| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Ouch w/ the left hand | | Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 14:55:48 (-0500) | | From: | D. Tannehill <ephsmath-phys @...net>
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| In reply to: | Message 9288 (written by Richard DeNeve) |
I used to get rather painfull cramps in my bar hand. Add to that, I'd be
playing up around the 12th to 14th fret and notice half the bar was beyond
my finger tips. I put 2 and 2 together and surmised my cramps were caused by
me trying not to drop the bar.
Luckily, a tip came to me via resoguit-list to use a rubber band from either
brocoli or a lobstah claw (clawre in Rhode Island accent). Like I need
another excuse to eat lobstah! I put a band on my SP-3 and the cramps went
away immediately.
Hmmmm...... I wonder if the wife is planning anything for supper? &%$# Band
practice tonight. Hey, I bet we could run down to the shore for supper
tomorrow night. I hope she never finds out that brocoli has the same bands.
Dan in RI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard DeNeve" <richard_d13132@yahoo.com>
> As for your bar hand, try several different ones, or changing your method
> of gripping it. I cannot use the bars with slanted ends (e.g. Scheerhorn
> or Tipton) for more than ten minutes without my hand cramping. I tend to
> grip a bar between the crease at the end joint on my index finger and the
> crease across the palm of my hand. I need the corners on a Stevens Style
> steel for this. (I use the Shubb-Pearse #3.) The slant-end steels are
> too shoort and lack the corners. Swallows-style steels are fairly
> comfortable, with their arched wooden tops.
>
> I grip the bar side-to-side between the side of the pad of my thumb and
> the second joint of my middle finger, with my index finger lying in the
> groove along the top to "steer" end of the bar. The very end of the
> finger hangs over the end of the bar slightly to assist in this.
>
> If possible, the back of your hand (both hands, really) should be in a
> straight line with your forearm, with a little side-to-side bending
> allowed, and VERY little up and down bending. Otherwise, you may develop
> carpal tunnel problems, which have been discussed in this space before. I
> was once on the verge of carpal tunnel problems, and monitoring my blood
> pressure at the left wrist several times a day to see how well medication
> was working. The pressure of the cuff aggravated the condition to where I
> could play no longer than half an hour or so. Started measuring blood
> pressure on the right wrist, and the problem went away.
>
> In short, try varying what you do while playing. Good luck.
>
> Dick DeNeve
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Sean Terry <seanct114@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Sean Terry <seanct114@yahoo.com>
>> Second, with my bar hand I've been getting a fair
>> amount of diffuse hand pain, which varies with amount of
>> practice obviously. I use a finger/hand gripper exercise
>> contraption to strengthen both hands, which helped me when
>> I first started dobro, but that is becoming less
>> successful. Should I give the hand a break, or keep working
>> it and strengthening it until it goes away? I don't want
>> to do more damage, but it's also hard to give up
>> practice when I want to.
>> I appreciate the information being handed down on this
>> list. It's immensely helpful!
>> Sean
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