[Bo Eder]

So are you saying that you're too old to perhaps learn things correctly?

Maybe you should get with a good teacher and s/he could suggest some things that you're doing wrong. Then get with your doctor and/or a chiropractor to see if there's anything wrong with your body that physical drumming is causing.

I think if you really love doing it, then it'll be worth it to at least begin working on the ergonomic end. I'm 44 and still playing, and there are players who are alot older. Every now and then I deal with bad circulation to my hands, but my chiropractor discovered it was a pinched nerve in my neck, so we work on that and it's slowly getting better.

But it won't happen overnight - apparently it took you 20 years to get this bad. So it'll take some time to fix alot of things. But it can be done if you want it enough.