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I'd like to share a video from about 3 years ago, when I suffered a finger laceration that left me unable to use my index for a while.
For whatever reason I thought that I could start teaching beginners right before the injury happened, with 3 years of experience playing flamenco
It was depressing, but it also made me have fun with the limitation that was put on me. Here's a bit of bulerías compás (something so connected to the i finger that it's still weird watching this)
If any of you had similar experience with injuries, how did you guys overcome it?
Yeah, it left him unable to play so much of the old repertoire. Thankfully my recovery was pretty successful, but the feeling in my finger is completely different from what it used to be
RE: Playing while injured (in reply to TeoFlamenco2)
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If any of you had similar experience with injuries, how did you guys overcome it?
I've been recovering from focal dystonia in my right (strumming) hand and (after five years) am about 85-90% recovered. (E.g. I'm just now regaining the ability to play the tremolo falseta in "Fuente y Caudal" that I could play pre-injury; my arpeggio and picado are slowly returning, etc.).
In response to your question and for people with my kind of injury, there's more than enough challenging material using pulgar to keep one busy! (Think PDL's "Antonia" and the first couple falsetas in "Rio de la Miel," for example.) In general, look for material where the injury won't be an obstacle, and focus on that stuff. That will allow you to continue developing as a player while you're (hopefully) recovering, to say nothing about finding avenues that allow you to enjoy playing despite the setback.
Thanks. I'm almost 90% recovered and am cautiously optimistic that I can make it to 100%.
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A recent video from Victor Wooten talking about his focal dystonia journey.
Listening to him talk, I'm not confident he'll recover. Assuming the rehab exercises he's doing are effective, you have to do that stuff daily. But it sounds like he's managing to cope with it.
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