WEBVTT 00:00:00.602 --> 00:00:03.086 Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com Hello! RINA here. 00:00:03.376 --> 00:00:07.086 I get questions about this from time to time, NOTE Paragraph 00:00:07.086 --> 00:00:11.412 and today I will be talking a little about how I train my body. 00:00:11.412 --> 00:00:17.987 I don't do anything like limit myself for a diet, 00:00:17.987 --> 00:00:22.615 but as playing the drums for live performances is pretty hard to do, 00:00:22.615 --> 00:00:29.415 there are things to take care with when building up your physical strength and training your body for that, 00:00:29.415 --> 00:00:33.584 as well as mental aspects to consider. 00:00:33.584 --> 00:00:35.745 I will be talking about these things. 00:00:35.745 --> 00:00:39.448 I've mentioned this many times, 00:00:39.448 --> 00:00:42.648 but I first started playing the drums when I was 15 in my third year of middle school. 00:00:42.648 --> 00:00:44.797 Back then I just tried to increase the things I could do, 00:00:44.797 --> 00:00:53.078 such as playing an eight-beat rhythm or four-on-the-floor. 00:00:53.078 --> 00:00:59.901 I didn't at all think about my body while playing my instrument. 00:00:59.901 --> 00:01:03.056 That thought never occured to me. 00:01:03.056 --> 00:01:08.529 I prioritized being able to play my instrument and didn't consider anything else. 00:01:09.172 --> 00:01:12.361 That continued for about five years, 00:01:12.361 --> 00:01:17.323 until I was around 20 years old. 00:01:17.552 --> 00:01:19.115 Thinking about it now, 00:01:19.115 --> 00:01:23.210 I wasn't really worried about anything and I didn't have any problems, 00:01:23.210 --> 00:01:30.472 so I just played in way that made it easier for me. 00:01:30.974 --> 00:01:38.494 I kept on going without paying attention to my body. 00:01:38.494 --> 00:01:48.472 Then, sometimes my wrists would feel tired and hurt. 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.066 I would ice them down after playing. 00:01:53.596 --> 00:01:58.700 I made sure to always cool them down. 00:01:59.647 --> 00:02:03.590 I'm sure there are people who know this is a basic thing for drummers to do, 00:02:03.590 --> 00:02:05.630 but I really didn't know anything. 00:02:05.736 --> 00:02:12.454 I thought the pain and discomfort I felt was due to something small like fatigue, 00:02:12.454 --> 00:02:19.454 and I was doing things in a way where that would gradually be resolved. 00:02:20.731 --> 00:02:24.601 I would be back to normal after icing them. 00:02:24.681 --> 00:02:29.909 I would stretch for a while, head to rehearsals, 00:02:29.909 --> 00:02:34.339 play the actual show, and ice my wrists afterwards. 00:02:34.363 --> 00:02:37.869 My menu grew--well, I can't really call it a menu, 00:02:37.869 --> 00:02:44.242 but I made myself a routine where I'd stretch properly and then play the drums. 00:02:44.391 --> 00:02:52.974 I started doing this when I was about 22, 23 years old. 00:02:53.522 --> 00:02:58.685 I didn't have any problems with that method, 00:02:58.685 --> 00:03:04.953 but when I turned 25, I suddenly started feeling discomfort in my lower back. 00:03:04.953 --> 00:03:08.113 I didn't really think much about it at the time 00:03:08.113 --> 00:03:13.262 and chalked it up to fatigue or stiffness. 00:03:13.262 --> 00:03:16.508 I thought it'd get better if I just rested. 00:03:16.508 --> 00:03:19.516 It suddenly disappeared on its own after about a week, 00:03:19.516 --> 00:03:22.525 so I thought it was just due to fatigue. 00:03:22.525 --> 00:03:25.655 I forgot all about that discomfort. 00:03:25.655 --> 00:03:27.386 A little bit of time passed, 00:03:27.386 --> 00:03:33.996 and when we were in the latter half of a tour, my lower back felt weird again. 00:03:33.996 --> 00:03:36.863 It felt heavy. 00:03:37.156 --> 00:03:39.051 I went to get a massage. 00:03:39.051 --> 00:03:43.398 It was an aroma oil massage and it felt nice, 00:03:43.398 --> 00:03:49.888 but that heaviness and little bit of pain didn't go away at all the next day. 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:56.201 It felt like a lump of pain that wouldn't go away. 00:03:56.201 --> 00:03:59.611 That never really happened before, 00:03:59.611 --> 00:04:01.921 so I went to the hospital. 00:04:01.921 --> 00:04:04.631 There, I had them do all kinds of exams, 00:04:04.631 --> 00:04:06.856 and I interpreted what they told me as, 00:04:06.856 --> 00:04:12.939 "There doesn't really seem to be anything wrong," "Perhaps you're mistaken," "You should get better in a bit." 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:18.812 I left feeling like I was ignored. 00:04:18.962 --> 00:04:23.215 The pain still didn't go away after a month. 00:04:23.215 --> 00:04:29.987 When I drummed, I felt like I was getting into the habit of bending my lower back. 00:04:29.987 --> 00:04:33.626 The pain was still bearable then. 00:04:33.626 --> 00:04:44.054 One of our roadies introduced me to a doctor that specializes in caring for the body, 00:04:44.054 --> 00:04:48.054 and I had the doctor come on tour with us. 00:04:48.061 --> 00:04:54.239 They continued to watch what I could do. 00:04:54.239 --> 00:05:01.524 I couldn't really go and see a doctor at a hospital who could tell me exactly what's going on. 00:05:01.524 --> 00:05:07.639 I continued to have this unexplainable sense of discomfort. 00:05:07.653 --> 00:05:12.060 I kept on touring like that, 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:18.050 and one day I suddenly felt a completely different level of pain I hadn't felt before, 00:05:18.050 --> 00:05:21.570 which I thought was weird. 00:05:21.664 --> 00:05:26.905 I went to see the doctor that our roadie introduced me to one more time, 00:05:26.905 --> 00:05:32.190 and they told me that I had sciatica. 00:05:32.425 --> 00:05:34.488 At any rate, my lower back was in pain. 00:05:34.488 --> 00:05:43.487 I was told that I needed to improve my strength to support my lower back by doing muscle training. 00:05:43.487 --> 00:05:45.667 I starting doing Pilates 00:05:45.761 --> 00:05:53.212 and doing training that I could do while still being in pain. 00:05:53.805 --> 00:05:55.855 I tried out a lot of things. 00:05:56.050 --> 00:06:02.755 I began to come across Pilates exercises that I couldn't do, 00:06:02.755 --> 00:06:09.175 and I felt like I couldn't do them due to there being too much training to build up the necessary strength. 00:06:09.175 --> 00:06:13.512 At that time, my right leg-- 00:06:13.512 --> 00:06:19.207 the outside of my right ankle started to get really numb. 00:06:19.864 --> 00:06:27.664 My right leg felt really weird when I was sleeping, when I woke up, when I would sit, when I would stand. 00:06:27.831 --> 00:06:33.338 However, when we would play a show, a switch would be flipped and I would get an adrenaline rush, 00:06:33.708 --> 00:06:39.668 so I wouldn't be that bothered by the numbness or pain. 00:06:39.669 --> 00:06:47.819 I managed to endure it and kept training as much as I could on my days off. 00:06:47.979 --> 00:06:55.149 I was kind of worried that this training wouldn't actually fix it. 00:06:55.197 --> 00:06:58.817 So I went to a different hospital. 00:06:58.909 --> 00:07:09.219 There, I had an MRI done where they checked to see what was going on inside. 00:07:09.219 --> 00:07:13.426 The results came in, 00:07:13.715 --> 00:07:17.124 and I had a full-blown herniated disk. 00:07:17.870 --> 00:07:21.870 This often happens to drummers, 00:07:23.223 --> 00:07:26.413 and of course I knew of the term "herniated disk," 00:07:26.413 --> 00:07:29.753 but I never thought it would happen to me. 00:07:29.753 --> 00:07:34.845 I was quite surprised and shocked. 00:07:35.071 --> 00:07:36.885 I wasn't sure what to do, 00:07:36.885 --> 00:07:45.242 but knowing that I had a herniated disc and that this was the source of my pain 00:07:45.242 --> 00:07:50.264 was a little relieving--or rather, it provided me with peace of mind. 00:07:50.264 --> 00:07:58.615 It's so important to correctly know what's going on with your body. 00:07:58.887 --> 00:08:01.717 I think each hospital has its own strong points, 00:08:01.717 --> 00:08:07.748 bBut I wouldn't know that this is what I had if I didn't go to a hospital that's right for me, 00:08:07.748 --> 00:08:11.458 so I think it's important to try going to several different ones. 00:08:11.841 --> 00:08:23.706 I then thought about what I should do to be able to keep playing the drums. 00:08:23.883 --> 00:08:27.613 I needed to fix things little by little, 00:08:27.613 --> 00:08:30.534 so I started doing rehabilitation. 00:08:30.534 --> 00:08:33.884 I wasn't able to do training anymore. 00:08:34.221 --> 00:08:42.021 At that time, my posture wasn't very straight. 00:08:43.245 --> 00:08:50.474 I always felt numb from my lower back on my right side to my toes. 00:08:51.049 --> 00:08:53.463 How can I explain it? 00:08:53.757 --> 00:08:55.776 Just my right leg, 00:08:55.984 --> 00:09:00.720 It felt like it was always immersed in carbonated water. 00:09:01.388 --> 00:09:08.286 My left leg and my right leg felt completely different from each other. 00:09:08.442 --> 00:09:10.930 It was even hard to sleep. 00:09:11.173 --> 00:09:12.975 I couldn't sleep at all, 00:09:12.975 --> 00:09:16.645 and when I'd wake up in the morning, I couldn't get up quickly. 00:09:16.645 --> 00:09:18.268 How can I put it? 00:09:18.428 --> 00:09:22.459 When I slept this way, 00:09:22.821 --> 00:09:24.869 I couldn't get up like this. 00:09:25.232 --> 00:09:32.410 I had to turn on my side and push myself up with my hand. 00:09:32.443 --> 00:09:35.063 It felt like a workout. 00:09:35.063 --> 00:09:41.321 It makes you feel really anxious when you can't use your body the way you want to. 00:09:41.321 --> 00:09:45.757 I got to the point where I'd be like, "I wonder if I can play our next show." 00:09:45.757 --> 00:09:48.697 That's how tough it was for me. 00:09:48.697 --> 00:09:52.039 It was hard for me to tell people about it. 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.704 It's not like I was spewing out blood or withering away. 00:09:56.731 --> 00:10:03.691 But I talked about the trouble I was having with the other members and our manager. 00:10:03.871 --> 00:10:08.442 Even during rehearsals everyone would match my pace, 00:10:08.442 --> 00:10:16.439 and they told me to just take things easy during shows. 00:10:16.439 --> 00:10:21.905 The body care doctor would be on standby on the side of the stage. 00:10:22.212 --> 00:10:29.040 If something happened during a show, even it's right in the middle of it, 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:35.711 we could take a break, I could get myself adjusted, and we'd continue playing. 00:10:35.711 --> 00:10:38.131 That's what our entire team told me. 00:10:43.676 --> 00:10:48.186 It was such great moral support. 00:10:48.824 --> 00:10:50.801 Looking back on things, 00:10:50.801 --> 00:10:58.486 our 47-prefecture tour where we played 53 performances around the country, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:58.486 --> 00:11:03.880 that was like a bout between my body and my emotions. 00:11:03.880 --> 00:11:11.263 Also, during SCAFES, our 10th anniversary show held outdoors, 00:11:11.263 --> 00:11:16.199 my back was tightly taped up. 00:11:16.328 --> 00:11:20.655 When we held a hall tour in support of our album "HONEY" 00:11:21.054 --> 00:11:28.353 and I was taking painkillers for nerve pain, 00:11:28.696 --> 00:11:32.753 the other members' and staff's words made me feel secure. 00:11:32.892 --> 00:11:34.828 They told me, "No matter what happens, it's okay. 00:11:34.828 --> 00:11:38.220 Don't worry about it and just give it your best shot." 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:42.015 They gave me that sense of security as we toured. 00:11:42.467 --> 00:11:46.513 After doing rehab for a year and a half, 00:11:46.513 --> 00:11:53.323 I finally got my body to move the way I wanted it to. 00:11:53.375 --> 00:12:02.930 When I had first started rehab, I wasn't sure it could truly get me back normal. 00:12:02.930 --> 00:12:08.427 They asked me use small movements to turn back as far as I could, 00:12:08.552 --> 00:12:10.678 but this was as far as I could go. 00:12:10.678 --> 00:12:15.558 I couldn't really turn myself that much. 00:12:15.757 --> 00:12:23.426 But as I did it little by little, my range of movement grew. 00:12:23.447 --> 00:12:25.335 I kept it up for a year and a half. 00:12:25.335 --> 00:12:28.064 It's thanks to the doctor who cared for me. 00:12:28.064 --> 00:12:33.342 It was tough, but experiencing that pain and discomfort 00:12:33.342 --> 00:12:37.233 and going through this rough time 00:12:37.233 --> 00:12:39.321 made me realize that, when I became able to move my body, 00:12:39.321 --> 00:12:46.543 I needed to build up a body that had the strength necessary to play for a long time. 00:12:46.543 --> 00:12:50.194 I'm not glad that this happened, 00:12:50.194 --> 00:12:56.775 but it's certainly important that this gave me the chance to think about that. 00:12:56.775 --> 00:13:00.045 It's calmed down quite a bit now 00:13:00.045 --> 00:13:04.863 and I now go to the gym and do personal training, 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:13.201 Like training my core, adjusting my balance, and building my stamina. 00:13:13.201 --> 00:13:19.825 I'm doing it in a reasonable range every time while consulting with my trainer. 00:13:20.137 --> 00:13:25.597 Training really is like an amulet for your emotions. 00:13:25.597 --> 00:13:31.962 I think it's important for me to do as much as I can. 00:13:32.255 --> 00:13:34.325 I'm taking it easy 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.204 and not overdoing it at all. 00:13:37.892 --> 00:13:43.574 For example, even if there are days when I'd want to meet up with someone or aren't feeling well, 00:13:44.136 --> 00:13:53.582 I will not judge myself by comparing myself to when I'm feeling well vs. myself when I'm not feeling well. 00:13:54.034 --> 00:14:03.069 Whatever my 100% is for that day is okay. 00:14:03.261 --> 00:14:05.891 So if there are people watching who are in a band, 00:14:05.891 --> 00:14:10.479 or people who play the drums, 00:14:10.852 --> 00:14:16.005 I want you guys to keep playing while taking care of your bodies. 00:14:16.168 --> 00:14:19.968 If a band member's health breaks down, 00:14:19.968 --> 00:14:26.015 I want you to give them moral support. 00:14:26.154 --> 00:14:29.612 Having that reassurance is really important. 00:14:29.811 --> 00:14:31.522 This instrument doesn't run on electricity, 00:14:31.522 --> 00:14:39.278 and I think it's interesting that everything, like your feelings and physical condition, is reflected in its sound. 00:14:39.581 --> 00:14:46.166 We'll be holding a livestream concert on August 21st, 00:14:46.833 --> 00:14:49.755 which is the day of our 14th anniversary, 00:14:50.201 --> 00:14:55.021 so please watch it if you'd like. 00:14:55.545 --> 00:14:58.483 I hope I've conveyed something to you. 00:14:58.483 --> 00:15:03.578 I kind of hit you with a lot, so some things might have been hard to understand. 00:15:04.595 --> 00:15:12.714 I will continue doing my best while interacting well with my body. 00:15:13.266 --> 00:15:15.877 Thanks so 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