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Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) writes about a kinda similar experience. He fell asleep with his arm hanging over the back of a chair. This pinched a nerve and caused
by CWuestefeld 4y ago
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) writes about a kinda similar experience. He fell asleep with his arm hanging over the back of a chair. This pinched a nerve and caused permanent damage, such that he was no longer able to play. IIRC, he needed surgery to get any muscular control at all, and then needed to relearn to play.
Mustaine's damage was probably less profound, but I think the fine control needed for the kind of thing he does is rather more extreme than Mitchell's.
ETA: here's a lousy article on it, from a music industry rag. He talks about it in much more detail in his autobiography. Below is a quote from https://blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-s-dave-mustaine-how-i-injured-my-arm https://blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-s-dave-mustaine-how-i...
On January 7th, 2002, while at the [drug rehab] hospital, I sat on a chair which I hung my arm over the back of. The hard edge along the top of the seat back cut off the circulation to my radial ulnar nerve. After approximately two hours I woke up and my left hand was numb. I went to the nurse's station and they said it was the hair-tie I had on my wrist. I wish. I had to go into town to see a specialist and he said that I would be lucky if I ever gained even 80% of the use of my arm again. This was unacceptable for me, so I left the rehab, against medical advice and when home to Scottsdale, Az. to get my arm checked out by a city doctor. My Dr. Rahj Singh, a expert in nerve damage, spinal damage, etc. said that I may get 100% use of my arm, but that I would never play the same. He then prescribed the braces you see [here]: Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3. I then proceeded to Nathan Koch for physical therapy for 4 months of sessions, three times a week, 1-1.5 hours a day. After I finally got my feeling back in my hand, I realized that I could not even hold a feather in that hand and started a grueling 1-year weight-training program. 13 months after I hurt myself, a personal assistant that had worked for me died in hospice of drug damage, and I was asked to play. It was the first time I had held a guitar since November 17, 2001. Since then, I have completely healed and started taking lessons intermittently to re-learn my trade. After an additional 5 months I decided that I was going to play again, but that is another story.
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- Unklejoe 4y agoWow. I had no idea that was something that could happen. I would have expected you to wake up before damaging yourself like that - sort of like falling asleep in the bath tub.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoI ninja edited my post to include a short description of his experience.
- JauntyHatAngle 4y agoIirc he was sobering up at the time (rehab clinic) so it's possible he was drug assisted at the time.
- WaxProlix 4y agoI've heard it called Drunk's Palsy (long term effects) or Saturday Night Palsy (shorter term, less severe). Falling asleep in such a way that circulation is cut off to an area, causing damage that normally your body would move to prevent. Drugs and alcohol impede that input to the brain so you don't toss and turn as much, I guess.
- 7thaccount 4y agoOne day last year I noticed I couldn't feel part of my leg after my wife had sat in my lap for a few minutes earlier in the night. It freaked me out as I still had no feeling in it the next day. The doctor told me it was pinched and would regrow over time. It took about a month to get full feeling back.
- marvin 4y agoThe phenomenon is well known to bondage affectionados who know what they’re doing. They will regularly get pinched nerves and lose sensation, which is an absolute no-go to just «power through». Communication is essential, and many learn to subtly shift to stop the pinching without completely stopping the scene. Accidents are really frightening, and can happen due to inexperience, carelessness, lack of communication or just really getting caught up in the monent.
- adamesque 4y agoSparklehorse's Mark Linkous permanently damaged his legs and almost died after passing out / ODing overnight with his legs folded beneath him. https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9745-the-sad-and-beautiful-world-of-sparklehorses-mark-linkous/ https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9745-the-sad-and-beau...
- bavell 4y agoWow I had no idea! Saw them live around 2007-2009 and was one of the best concerts I've been to, really solid lineup and performances.
- agumonkey 4y agoPhysical nerve damage can be hard but brain damage can fuck perception of limbs entirely, not just fine control. That said music is not just about gesture and technique, higher abstraction about rhythm and harmonic patterns are not related to biomechanics. That may help relearning.