Wide Stretches

Hi everybody!

I've noticed that it starts to hurt a little bit on the sides of the wrist when I play wide intervals on the piano. One day I tried to play the Chopin etude op 10 no 11 and I felt kind of a pain in the middle between the hand and the forearm at the spot where the wrist is like hardest.

So my question is: is there anything I can do to prevent from this pain, or does it go away naturally when you've played for a long period of time???

:)

Yikes! How much do you play a day? If you play 8 hours a day (like they have you do at some piano schools), or a large amount, you could probably just attribute it to over-playing. Give those hams a rest, man! xD

If you don't play that much though, and you still have pain: I dunno :O Maybe you should just wait for a while, like 3-4 days, then play again, and if you still have pain, ask your doctor :(