pluck

Hi! I have been practicing slap bass for quite a while now and continue to hurt my right hand pointer finger when I try to pop the D string. I can pop the G string just fine, but when I pop the D string, the cuticle on my pointer finger begins to rub on the G string as I go under the D string...

So I realize this will probably vary from bass to bass, from pickup to pickup, as well as weather you use fingers or a pick to pluck the strings, how you otherwise have your tone dialed in, and also some parts/songs will call for a different tone that require of you to pluck elsewhere, but I am...