Every artist who sees this post should do the following:
- Watch the video.
- Follow the instructions
- Reblog
I can’t stress you enough about how important these exercises are for your drawing hand. You don’t wanna get CTS of Tendonitis and similar stuff that will prevent you from making art or even hold a pencil.
Okay, this guy is my HERO. I just did these exercises as I watched the video, and already my arms and hands feel better. I have a degenerative tendon disease that prevents my muscles, tendons and ligaments from retaining their elasticity, and so anything that maintains the health of my bendy parts is important.
I URGE YOU. Even if you don’t draw, do these several times a day. Even just sitting at a computer can do serious damage. My dad, who was a rugby player, a carpenter, and now a handyman, suffered from severe carpal tunnel syndrome, simply as a result of sitting at the computer at the end of the day to play a little solitaire. Don’t let it happen to you!
((Guys, I will reblog this like, 5 times a day just so you all will see this. This is REALLY helpful, and it’s quick and easy.))
Wow, these are REALLY helpful. And yes, this is not just good but IMPORTANT for more than artists — if you type a lot, play a lot of video games, do anything that requires lots of repetitive movements of your hands, wrists, and arms (gardening, sewing, factory work), these can help. Even if you don’t yet get pain these are a great preventative measure, because the damage builds up over time. Youth is no protection.
And like he says, you should feel a stretch, but don’t push it too far!
Signal boosting. Guys, I just did this and holy cow do I feel incredibly light and limber in my arms. Again, even if you don’t have any sort of disease, do this as a preventative measure.
DEAR LORD THIS FELT WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO omfg-am-i-hallucinating-again FOR SENDING THIS TO ME
I have pretty f’d up tendinitis and this felt awesome.
I’ve never seen the first set of exercises before, but I found the second set after over-committing myself to a couple of crochet projects a few years back. The projects turned out fantastic, but I gave myself tendonitis in the process. I bought fancy wrist warmers from a craft store and tried to go for a month of rest from crocheting (which was incredibly difficult, because crochet had become my drug of choice at the time), but in the end the carpal tunnel exercises helped far more than the wrist warmers or the rest did. I can only imagine how much better I would have done if I’d actually used the tendonitis exercises.
Long story short, for anyone for whom the video is inaccessible, here is a website with diagrams and written instructions for the second set of exercises, which will help prevent and/or treat carpal tunnel (and do very well with tendonitis as well - at least of the thumbs).
I was in a productive mood, so here, have a transcript!
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