muscles on my record (left) hand from practising too much (not from wanking :rolleyes:). I put it down to trying to teach my bad hand to do really small and precise record movements like tears etc. I didn't scratch for nearly a year but it was still fucked. I did all the stretches the physio said for months, but it seemed to make it worse if anything.

     

    One day I read an article about foam rollers because I'm also trying to get my knee better after an op. The roller worked wonders on my leg muscles so I thought I'd try it on the forearm. 3 weeks later I was scratching again, although nothing too stressful. Since then it's gone from strength to strength, and I can pretty much do anything I did before without pain. I foam roll before and after every session religiously and it definitely works. I still get pain, but it's nowhere near what it was and it goes after a day. I also use one of these before and after: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Omni-Massage-Roller-Ball-Various/dp/B000ZJ3WEM

     

    The roller seemed to get rid of the scar tissue you get with an overuse injury. It's saved my life! Get rolling!

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    2 minute scratch tutorial

    in SCRATCH TECHNIQUES

    Posted · Edited by Ritchie T

    I remember watching your square flare youtube when you first did it and I coudn't work it out. Jump forward a few years and it's on Q Berts uni as a "square tear flare". I was trying it last night since I've started scratching again after fuckin my arm up, and I realised it's a tug job without the middle click.

     

    The fucked up thing is, after I posted my reply earlier, I remembered that it was you who put the Square Flare vid up!

     

    He's biting your moves Eric. Demand cash!

    2 minute scratch tutorial

    in SCRATCH TECHNIQUES

    Posted

    The scratch at 1:40 is a tug job without the middle click of the 3 clicks. It's a square flare or square tear flare that turns from a 3 click flare (tug job) into a 1 click (square flare). Relies on good record control otherwise it doesn't work. What the fuck, it sounds fuckin nice Eric!

    Symmetry & Mirroring

    in SCRATCH TECHNIQUES

    Posted

    I've just noticed the diagram I posted was wrong, I've fixed it with the correct one now

     

    Ritchie, I know when Rafik starts the scratch the fader is closed but when he does then repeatedly it there still a click at start of each repetition?

     

    Yes, that click is there when the move's repeated. You had the clicks right the first time by the way. You were just missing that click at the beginning / end. :)

    Symmetry & Mirroring

    in SCRATCH TECHNIQUES

    Posted

    just looking at ur auto bahns - am i right i nthinking theyre boomerangs ( or delayed 2 clicks whatever u want to call em) except with an extra transform stuck in there?

     

    not quite, there isn't an extra click, the second click is early (flare instead of a chirp if you like) and the overall rhythm is change so there are 4 parts instead of 3 (or 8 in a complete pattern).

     

    If you understand these diagrams then it looks like this...

    post-28-1207412462.jpg

     

    That's how I think they are done anyway ;)

     

    You're nearly there x2k. There should be 1 extra click at the very start / end of the pattern. In other words, the pattern starts with the fader closed, and ends with the fader closed. That's the slower one from the DVD.

     

    The faster version he does is this:

    :)
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