[DJ_Eezergud]

I noticed when i spin poi my hands feel like there cramping up or something, i dont think im holding the poi to tight, (i wrap the tail around the back of my hand and such like LRB said to hold it in his 101 vid) is this normal when your a beginner?

[burrow2010]

I have been getting cramped hands lately too..... But it has to do with spinning poi AND spinning vinyl. I've been using a stress ball to combat this.

[glowFect-yA-m1nd]

yea it has a lot to do with beginning to start spinning. when i first started poi my hands would end up crampin so bad that i couldnt een hold a glowstick. stretch your fingers and your wrists before spinning, it'll help a lot.

[dancefloor]

I've never had hand cramps. Not once, but I'm probably immune to it seeing how I spend an insane amount of time on my computer. I'm surprised I never got carpel tunnel.

However, when I started doing BTB moves, my arms got really sore really quickly because of all the different muscles I was using.

[DJ_Eezergud]

ya i'll deffinately start doin some stretches before hand *ha pun! pun! lol* and burrow u get hand cramps from spinnen vinyl? i dont understand that unles your pushing down to hard on the vinyl to get it to stay put when slip cueing, or just tensing up yer hand?

[burrow2010]

no..... keeping my fingers together on the knobs when I am adjusting things...... I switch back and forth from poi to vinyl alot too. Ill drop a record let it play and do poi

I prob. am tensing my hands up a little too much though

[LilRaverBoi]

Originally Posted by DJ_Eezergud

ya i'll deffinately start doin some stretches before hand *ha pun! pun! lol*

LOL....that pun was totally on the magnitude of the ones I frequently use (and get ridiculed for). Glad to know someone else is a dork like me

Nah, I've never had hand cramps...but I've had some sore arm/wrist muscles and the occasional joint (hehehhee *pun intended* two can play at that game!) The key thing with poi is that you are usually using/developing odd muscles that you rarely use, so being sore just means they are getting stronger. If it's not a huge bother, keep with it.

[glowFect-yA-m1nd]

lol you 2 n your puns. hahahaha funny stuff

[ukeyouee]

I do get hand cramps, and my answer is to spin with the strings between my middle and ring fingers unless I'm doing something shortstring (like buzzsaws) - then I take whatever wrap I need to while spinning and hold the strings between my thumb and index finger until I let them down again. I find that my hands stay much mreo relaxed because I can use the natural curve and position of my fingers to hold the strings, rather than exerting pressure.

[XxStarDreamsxX]

Lack of potassium =D .. eat bananas =D..

It happened to me too at first =P.. you either learn to deal with them or exercise them more =D