very important info for slappers

Koki · #1 06-12-2007, 10:50 AM

Slappers have fat right thumb.. (or if you're lefty left).
The bone structure changes from receiving constant hits and it becomes fatter, bigger and the nerves go off so the feel of pain goes.. Just like kickboxer's legs..

Otso · #2 06-12-2007, 12:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNpbhUuOMc

30hrz · #3 06-12-2007, 01:09 PM

Don't worry folks if women can get collagen injections to amplify their G-Spots I'm sure for a couple hundred bucks you could have the slap bass thumb of the Gods!

Poop-Loops · #4 06-12-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Koki

The bone structure changes from receiving constant hits and it becomes fatter, bigger and the nerves go off so the feel of pain goes.. Just like kickboxer's legs..

No, the kickboxer just gets used to the pain.

scottice · #5 06-12-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Otso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNpbhUuOMc

OMG that IS funny!

Koki · #6 06-12-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Poop-Loops

No, the kickboxer just gets used to the pain.

No.. Real kickboxers (Muay Thai) far away in countries like thailand hit trees thousands of times a day so their bones become fatter, stronger and the nerves die so they bon't feel so much pain.. Normal leg would snap in real kickboxing conditions

Big_Fat_Dynamo · #7 06-12-2007, 05:09 PM

My friends couzen would rub a piece of metal on his shins and forearms (like for hours a day) and apparently that killed all the nerves somehow so he could barley feel it when he got hit.

And i notice watching slappers there thumb is more curved at the end then usual.

Koki · #8 06-12-2007, 05:41 PM

well try to compare your left and right thumb. Maybe you'll see a difference.. Then try to feel the size of your thumbs if you can't see

Plantbrain · #9 06-12-2007, 11:39 PM

Thumb boxing is an art as well, thumping the challenger to death and mortally wounding their ego. Like most sports, speed develops power and adding control makes you deadly.

I'm not sure my bone in the thumb is growing, but I got callouses and toughened nails.

Tom

phippsyg · #10 06-13-2007, 12:04 AM

As far as I know constant trauma does eventually sustain nerve damage and some numbness. I think some people have been watching too many movies. I have trained Muay Thai in Thailand and I didn't see one boxer kick a tree. We were all kicking heavy bags (and each other), and part of this is that your bones actually become stronger and thicker, and the muscles more conditioned to impact. Initially most people get lumps on their shins and many people roll coke bottles and the like to roll out these knots. Given all this I can see how your thumb would get fatter (would be the scar tissue build up as well like on the kickboxers legs).

Koki · #11 06-13-2007, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by phippsyg

As far as I know constant trauma does eventually sustain nerve damage and some numbness. I think some people have been watching too many movies. I have trained Muay Thai in Thailand and I didn't see one boxer kick a tree. We were all kicking heavy bags (and each other), and part of this is that your bones actually become stronger and thicker, and the muscles more conditioned to impact. Initially most people get lumps on their shins and many people roll coke bottles and the like to roll out these knots. Given all this I can see how your thumb would get fatter (would be the scar tissue build up as well like on the kickboxers legs).

about trees.. I've heard that somewhere but the thing is that it becomes fatter, stronger. My right thumb is fatter than left, maybe I'ts just callous maybe even the bone is a little fatter

ndrly · #12 06-13-2007, 03:54 AM

Since so much slapping can get rid of the nerves...is that a good thing?

folklore2 · #13 06-13-2007, 04:25 AM

I thought your thumb grows bigger because of a callous formed by your body to protect the soft flesh on the pad/side of your digit from the rough string. Like the tops of your fretting and plucking fingers.

morf · #14 06-13-2007, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Koki

Slappers have fat right thumb.. (or if you're lefty left).
The bone structure changes from receiving constant hits and it becomes fatter, bigger and the nerves go off so the feel of pain goes.. Just like kickboxer's legs..

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Deacon_Blues · #15 06-13-2007, 06:42 AM

How many of you slap so hard that it hurts? I don't...

T-MOST · #16 06-13-2007, 06:52 AM

Ummmm, no difference and I've been slapping since 1983.

BassSlave · #17 06-13-2007, 09:24 AM

No difference here either and I've been "thumping" since 1976. Both thumbs are identical. I've also had a lacerated tendon in my right thumb (I'm right-handed) repaired almost twenty years ago which resulted in losing all feeling in that thumb for the first couple of years after that. During that surgery they installed a metal rod the length of the thumb which made it very stiff for about five years afterward. Then three years later I had major surgery i my right arm due to major tendon cuts, as I broke a window with my forearm and the glass cut to the bone. This made me lose all feeling in my right hand and thumb (again) for two years afterward. I was able to use my index and middle fingers during the healing process. I can tell you all that through regular hand exercises and playing bass correctly, that I am 150% healed and have regained ALL feeling in my right thumb and hand. It is also starting to curve backward naturally as the thumb should. So now I am able to do all of the double, triple, quadruple and quintuple thumping that I use to do on a constant basis before my first accident. The tendons and nerve endings do grow back and if you feel pain when playing, just stop and work on other strengthening exercises. I've developed a few since then and can help anyone out.

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Originally Posted by T-MOST

Ummmm, no difference and I've been slapping since 1983.

BrandonBass · #18 06-14-2007, 01:58 AM

ive been thumping for a year a so, maybe i need to thump more since i dont realli see any diff

Otso · #19 06-14-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BrandonBass

ive been thumping for a year a so, maybe i need to thump more since i dont realli see any diff

No matter how much you thump, it won't become bigger, although it might become a bit sore if you do it too hard a lot.

DWBass · #20 06-14-2007, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Koki

Slappers have fat right thumb.. (or if you're lefty left).
The bone structure changes from receiving constant hits and it becomes fatter, bigger and the nerves go off so the feel of pain goes.. Just like kickboxer's legs..

Wow! 30 years of playing and I never knew about this!!