Originally Posted by: bigbudaI think it also stems from not warming up before you start playing.

Chords can be a nightmare at first - but bigbuda's right, there's a lot of "pain" that can be avoided by warming up correctly.

As said elsewhere, don't confuse pain in the "oh, my fingers are sore from playing" sense, with pain in the "holy $^"£! I can't feel my hand/arm/wrist"...if it's just an aching pain in the fingers, relax, take it slow and after time and practice it'll fade and altogether disappear; if it's the second, stop and go and see a doctor - that sort of pain can cause all kinds of problems down the line, trust me...