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Djing Injuries What are yours?
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Djing Injuries What are yours?

Ollie 3:51 PM - 30 September, 2018
I'm a mobile dj, I can't figure out how this happens but after doing mobile gigs sometimes
my finger nails feel like they were being ripped apart from the finger. I also realize that after
being hunched over the dj set for an hour or so my lower back cramps up after when I straighten out. Is this usual for DJs?
deezlee 4:56 PM - 30 September, 2018
Raise yer table height.
My knee is effed up from years of carrying a 100lb sub with no castors or cart. Up stairs or wherever.
popnwave 6:04 PM - 30 September, 2018
I am 6'8" so my back is always an issue. I need a surface that is at least 35" high to not feel it the next day.
Ollie 8:08 PM - 30 September, 2018
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Raise yer table height.
My knee is effed up from years of carrying a 100lb sub with no castors or cart. Up stairs or wherever.


I prop my controller up a couple inches on the decksaver. Any suggestions on what I can use?Maybe a stack of books. lol Standard tables are 2.5 feet or 76 meters tall. I'm 5'8" so the controller is around waist level.
deezlee 2:43 PM - 1 October, 2018
If you have the right kind of table you can put lengths of pvc pipe on each leg to raise it up. I put my turntables on top of their cases.
Jvine 4:04 PM - 1 October, 2018
I don't think I've gotten any injuries out DJ'ing, except for trying to take down a speaker stand with cracked/broken knob. Cut my finger.

Other than that, my only injury is constantly smacking my shin on my sub when it's stored in my garage.
577er 5:23 PM - 1 October, 2018
When I was younger I hurt my back (not permanently thank god) thinking I could do a one man operation with yorkville EF500P tops. They sounded amazing but it was a bad idea. Much happier with sub 40lbs tops vs 80+lbs tops.
TurtleFaceBrownNoser 5:42 PM - 1 October, 2018
Sprained fingers from crab scratching.
slimmjimm 6:37 PM - 1 October, 2018
My soul is broken from bad requests.
SUBSTANCE 8:15 PM - 1 October, 2018
over exposure to loud volume
dj_soo 10:07 PM - 1 October, 2018
I recently picked up my scratching game and have also been doing the one-deck setup for a lot of my smaller gigs and it’s causing some pretty bad tendinitis in my right arm.
Chino 11:48 PM - 1 October, 2018
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My soul is broken from bad requests.


+1
HighTopFade 1:48 AM - 2 October, 2018
The usual, hearing damage.
DJ Reflex 1:50 AM - 3 October, 2018
Had my pride damaged once!