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I can't play the guitar anymore

Unread post by gravedigger » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:08 pm

I was kinda playing Fool To Think when suddenly I got an intense sharp pain in my freakin' pinky in around the knuckle closest to the tip. Everytime I put pressure on it, I get an unnatural pain from there. So I think the best thing to do is not play for awhile and let it heal or pass or whatever it does to get back to normal. Hopefully it'll get better before the contest.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:53 pm

sleep it off.

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Unread post by gravedigger » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:14 pm

6StringSamurai wrote:sleep it off.
yeah, it happened yesterday, so I thought I could sleep it off last night, but the pain came back. It should pass though.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:20 pm

aww that sucks

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Unread post by dustin » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:04 pm

how old are you man?

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Unread post by gravedigger » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:08 pm

dustin wrote:how old are you man?
me, I'm 22
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Unread post by ticohans » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:15 pm

hope the finger starts working soon, grave. i know that i go into withdrawal if i can't get to a decent guitar after a few days...

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Unread post by gravedigger » Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:06 pm

yeah I played a bit today with 3 fingers - just like the old days where I didn't use my pinky much. I use as much as my others now.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:28 pm

yea same here felt wierd not having that 4th calous.

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Unread post by Tamjim » Sun Jan 19, 2003 1:05 pm

Sorry about the finger. I hate wierd shit like that. Give it some R&R. Tough to play Crash without it.

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Unread post by gravedigger » Sun Jan 19, 2003 1:11 pm

Tamjim wrote:Sorry about the finger. I hate wierd shit like that. Give it some R&R. Tough to play Crash without it.
thanks, yeah it's better now so I'm good to go. I just took a bit of abreak from playing for awhile, it didn't take that long to feel better.
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Unread post by PilotC150 » Sun Jan 19, 2003 5:16 pm

if it stil hurts after a few days you should get it xrayed.

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Unread post by gravedigger » Sun Jan 19, 2003 5:20 pm

PilotC150 wrote:if it stil hurts after a few days you should get it xrayed.

hope ya feel better.
thanks yeah its fine now -- no pain.

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Unread post by slapman24 » Sun Jan 19, 2003 5:52 pm

ya know what it is?
i had the same deal happen to me and it turned out to be a lil arthritis.. if you play your pinkey double jointed and bend just the last tip of it like i do you'll get crazy pain for a while... i broke my finger playing basketball (my pinky) and had it check out after the cast came off because i thought i rebroke it by playing guitar.. but it was the arthritis.. nothin to worry about.. just give it time to heal
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Unread post by gravedigger » Sun Jan 19, 2003 6:25 pm

slapman24 wrote:ya know what it is?
i had the same deal happen to me and it turned out to be a lil arthritis.. if you play your pinkey double jointed and bend just the last tip of it like i do you'll get crazy pain for a while... i broke my finger playing basketball (my pinky) and had it check out after the cast came off because i thought i rebroke it by playing guitar.. but it was the arthritis.. nothin to worry about.. just give it time to heal
yeah it was a weird sharp pain in the middle of playing. and it hurt like hell every time I'd try to play. it lasted about a week too. prolly is arthritis. oh well. did you pinky get jammed on the ball by a pass or something? that happened to me a few times playing bball, you can get some nasty finger sprains, and the pinky is weaker so I can see how could break. hope you don't have any problems with it

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