[Loraine]

Hi @maryd and welcome to the TAC community. Stop playing if you have pain and ice the wrist for a bit. I played through pain in the past and it led to tendinitis and tennis elbow. I wasn’t able to play guitar for several months while it healed.

Great advice given by others to stretch before and after playing. One way to reduce some tension of power chords is to drop the pinky and just use the other 2 strings..