PAINFUL to play guitar? Do this

If you get repetitive strain injuries from your guitar, what should you do? A hand surgeon shows you. For important information about how using your computer keyboard can lead to injury, go here:    • How TYPING leads to Repetitive Strain Injury   You can't use your other pair of hands for the guitar, so don't damage them at the computer! 0:00 Guitar-Related Injuries and What To Do about them 0:12 Hand surgeon Robert Markison, MD has some advice for you. 1:14 Use your ears 1:43 Posture playing the guitar matters 3:01 Make your own instrument so it fits YOU! 4:28 Don't do this with your fret hand 5:04 Hold your guitar in a position of function 6:22 The right strings 6:44 Avoid barre chords 7:25 Finger friendly chord boxes 8:30 Picking hand 9:30 Anatomic variations 9:54 Technique 11:07 Common Guitar-related Injuries 11:25 Trigger thumb, trigger finger 12:22 De Quervain's tenosynovitis 13:53 Carpal Tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome 16:44 The Proper Examination 18:00 Computer Technique and Set up 18:30 Cultivate Ambidexterity