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Old 02-04-2007, 08:59 AM
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Injury Recovery....

Just curious here, what is the longest amount of time it has taken for a double bass injury to heal for you guys?

My pinky has been hurting for a good few weeks now after I played basically too fast too long. Also my plucking middle finger seems to be a bit banged up... I was playing on them a bit but now its cold turkey. They still seem in bad shape. Any suggestions? I went to the doctor but she just gave me some anti-inflamatories and sent me on my way.
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Old 02-04-2007, 10:43 AM
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The longest was 6 weeks when the extensor tendon of my LH middle finger popped out of it's track or path (the injury came from something else, but certainly affected the bass playing). For bass playing injuries, next was 3-4 weeks for a mildly sprained wrist near the beginning of my DB experience. Just this weekend, I've developed a sort of "ingrown toenail" thing on my RH middle finger, and I'll have to stay off of it for a week or so - I expect to play with 1 and 3 in the meantime.

I can't help but think of Dire Strait's "money for nothing" at times like this...
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