Woah…tense shoulders!!!

I got carried away playing last night, but sure must have been tensing my shoulders. All night my shoulders and upper back were tied in knots. I remembered a warm up I used to do: making big figure 8’s with the entire arm, rolling from the shoulders. I’ve been doing them this morning, will have to make them a routine. I remember playing in a Hotel that had the piano situated in a draft, actually a howling gale straight from outside!! I wore a sweat shirt under my tux to keep from freezing, and developed the worst stiff back I have ever had. play piano