injured drumming

**mapexmetal351** · 09-08-2009, 03:13 PM

hey guys i recently broke my humerus and my wrist in a motocross accident. luckily its in my left arm since im a right handed drummer. i have two pins in my wrist right now that will be coming out in a month. im probably gonna have a cast for three months. coming out of this i can see my double bass, left foot hi hat, and right arm agility skills increasing a good bit.

does anyone have any tips as to what or how i can practice with my left arm being out? thanks

**The Chazbo** · 09-08-2009, 03:18 PM

Well I don't suggest playing with the arm that's in the cast...I did that when I fractured my wrist two years ago....wasn't clever

I think when you break or fracture a bone anyway, the strength in the broken limb decreases a lot, but like when I broke mine, I regained the strength very quickly, and got my drumming back on track just as quickly too.

**mapexmetal351** · 09-08-2009, 03:51 PM

haha yea i dont plan on using that arm at all until i get my cast off. especially since my cast wont let me grip a stick. but im thinking that i can just work on getting my double bass faster/ double bass rudiments and leftfoot hi hat rudiments.

**pastor_bob** · 09-08-2009, 04:22 PM

MM, I am sorry to hear about your injury, but I am glad to hear that you can see the silver lining. I have a hard enough time doing the things that my own drum teacher tells me to do, so I won't even offer advice here, but I am sure you'll get plenty of good advice.

**TURTLINATOR** · 09-08-2009, 07:24 PM

haha just work on what you can do, alot. Look on the bright side, you will get to use your arm again, you could be like the drummer for Def Leppard and lose it completely!