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06-01-2009, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Newport News, Virginia | | | Uh - Ohhh
We were about half way through a 3 hour gig last Saturday. We had a female singer sitting in and the ring finger on my left hand stopped working. There was no feeing in it and it just locked in place next to my middle finger. It felt like the problem was coming up my forearm like a tendon or something. I somehow managaed to get through the tune. We screwed around for about 2 minutes while she left the stage and I was pretty much fine by the next tune. It scared the hell out of me. Has anyone else had this same experience?
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06-01-2009, 10:40 AM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I've had my fretting hand fingers(ring, like you)seize up in a monkey/death-grip after playing a couple of hours in 90-degree weather. This was on slab, but definitely HURT. I had reached my limits & kept going. A good long break & self-massage made it release, but I was through playing for the day.
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06-01-2009, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Newport News, Virginia | | | No pain whatsoever for me. That's part of what was so strange. It wasn't a particularly taxing number we were playing either.
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06-01-2009, 10:44 AM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ampig No pain whatsoever for me. That's part of what was so strange. It wasn't a particularly taxing number we were playing either. | Hmmm- now that you mention it, it didn't hurt me either until I tried to pull my hand open w/my right.
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06-01-2009, 10:59 AM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | Used to happen to me all the time. I just started practicing more often and longer per practice session and it took care of itself. If I go a couple of weeks without playing and then try to play a 4-hour gig it will act up again. Heat and exhaustion make it worse. It's just a lack of muscle tone. If you keep your chops in shape through regular practice (in this case your chops are your fingers and forearms) this problem should go away. |
06-01-2009, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: montreal | | was she hot?
sometimes the ring finger stops working when there's hot women  |
06-01-2009, 12:00 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | Nope, never happened. I suggest you forgo the internet advice and consult a physician who can examine you.
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06-01-2009, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sac Area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mat666 was she hot?
sometimes the ring finger stops working when there's hot women |
Yeah, I think you're on to something here. Maybe it's a psychological thing - the brain was focusing so much energy into that finger that it was overloaded.
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06-01-2009, 02:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC | | | drurb is right-get it checked out. Hand injuries are nothing to joke about. |
06-01-2009, 08:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perth Western Australia | | About 10 years ago, I snapped the tendon in my left-hand ring-finger playing basketball. I wasn't playing double bass back then, but I thought my guitar playing days were over.
To my surprise, I was back playing guitar after a month of immobilisation and about two weeks of excercises. Now that finger is as strong as ever. 
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06-01-2009, 08:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | | | my left hand pinky locks on occasion (no pain). In my case, it's arthritis.
Drurb is right (as he almost always is). Get it checked and be sure. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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