Playing rock music - help!

[caz]

I'm playing for Jesus Christ Superstar this week - the music totally rocks! The trouble is, it is so percussive that I end up just kind of bashing my arms up and down. This used to make my wrists hurt, then I tried not to hold the tension in my wrists and it made my arms hurt. Then I tried not to hold the tension in my arms and now it makes my shoulders kind of seize up after a couple of hours! What is the solution? Is there a solution? I'm going to be a mess by the end of the week at this rate!

[jod]

how did Jesus christ Superstar go?

I'd go to the osteopath and get yourself put back together after a week of playing that score.

[caz]

jod said:

how did Jesus christ Superstar go?

I'd go to the osteopath and get yourself put back together after a week of playing that score.

It went really well thanks Jo! Actually I'm not too bad - I tried to take it easy! However when I went to play some classical stuff my fingers didn't work as well as usual - too much chord playing!