lukeofgod -> RE: Cut thumb (Apr. 19 2013 8:38:48)
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ORIGINAL: Igglepud I have a blister on my thumb from the down-stroke, but it's healing. My problem is the cut on the top of my thumb. It's on the left side, near the nail. Hurts like crazy on every up-strum. Should I be using this part of my thumb for that strum? If so, does it just eventually "harden up", like my fretting hand did with calluses? I did a search on here for "thumb pain" but didn't find anything on this. most of it was about tendons and stretching. When I used to get thumb blisters, I would just keep doing pulgar exercises until it felt like I couldn't handle the pain anymore. This may sound stupid but I found it helped create a much more stronger callus and now I never get a blister, just a permanent callus. As for the top of your thumb, I could see how some of your skin could come in contact while up stroking but never have I developed a cut from that. Just let the cut heal and be careful to not let the skin on the top of your thumb rub against the strings, instead let your thumb nail do the work.
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