Finger Strength, Just uncomfortable, no "pain" Options

[Anomaly]

Hi!

I haven't been practising a lot lately (due to my wrist; I also have a little pain in my back, but that's for the complaint post ) but still my left hand fingers feel a little awkward. Like right now I'm not using my index to type.
Also I did strength exercises for my fingers with this rubber ring (kinda like the grip master) for a few days about a week or two ago. I didn't exaggerate and nothing was wrong then.

Now, the thing is that it's not painful. But the fingers, especially the index finger, feels a little swollen when I make a fist (or even when my fingers are half an inch away from the palm - making a fist). If you look really hard you can see that it's a little bigger.

So is this something to be concerned about, or is this just my muscles building up?


Because I would say that it's just my muscles, but it feels bloated. So maybe it's because my muscles are so strong they got too big for my fingers.

[MickeM]

So is this something to be concerned about, or is this just my muscles building up?

Exactly where is it swollen? To me it doesn't sound like your finger is ok. But just to make sure, why don't you go see a doctor?

Is it the joint that's swollen? Then rest! Is the swollen area red, or does it feel warm - sign of possible inflammation.

I don't mean to alarm you Don't see me, see a real doctor!

[Anomaly]

.., why don't you go see a doctor?

I don't like them.

No, the joint doesn't look swollen, mostly the meaty parts on the inner side that go to the first knuckles (counting from palm to the fingertips) look a little (really little) bigger and I can feel them the most while making a fist. But if I fret or try to type with the index, then the whole finger feels strange. And it's not red and doesn't feel warm.

It's just that when I read about how other's fingers adjusted, I don't read about feeling fingers bloated, only that they "hurt". Maybe it's the same thing.
And maybe the finger strengthening doesn't feel like other body parts strengthening?
Or that my fingers used to be extra weak?

I'm going to wait till I need surgery to go to the doctor.
No, I'm going to rest and see how it goes.

This post has been edited by Anomaly: Aug 9 2007, 10:05 PM

[MickeM]

I'm going to wait till I need surgery to go to the doctor.
No, I'm going to rest and see how it goes.

chicken!!!! Just kidding

When I've been working with carpentring at home lately, which I'm not used to, I've felt very quickly how my fingers bulked up. Maybe they get bloated a lot quicker than f.ex ones biceps and because of the quick change it feels different, or a bit strange when making a fist. I felt that way, but I couldn't see any swolling though my fingers infact were bigger/watier/bloated/muscular or whatever since I had to take off my wedding ring since it was stuck all of a sudden.

Could be that we suffer from the same disease

[Anomaly]

Could be that we suffer from the same disease

Yeah, and since we discovered it, we should name it. How about muscularity.

Thanks! I feel a lot better.

And when I said I'm going to rest, I really meant I'm going to keep on playing. But with a lot of caution, I won't do anything that could hurt, because I don't like (not fear) doctors. I'm not afraid of them, I'm just afraid of what they might do to me.

[MickeM]

Yeah, and since we discovered it, we should name it. How about muscularity.

Yeah, and lets complicate it a bit - "Unintentional massive local muscularity"

And when I said I'm going to rest, I really meant I'm going to keep on playing.

[Salivtomte]

Yeah, and lets complicate it a bit - "Unintentional massive local muscularity"

Sounds to me like your hand is either injured or really worked out, ive experienced both, when u are injured griping things tends to really hurt, and when you are worked out its more like youre to tired to move your fingers around the fretboard, in case its an injury, wich i belive it is you should go easy on the practicing for some days, but dont put the guitar down, practice slower stuff that smothen up your fingers, no rough bending, just give the hands a chanse to recover by practicing with smoth and mellow movements. And if the pain does not go away in, lets say a week, then you could contact a doctor.

[ibanezkiller]

I asked my mom lol... shes a doctor she said just rest them that hapened to me when i started skateboarding 4 years ago... Relax those suckers!! better to not have them for 2 days than your whole life

[Anomaly]

Yeah, and lets complicate it a bit - "Unintentional massive local muscularity"

Yeah! That way it will sound even cooler.

Sounds to me like your hand is either injured or really worked out, ive experienced both, when u are injured griping things tends to really hurt, and when you are worked out its more like youre to tired to move your fingers around the fretboard, in case its an injury, wich i belive it is you should go easy on the practicing for some days, but dont put the guitar down, practice slower stuff that smothen up your fingers, no rough bending, just give the hands a chanse to recover by practicing with smoth and mellow movements. And if the pain does not go away in, lets say a week, then you could contact a doctor.

Hmm, since it didn't hurt and since my hands didn't feel tired (just bigger and uncomfortable), then it really is Unintentional massive local muscularity.

Yeah, I'm going to take it easy.

And already now it's a lot better though I didn't do anything except watch CSI (Las Vegas). I think I've found the cure.
No, really, I stretched a lot and worked out a little, maybe that did it because I got my blood going and stretching of course. Though I'm still not using my index to type. So, I guess it's going to get even better and soon totally disappear.

I asked my mom lol... shes a doctor she said just rest them that hapened to me when i started skateboarding 4 years ago... Relax those suckers!! better to not have them for 2 days than your whole life

Thanks for the concern!!

You're right about resting, and I'm not going to play today (that much ) because it's already late. Gonna take it easy, and stop immediately if it's too strange.

This post has been edited by Anomaly: Aug 10 2007, 03:29 AM

[Rock]

Yeah! That way it will sound even cooler.
Hmm, since it didn't hurt and since my hands didn't feel tired (just bigger and uncomfortable), then it really is Unintentional massive local muscularity.

Yeah, I'm going to take it easy.

And already now it's a lot better though I didn't do anything except watch CSI (Las Vegas). I think I've found the cure.
No, really, I stretched a lot and worked out a little, maybe that did it because I got my blood going and stretching of course. Though I'm still not using my index to type. So, I guess it's going to get even better and soon totally disappear.
Thanks for the concern!!

You're right about resting, and I'm not going to play today (that much ) because it's already late. Gonna take it easy, and stop immediately if it's too strange.

It sounds like it's just a bit overworked. Just take it easy a few days and I'm sure it will be fine. Of course, the younger you are the quicker you will heal. My left forearm was all screwed up for awhile between working out and practicing guitar, so I took some time off on the workouts to give it a rest and iced like crazy to reduce inflamation. Now I am slowly increasing my workout routine and just being careful that I don't overdo it until I build back my stamina. At 43, it takes like 3 freakin months to heal instead of a few days to a week. My brain says go, go, go but my body says no, no, no! lol.

Just take it easy and you'll be fine.

[blindwillie]

I'll sign on this!
I've been rearranging the whole garden. Lawn and walkways and everything which is using muscles I'm not used too and after the first days may fingers and the whole hands felt bigger and different and I sort of had to relearn my playing style. To me anyway it's definitly a case of UMLM

But I do have more strength in my fingers now

[Anomaly]

It sounds like it's just a bit overworked. Just take it easy a few days and I'm sure it will be fine. Of course, the younger you are the quicker you will heal. My left forearm was all screwed up for awhile between working out and practicing guitar, so I took some time off on the workouts to give it a rest and iced like crazy to reduce inflamation. Now I am slowly increasing my workout routine and just being careful that I don't overdo it until I build back my stamina. At 43, it takes like 3 freakin months to heal instead of a few days to a week. My brain says go, go, go but my body says no, no, no! lol.

Just take it easy and you'll be fine.

Yeah, it felt like I was overworked, but the strange thing is I didn't play that much. I guess it all came down on me later.

Well, I'm 20, but I injured my knee (they said the cartilage got worned; I just steped/jumped and it started to hurt) a year and a half ago, but it still hurts me sometimes if I'm not careful, though it's a lot better.
Just like my wrist from playing (since a couple of months ago), I still can't lean on my palm, so I lean on my fist with the wrist straight.
So, it all depends on the injury and what you do with it, rather than how old are you. You'll be fine in no time.

To me anyway it's definitly a case of UMLM

But I do have more strength in my fingers now

[Muris Varajic]

Try GripMaster,I'm using it from time to time,helpful tool I must say.