Loss of fine motor coordination

[HTMLfreak]

I've been noticing lately that when I do 3 or 4 massages (that range from 1 -2 hours each) I seem to have a decreased ability to grip things or have fine motor control. For instance, I had two clients, then a guitar lesson, and I couldn't make the chord changes as well as normal. And yesterday after 3 massages (a total of 4 1/2 hours) I kept dropping things at the grocery store. After a few hours it gets better, but...

My hands are not abnormally sore, I have good body mechanics in general, but I'm kind of annoyed by this phenomena. Are my hands just tired? AM I doing some unseen damage in some way? Does anybody else experience this?

 

[Johnny G]

Hi Ella. I got this same problem when I was massaging full-time & also painting my house on the evenings & weekends. Overusing my hands/arms caused muscle tension that compressed the nerves, weakening my grip. The good news is that it's relatively easy to fix. I'm home & don't have my trigger point manual with me, so I have to go from memory. (This happened to me 4 years ago). I think the muscles involved for me were a combination of the following 3 muscles: pronator teres, supinator, and brachialis. Search for trigger points in all 3 of these muscles, both above & below the elbow, and massage to release. Do this nightly, along with a self-stretching protocol, until the problem disappears. You might need to continue doing this nightly as a preventative, until your hands become used to the double-duty of massage & guitar.

 

[Falco19 HELL YA!]

Thanks, Blisss! I'll check out the TPS and start working them out.
Blessings to you.