My Pinky Hurts |
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My Pinky Hurts |
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Mar 3 2008, 12:01 AM |
hey, just wondering... my pinky finger hurts ONLY when im playing guitar.
its fine when im not playing and doing ordinary things but when it place it on the fretboard it hurts like hell and i cant use it when playing. has anyone else had this problem? -------------------- Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/ Dual EMG 81 Pickups. Size 11 Strings. Ibanez GRG170DX w/ Scallopd frets 17-24 - w/ Dimebucker and APH-1. Tanglewood TW28 STR DLX CE INDIANA Acoustic Guitar NEW: Dean Deceiver w/ EMG 81/EMG 85 Pickups Effects: Pod XT Live AND Pod X3 Live Recording: Cubase SX3 My Bands Myspace Act Of Silence Songs: Fly From The Inside (Cover) So Far Away Down Break The Cycle Never Again (Cover) Crash Wake Me More Acoustic Songs: Chris Kerswell Soundclick Page Check out Munta's Step By Step Songwriting Lesson |
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Mar 3 2008, 02:00 AM |
how long does it hurts man? maybe you need some time off...
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Mar 3 2008, 02:05 AM |
Where abouts in the finger is the pain? just the tip of your finger? or the whole finger??
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Mar 3 2008, 09:29 AM |
My guess is that if it hurts while playing the guitar you got the injury from playing the guitar. So take a rest for a few days.
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Mar 3 2008, 09:32 AM |
some things that helped stop my pinky hurting were: using less pressure on hte fretboard and doing slower, longer warmups
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Mar 3 2008, 10:29 AM |
the pain is between my knuckele and the middle of my finger, its really odd :S
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Mar 3 2008, 10:54 AM |
And another thing- how are you practising? Stood up with high/low strap, sat down with guitar on right leg or with guitar on left leg in a classical position?
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Mar 3 2008, 11:47 AM |
Hm... maybe you're too tense in your fingers
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Mar 3 2008, 11:49 AM |
hey, just wondering... my pinky finger hurts ONLY when im playing guitar. its fine when im not playing and doing ordinary things but when it place it on the fretboard it hurts like hell and i cant use it when playing. has anyone else had this problem? Yes I have had exactly this symptom - and the fact that in only hurts when you are playing is (to me) proof that you got it while playing. Take this very seriously and read more here: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=10991 |
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Mar 3 2008, 11:50 AM |
Can you tell us how long do you experience pain? Maybe you did some stretching exercises in the past few weeks ha ?
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Mar 3 2008, 12:19 PM |
it hurts only when i press down slightly.
it just started to happen, ive been playing like this for 3 years. as for my position, i play standing up when im playing with my band or sitting down when practicing at home/playing acoustic stuff. -------------------- Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/ Dual EMG 81 Pickups. Size 11 Strings. Ibanez GRG170DX w/ Scallopd frets 17-24 - w/ Dimebucker and APH-1. Tanglewood TW28 STR DLX CE INDIANA Acoustic Guitar NEW: Dean Deceiver w/ EMG 81/EMG 85 Pickups Effects: Pod XT Live AND Pod X3 Live Recording: Cubase SX3 My Bands Myspace Act Of Silence Songs: Fly From The Inside (Cover) So Far Away Down Break The Cycle Never Again (Cover) Crash Wake Me More Acoustic Songs: Chris Kerswell Soundclick Page Check out Munta's Step By Step Songwriting Lesson |
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Mar 3 2008, 03:16 PM |
This is what I like to do, take the guitar, sit straight and close your eyes. THen play some familiar tune. All the time try to play it slowly and don't worry about speed, just to play it propely but very slow. During that time of playing concentrate on your whole body's muscles. Feel if any muscels in the arm are being tensed. You can localize the problem very quickly that way.
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Mar 3 2008, 03:30 PM |
I had a problem with pinky not so long ago.
I happened on gig...agnail...hurts like hell . Listen to advices above,sit straight,relax as much as possible and play some easy random stuff. Perhaps you were doing some nasty licks unprepared and now pinky needs some time to recover. -------------------- Youtube
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Mar 3 2008, 03:37 PM |
Perhaps you were doing some nasty licks unprepared and now pinky needs some time to recover. It is definitely connected to playing the guitar....if we only knew how.. Can you tell us what exercises did yuou practice recently, maybe we can shed some light on the subject. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Mar 4 2008, 10:54 AM |
recently i havnt been practicing as much.
but ive mainly been playing gigs and learning songs for the band -------------------- Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/ Dual EMG 81 Pickups. Size 11 Strings. Ibanez GRG170DX w/ Scallopd frets 17-24 - w/ Dimebucker and APH-1. Tanglewood TW28 STR DLX CE INDIANA Acoustic Guitar NEW: Dean Deceiver w/ EMG 81/EMG 85 Pickups Effects: Pod XT Live AND Pod X3 Live Recording: Cubase SX3 My Bands Myspace Act Of Silence Songs: Fly From The Inside (Cover) So Far Away Down Break The Cycle Never Again (Cover) Crash Wake Me More Acoustic Songs: Chris Kerswell Soundclick Page Check out Munta's Step By Step Songwriting Lesson |
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