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sadromanticghost
04-19-2002, 08:12 AM
Well i use to study electric guitar 3-4 hours a day..but i seperate that period of time in 4 pieces of 1 hour!3 days ago i felt something like pain in my left hand..at the upper side of....and stopped playing!For one day i completly get rest..i did not play guitar...But istill feel a very very very little pain..ache or something..anyway something bothers me..What is it?Is it tendonitis?How can i prevent tentonitis?Is there something i can do?Thanks alot!
trendkillah
04-19-2002, 08:44 AM
If you are in pain, stop playing. If it doesn't go away, see a doctor.
lalimacefolle
04-19-2002, 11:00 AM
Tendinitis is due to a repetitive motion, so your tendon (is it the right word in english? it is in french!!) gets heated up. If you keep playing, the heat will become permanent. You have several options, learn a way to warm up correctly, or do your motion another way...

If it hurts, STOP!! Come back later...
James
04-19-2002, 12:26 PM
Do a search for "tendonitus" on this board. We've had a couple questions about it recently and I've posted some fairly indepth answers there.
Dejan Sajinovic
04-19-2002, 12:38 PM
Man, IŽm also afraid of that **** and evry time I feel somthing in my left hand I directly get upset but it has always been false alarm.

Once I felt real pain was a couple months ago in my left hand when I tried to pull my point finger finger down and it surley did hurt but funny thing was that it didnŽt felt at all during the time I playd guitar. So i played instead of my usual 4-5 hrs 2-3 and the pain went away complitly after one week and I did not stop playnŽ. Now IŽm OK.

If it hurts while you are playnŽ stop and rest a couple of days. And since you play that much, your hand will get a mega rest and youŽll feel much better after. I donŽt want to scare you but you may pay little pain now while you play but think if it increas. Than suddenly youŽll be forced to rest for a month instead for a week our so.

Also, warm up and get the blood circulation in your vains. Very important and donŽt play in cold our while your hands are cold. It increases the injury risk dramaticlly.

But youŽll be fine soon youŽll see.