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Originally Posted by ruger9
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09-17-2024 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RJVB
I discovered a pain in my left index finger's distal joint that only occurred when up the neck holding two adjacent stings down at the same fret. I resolved to take notice of things I did with that finger for a few days with an eye to anything new or changed from the past. Turns out there were two things.
The first I noticed a few minutes later as I raised my new coffee cup to drink. My niece had made a heavy ceramic cup for me with my name and my guitar painted on it. It had a handle ring that was only big enough to fit my index finger alone, so a bit of sideways force on that joint. I retired the cup and went back to the light big ring ones. In a few days the finger was much better but not totally.
The next thing I noticed was I'd been procrastinating replacing the recently faulty mechanism inside the tank and just holding down the flush handle with my finger for about 10 seconds at a time to get things to work. That was compressing the already stressed joint - a few days after ceasing that all was well.
So yes, monitor your thumb an take notice of everything you use it for on the lookout for something new or different, especially something repetitive.
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Originally Posted by pingu
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Originally Posted by pingu
I just fretted a chord with thumb over top and it was at a similar angle to the one in your photo...If you're getting pain in your other hand, maybe it's a circulation-related thing? Age/wear and tear are definitely a factor, so just take a break (and swear a bit if it helps)
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by ruger9
I agree with others that it's a strange place for arthritis. Like ruger, I have arthritis pain in both thumbs, in the joints, but not between the joints and the nail. Also, if you seem to be getting the pain in the other thumb, as well, some of the suggestions to examine how you use your thumbs extra-guitar-ly might be in order.
As a self-taught guitar player who learned on a very cheap Harmony with high action, I have thumb-wrapped for decades, even extending to the A string. And yes, I did it because I found it difficult to barre an F chord on that Harmony when I was 16.
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Seems like an odd spot for pain. I have no idea what would cause pain right in that spot, and not in the adjacent joint, except an injury.
My guess is that, if you saw a doctor about it, they wouldn't guess. Instead, they'd order an x-ray. If the x-ray didn't show anything, they'd probably tell you to stop doing whatever you were doing that makes it hurt. And, when you told them you didn't want to stop playing, the doc would shrug.
Anyway, the basic point is that you need a clear diagnosis before you can really point to a treatment plan.
Wait! Do I see a hint of swelling in the thumb-over-neck picture? Just possibly, a leak in the joint capsule could do that -- and does happen in arthritis. But there are probably more common reasons this could happen, like infection or something.
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Originally Posted by Ukena
I still have this contracted strand or something in my left shoulder that I asked about in spring, and I've taken back up an old habit of mine to keep it a bit under control: auto-massage with a big rotan staff (one of the last tangible souvenirs from my martial arts days). I hook my fully relaxed left hand over it behind my back, bend forward and roll it gently over the sore spot with my right hand somewhere up in the air holding the other end of the stick. The hematoma on my left hand is where it contacts the staff.
Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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