Guitar playing and arthritis

I have been playing for about 31 years since I was 15. Now that I am getting older seems like arthritis gets the best of me some times and can't seem to chord or pick like I use to, are there any exercises to help with arthritic hands?

Thanks

95strat

Hi 95strat,

Good question! I haven't encountered a solution for this but there must be one, maybe one of our other instructors has?

I have the same problem, but it seems the more warm up exercises i do, the less pain i have in my fingers. I do stretch my fingers before and during play, but the more string bending and practice runs i do, the more my fingers loosen up and after about an hour of play, i am doing fine again.