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UNCLE
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UNCLE
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07/19/2007 4:26 pm
Hey Gang,

Bit of a long shot here - I have a problem with my left hand/fingers.

When I wake up in the morning my left hand fingers are too stiff to make a fist, or even half a fist, fingers feel like sausages. After ten minutes or so of warm-up they become more relaxed. There is some continuing discomfort and immobility in various joints as I continue to play. They stiffen up again after playing after about an hour.

This isn't just after gigs, I guess everyone has stiff fingers after gigging, but every day. Rest is definitely not the answer, I broke my wrist recently and didn't move my fingers for about three months but this made no difference - I'm hoping that someone out there in GT-land may know of a pharmaceutical product (or anything else for that matter) which may help. I take Glucosamine which is supposed to loosen up joints but this doesn't seem to make any difference.

Any suggestions please?

John