gj Michelob -> RE: Please help! (Injury) (Aug. 12 2009 20:43:59)
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Thanks for the kind words Florian. You are a wonderful human being, Florian Remus. This Forum is awesome at large, and I have grown so attached to many members, but I will always have a particularly weak spot for the openhanded, altruistic and dearly compassionate Australian Robin Hood in this friendly Sherwood for Flamencos. You were the first to warmly welcome me in, and I am so glad to see over and over again, it was not a sporadic coincidence. As to your lines, Isa, I too tend to develop them when allowed to indulge playing to my heart’s content . Although not clinically diagnosed, I tend to compulsively obsess when absorbed by the sweet despair of my composition; I will play endlessly until it finally settles, and then I will play more until I learn it. The depression in the skin causes a burning sting, and certainly may worry you. The problem however has significantly subsided since taking the following precautions, I suggest you consider (if not already following them) (i) rest your hands from playing for a day or two when experiencing pain; pain signals that rest is indeed needed (and from any excessive unctuous creams you are using, it just ain’t cool to smell like your mom); (ii) try light (normal tension) strings, they may feel dull initially but will reward you immensely; (iii) have your guitar’s action lowered, to decrease the amount of string-pressure you are now possibly forced to antagonize; (iv) work on curving your left hand more over the strings (as in the opposite of a rock style guitar); (v) do not bite, send or cut your skin off; We just had a thread on hand surgery –I just had it and Florian is planning one-: musicians are exposed to a varieties of conditions and injuries. Exercise and warm up your hands, before you play and take breaks.
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