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Unread post by Grachi » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:55 pm

my hand is hurting...

the fleshy part on your palm at the edge of your hand, under where your pink y is, is swollen I think too.

I think im doing something wrong.
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Unread post by DaveyeahMatthews » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:01 pm

quit wackin off
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Unread post by Grachi » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:03 pm

i mean when I play guitar
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Unread post by DaveyeahMatthews » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:22 pm

ik. do you have you thumb placed directly on the back of the neck? thats where it should be unless you are bending, or using your thumb like JM. idk what else could be the problem
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Unread post by Grachi » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:36 pm

no, thats probably what is messing me up... the tip of my thumb is usually covering the dots on the side of the neck
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:44 pm

yea, don't do that
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Unread post by Grachi » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:56 pm

yea... shit. hopefully i haven't messed up my hand/ wrist now. I had this happen occasionally before but thought it was just from playing a lot of dave (which tends to be stretches)...

I'm gonna lay off on the guitar until this weekend to give it a break.
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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:53 pm

Grachi wrote:yea... shit. hopefully i haven't messed up my hand/ wrist now. I had this happen occasionally before but thought it was just from playing a lot of dave (which tends to be stretches)...

I'm gonna lay off on the guitar until this weekend to give it a break.
i wouldn't do that. i would just play less for the next couple days and focus on correct hand form. it'll still hurt a little, but if you just quit cold turkey for a while, your muscles will just contract and it could make it worse. playing just a little allows them to still stretch a bit and loosen up
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Unread post by sfmartins » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:09 am

Stop playing for a couple of days but still move your hand and do some stretching exercises.

When you play, make sure your left (and right) wrist is relaxed and let your left hand "drop down", putting you thumb at the back of the neck (not on the dots), unless you are playing some particular chords, like an A major or John Mayer stuff.

Make sure you do that, even if it's hard at the beginning. Play slower and make sure you have the right movements there, otherwise you might be developing a "handicap"...

Good luck man.
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Unread post by paulaitchison » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:15 am

yesterday i set myself the chalenge of playing non stop dm songs for 1 hour,

fuck did my hand hurt.
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Unread post by bighuk » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:01 am

eh, it seems that the only time my hand ever hurts is from playing billies.
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