What are the dangers of drumming?
Drumming-related injuries are very common (lifetime history was 68%). The upper limb (especially the wrist) and the lower back are the most commonly affected body parts. The two most frequently reported drumming-related injury diagnoses are tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
The two most frequently reported medical diagnoses for these injuries are tendinitis and CTS, and evidence that the known biomechanical risk factors for these two injuries are present in drumming at levels that could lead to their development is beginning to accumulate.
Drumming is a great workout for your brain and actually can make you smarter because when you drum you access your entire brain. Research shows that the physical transmission of rhythmic energy to the brain actually synchronizes the left and right hemispheres.
People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a new study suggest that they have fewer, but thicker fibers in the main connecting tract between the two halves of the brain. In addition, their motor brain areas are organized more efficiently.
Drummer's tendinitis of the wrist is a common problem for drummers due to repetitive hand and wrist movements associated with drumming. It may occur in musicians who play for long periods of time without rest.
Should I be worried? Your hands shouldn't bleed when you're drumming. While it's probably not a major medical concern, you should make some changes to avoid a splatter – especially if it's on someone else's kit.
The most challenging part of learning the drums is the coordination required to play multiple rhythms at once. Both of your hands and feet have to play something different simultaneously. That is why it's important for drummers to know how to count music.
This means during an hour of playing the drums around 400-600 calories are burned. That's the same kind burn rate as going for a run! With this comes an increase in heart rate, and blood flow circulation increases too.
Being a professional musician quadruples your likelihood of suffering noise-induced hearing loss and increases the risk for tinnitus by more than half. And drummers experience more hearing loss than any other musician.
Being a professional musician quadruples your likelihood of suffering noise-induced hearing loss and increases the risk for tinnitus by more than half. And drummers experience more hearing loss than any other musician.
Do drummers have high IQ?
A study from Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet showed that drummers who had better rhythm scored higher on an intelligence test and showed a correlation between using multiple limbs to keep a steady beat and a natural ability to problem solve.
Numbness, tingling, and even weakness of the hands are unfortunately all too familiar to drummers. This type of repetitive strain injury is known as carpal tunnel syndrome, which comes from pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist.
