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Beth Fridinger
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3/17/2008 4:46:10 PM
tendonitis anyone?
Well, injuries are common among us so I thought this would be a good topic of discussion.
Hi I had tendonitis in my ring fingera, called trigger finger, from trying to do Chuck Berry by the headstock and pushing myself and it got so bad I could not move the finger. I took these herbs from www.tendonitisrelief.com and I swear they really helped me get better faster..all natural anti inflammatories that helped with the inflammation. Docs told me tape the fingers don't use them at all which would have made me very unhappy and I was in a guitar class at Passim at the time so what I did was practiced guitar only 10 mins a day. I haven't tried much Chuck Berry and if I do it won't be any higher than the fifth fret!
SOME EXERCISES
I had a guitar teacher who gave me some good stretching exercises to do before playing that seem to help alleviate potential problems. It's amazing the injuries musicians can get. One exercise is to put out your left arm straight, take your right hand put it under your left palm and gently bend back your hand slowly and you will feel the muscles stretch in your arm...then gently pull back on each finger one at a time. Then you put your right hand on top of your left hand and you gently bend your hand down the other way...and again feel those muscles being stretched, and hold it a bit. I think these exercises help before playing. He also said when holding the guitar let your left arm extend out a little
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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3/17/2008 5:02:28 PM
I wish i'd read this a month ago-------i got it in my wrist then my elbow!
A friend tried some accupressure-------that moved it to my shoulder!
The doc gave me a shot of hydrocortisone and i stopped using my Right (picking) hand-----all better within a week!
But I realise my action was tense --not relaxed cos i was learning a new technique, and overdoing it!!
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Larry Migliore
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3/17/2008 5:13:30 PM
I suffer from triggers in both hands. I've had multiple cortisone injections in both hands. Not pleasant. I've been taking anti-inflamatories for years now. My guitar playing has suffered tremendously. Sometimes I stare at my Ovation and I want to cry.
I work with a co-writer who is a great player. So with what I know and the little I can play now, it works out in the end. Just wish I could still play, I mean really play.
Surgery is the only thing that will fix my problem, but I'm chicken and the trigger fingers always come back I'm told. Gonna check that site though. Thanks for sharing.
Larry
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Bruce Boyd
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3/17/2008 7:45:34 PM
Beth, those exercises are very similar to the ones the fruit pickers and vine pruners around here use - for similar reasons.
Just remember not to lock the elbow when you're stretching those fingers.
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Beth Fridinger
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3/17/2008 10:44:52 PM
that all natural inflammatory site is:
www.totaltendonitisrelief.com
if anybody wants to try it I highly recommend this herbal preparation.
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Beth Fridinger
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3/19/2008 9:46:32 AM
http://www.totaltendonitisrelief.com/index2.html
Well I hope anybody who has this problem will check out these natural herbs...and for me what worked was resting the hand, then changing the way I did things...I stayed away from bar chords for awhile, played a strat instead of the acoustic, and avoided those Chuck Berry type riffs near headstock...that brought it on in me...another thing you might consider is getting enough omega 3s, and taking fish oil, which helps lower inflammation in the body overall, so not sure what role that would play in helping tendonitis but for general health it's important, and it was FISH OIL that got the inflammation down in my cat's urinary tract when she was very ill and after getting stuck spending $5200 on useless surgery it was actually FISH OIL that eliminated her problem and allowed her to pee normally again...her tissues were so inflamed and swollen (thus blocking her)...and the hospital had operated and cut her and she had tubes coming out of her belly...it was the worst nightmare for this precious cat and I. It was a holistic doctor's treatment that got her back to normal. Now if you have tendonitis in your right hand, look at how you are finger picking or strumming and change it...try using a thumb pick, or doing something different. If you use a flat pick try learning to play without a pick.
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Carl Schonbeck
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3/19/2008 9:53:56 AM
It was great to find this thread....thanks Beth and everyone else. I've had trigger finger in my left ring poker since the late '90s (practising "jazz" scales) and I know what you mean Larry about wanting to cry (Mr. Django Reinhert can be a great inspiration at times). I'll definitely check out everything here and thanx again.
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