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Location: south east Michigan | About 12 days ago I hyper-extended the thumb on my right hand. Since then I have been relegated to changing strings. Not a single chord strummed or picked.
I've been being real careful with it and I hope to be back in the saddle in a week.
Bm, C, G7, and even you E-flat... I miss you all. :( |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I didn't think anyone would miss an E-flat!!
I hope your hand is feeling better soon. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Good time to learn some fingerpickin technique with the 4 good fingers. The thumb will come along naturally when it heals. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OW! My heart goes out to you. Back in 1990, I was coring apples when the knife slipped. Actually took a chunk out of the bone in my right thumb. It did nerve damage, and I couldn't play at all for a year! Even now, when I get excited, I grab a little too hard on the neck and it shoots pain all the way up into my armpit. The tip of my thumb feels like it's "asleep", but at least I can still play.
The good thing that came out of it though, was I got a harp. (Not a harmonica, but a Celtic harp.) The accident happened at the end of October, and I didn't freak out and act like my world was ending. Instead, I just thanked God that I had the opportunity to have ever played at all, and wondered what was next. So in early December, I was at a party where someone had a harp, and he let me try it. No pain, and I could make music on it. So I bought one, learned to play it, and unfortunately, when I got to where I could play guitar again, I stopped putting as much time into the harp, and now, I don't play it very well. My own fault! (And now I can hear you wondering, if I could play a beautiful sounding harp at one time, WHY in the world am I now learning BANJO?!!) |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OOPS. I meant my LEFT thumb. (Guess the banjo has addled my brain.) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I put my right index finger into a fan and chopped off flesh to the bone. And to answer your question, no, I didn't do it intentionally. Seeing my bone was strange. Luckly, it only took a month to heal. My wife told me to play with a hook. She's funny ... like a crutch sometimes. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I think I'd rather have a cut than a sprain.
Although I want no part of a cut like Canterbury's.
Back in the good old days I'd give myself a day, day & a half to heal and be right back at it. Not anymore. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Welcome to old age, Brad! :p |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
(Guess the banjo has addled my brain.) They tend to do that! ;)
During my guitar hiatus, I played so much base/softball that there was no way I could play a git due to sprained thumbs and bruised palms. Actually I'm surprised that my hands can still form chords.
That doesn't mean that I CAN play guitar now... :rolleyes:
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Location: Vernon CT | OUCH!!! Sorry to hear that! My Sister plays Viola and Guitar. 8 weeks ago she spilled HOT Flan on her hand and actually "fused" 2 fingers together. She will be playing again in a week or 2.So, after experiencing her pain, I feel your's!
Heal up Quick! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Flan is one of my favorite desserts, but I'd rather eat it than wear it. All joking aside though, that must have been the most painful (physically and mentally) thing she has ever undergone. I'm so glad to hear she's going to be OK though. Send her my best wishes. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I know of only two ways to hyper-extend one's thumb and of those two, only one is enjoyable...
I hope you at least enjoyed it, Bradley. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | btw, I stuck an Oyster knife deep into the knuckle of my left ring finger... it always feels "asleep" like CS sez...
Good thing my playing hasn't suffer'd... |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Good thing my playing hasn't suffer'd... Probably improved it..... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I know of only two ways to hyper-extend one's thumb and of those two, only one is enjoyable...
I hope you at least enjoyed it, Bradley. Jeff... even tho I don't know what the hell you're talking about, your posts like this always make me smile.
Even if they shouldn't.
crocs rule. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
btw, I stuck an Oyster knife deep into the knuckle of my left ring finger Been there, done that (several times)... but it's worth it for some fresh Apalachicola 'O's!!! :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Isn't there something in New York City called the "bagel cut"?
I thought I read something once about how New York emergency rooms get alot of these slice across the palm injurys on the weekend. |
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Location: Tennessee | "The Dreaded Right Hand Injury"
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, Brad. Hang in there. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Hope I die before I get old.
Oops, too late.
-Steve W. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I find that I tend to try to avoid activities that could wind up hurting my hands. It started with doing things more with the left hand so I wouldn'r break the nails on the right. Now I just tend to give the task a quick think through before I attempt it to check the danger level. It doesn't always work but sometimes it does. Like getting locked out of the house, pound on the door with a shoe or something, not your fist. Stuff like that. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Flan is one of my favorite desserts, but I'd rather eat it than wear it. All joking aside though, that must have been the most painful (physically and mentally) thing she has ever undergone. I'm so glad to hear she's going to be OK though. Send her my best wishes. C.S.,
Thank-you and I'll let her know.
Bob |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Did she make a second batch of Flan? If so when is desert, it's my fav too. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Okay.... I'll be the one to ask.
What's Flan??? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | a mexican desert, like an egg custard with some caramel type syrup poured over it. Actually the syrup is in the bottom of the container when it's all cooked and then it's flipped onto the plate and the syrup is then on top and runs down the sides.
excellent. |
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Location: NJ | I prefer the Fried Ice Cream . . . |
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The Dreaded Right Hand Injury
