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My pinky hurts bad ! Help!
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Miguel de Maria
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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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RE: My pinky hurts bad ! Help! (in reply to koella)
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man, people are dropping like flies around here! First, terminology: When you say pinky, do you mean the chiquito or the smallest finger on the hand? pinky=chiquito. If this is what you meant, I wonder how the pinky could have been effected if it was not used in the exercise. The first thing you said was a clue to me: you were practicing it for an hour. You should never practice one technique that long. That is a great way to get injured. You should always mix up your practice. Picado, tremolo, lh, rh, pieces, ear training. If you mix it up, there is less a chance to overuse a single part. I think to keep practicing would be a bad idea. My advise is to give it rest and do some ear training/singing, and when you start practicing again, cease the practice of overworking a single exercise.
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Date Nov. 23 2005 20:42:59
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RE: My pinky hurts bad ! Help! (in reply to koella)
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man, people are dropping like flies around here! I think I may be one of those flies, but I hope I haven't dropped completely. I also think Ricardo hit the nail on the head. You have to find the source of the tension, and remove it. Since a recent injury I've experienced, I realized several things I've been doing that could be chalked up to poor technique. One thing I did to expose these weaknesses was to practice while my injury was hurting. You have to be really careful when doing this, but I found it useful to help determine which hand position were creating the tension. I really don't know if I would recommend this technique to everyone, but I had to know. Another part of my problem was changing the way I was holding the guitar. With my classical background, I naturally wanted to put the guitar on my left knee. This works great for my left hand, but not so great for my right, especially with rumba strumming patterns, and rumba is my favorite. So, I switched to the traditional right knee position. My right hand loves this one, but in the process of getting accustomed to this position, along with practicing a new style (flamenco), as well as new pieces (PDL-Guajiras, etc.), I think it was too much all at once. I know to take it slow, but I didn't realize that compounding all this 'newness' wasn't taking it slow. My wrist has been feeling somewhat better with anti-inflammatories, heat pad, massage and other exercises that were recommended. I've also started taking glucosamine, but I don't think it has had enough time to work. I wouldn't recommend practicing one technique for an hour, even if you are doing it in increments of 10 minutes. I'm envious of people who have never experienced this, but it can be a positive thing if you learn from it.
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Date Nov. 23 2005 22:19:45
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