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Old 06-12-2013, 03:08 PM
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Sounds good and good luck! Just remember, free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it.
Except, JLed79, your reply was directly to the point, didn't include any hyperbole and supported "my" Doctor's opinion, the latter which is what I probably needed to hear.
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Old 06-13-2013, 06:25 AM
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Except, JLed79, your reply was directly to the point, didn't include any hyperbole and supported "my" Doctor's opinion, the latter which is what I probably needed to hear.
Well there you go. Happy to help.
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Old 06-13-2013, 02:52 PM
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Three years ago my hips were so bad, I could only sit for 15 minutes, and was unable to sleep on my side for more than 5 minutes. I essentially had given up playing classical guitar. I started on physical therapy (proscribed by my doctor) and hired a personal strength trainer (at the insistence of my son).

Physical therapy was a waste, but strength training was a godsend. Its taken a couple of years of working out, but I'm vastly more flexible and stronger than I used to be. Actually broke one of my high-school records (18 pull-ups), which isn't bad for 63 years old...and have never ever worked out before.

So this adds up to more endurance playing guitar. I agree with panther completely, proper technique, alexander method, and physical training, can make a lot difference. I started taking guitar lessons again, which has really been a blast.

There is no way that I'm suddenly made young again. Hips are vastly improved...but not like I'm 20 years old. Shoulder hurts with too much playing. I need to study proper technique for holding the guitar. And adopt it. Bottom line, is there is much you can do for yourself (with proper instruction). But it might take a couple years.
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Old 06-25-2013, 06:15 PM
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Sorry to resurrect, but thought this may be of interest to others with the same problem, and to be fair, there's an argument to be had for having a "guitarist injury" sticky, under moderation.


Acupuncture helped a lot. Arnica gel. Devils Claw herb. (time will tell).

I've been finally diagnosed with a problem on the neck vertebrae c4-c5 which only showed up on the X ray my Dr thought was a waste of time. (?). . Will cause pains in both arms. Find it strange though that I have no pain per se in the neck or upper back. if that's where the nerve is compressed.

Physio says there's a separate issue with the forearm.

I think what's happened is poor posture over the years has caused the neck problem, the trapped nerve sending problems into left ARM, which has caused muscle spasm, in turn trapping the ulnar nerve.

hopefully I'll be able to play as before in a month or two.

but I'll be changing from right knee to left knee.

I think what's exacerbated the whole thing is that I've been using a foot stool under the RIGHT foot, rather than left foot, for last 9 months. as Bensusan does....but its rather unusual. I wonder if he's had nerve pain. ? In this position the neck is even lower for the left hand than normal.
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Old 06-26-2013, 04:07 AM
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I suffer from the same problem caused by Scoliosis. As someone else posted, you need to see an Osteopath or a Chiroprachter. Some exercises are on you tube and will help. But a visit to a specialist will be better
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Old 06-26-2013, 03:13 PM
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Labral tears are no fun. Sorry to hear about that. I do have to go with your Ortho on this one though. A labral tear is not a good indicator for replacement. In shoulders we can repair the labrum doing a Bankhart repair, but that just doesn't translate well to the hip joint. I would agree with him about the cortisone injection. It may give you the relief you need and it's not a big deal to do. I'd say give it a shot (no pun intended), it very well may do the trick. Effectiveness can vary from none at all to being completely asymptomatic for 6+ months. My advice would be to do it and see if it works. Also, if after three subsequent injections there is still no relief, you should look more seriously into a replacement.
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Thank you so much, just exactly the guidance I was looking for. I'll let you know how the cortisone shot turns out.

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I "received" my first cortisone shot to my hip today. It's a lot more than a "shot". Given at hospital, several technicians wearing germ masks, a medical doctor trained in radiology and also in administering such a procedure. All this sets up a bit of drama I didn't expect. As usual there is no real pain. Just the psychological expectation of something not so good going to happen.

Three hours post cortisone injection, I have no after affects at all just the return of the original discomfort and limitations. Which is to be expected as I am advised it will take a while for the cortisone to take affect.

You might find it interesting if not humorous, that my adaptation to the injury is to place my left leg (right hander) out almost straight when I sit in my playing chair which relieves the strain that imposes the pain from my labral tear of the cartilage to my left hip. Who knows what stress that imposes on the rest of my skeleton. Andres never had a labral tear.
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:11 AM
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I "received" my first cortisone shot to my hip today. It's a lot more than a "shot". Given at hospital, several technicians wearing germ masks, a medical doctor trained in radiology and also in administering such a procedure. All this sets up a bit of drama I didn't expect. As usual there is no real pain. Just the psychological expectation of something not so good going to happen.

Three hours post cortisone injection, I have no after affects at all just the return of the original discomfort and limitations. Which is to be expected as I am advised it will take a while for the cortisone to take affect.

You might find it interesting if not humorous, that my adaptation to the injury is to place my left leg (right hander) out almost straight when I sit in my playing chair which relieves the strain that imposes the pain from my labral tear of the cartilage to my left hip. Who knows what stress that imposes on the rest of my skeleton. Andres never had a labral tear.
This morning, 16 hours following the cortisone injection: First time in almost five months I was able to get out of bed, navigate to the kitchen, feed the dogs, let them out without pain. Sat in my music room in my playing chair with guitar on lap and no pain.
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:13 AM
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Default Ulnar nerve entrapment in fretting arm

Glad to hear the cortisone is working. Hopefully you will have relief for quite a while.
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:21 AM
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Exercises anyone?
Worth a try. It has helped me a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdlt01rhRHk


A lot of videos out there about the DynaFlex Ball.
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:42 AM
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I have had this problem for many years and just play through it with fair results. My pinky is numb on my fretting hand and sometimes my fretting as a result fails to have good dynamics. I don't play pro but do play in a church band and play most every day so it is important to me. At this point I just live with it and laugh when I flub due to it which isn't all that often.
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Default A semi-fresh nerve injury (3 weeks old)

Wow. This thread seems all over the map! I found it doing a search for tennis elbow injuries, and the first page seems to pretty much match what I've heard. I thought I'd ask for my specific case about this.

As I bumble through life, I not only play guitar endlessly, practicing and gigging, along with a million other things, but now and then happen to pick up an injury while doing one of my utterly non-compatible 'other things'. In this case, I was struct by an axe handle while replacing a concrete fence that'd been blown over in the yard after a storm. Not a big deal at the time but it sounds exactly like the title of this thread and I've had a doctor confirm it and seen another specifically for this.

The answers I've gotten have been nearly all the ones from the first page (in order of least invasive to most) 1) icing the nerve, 2) immobilizing the elbow (fretting hand) 3) a couple of easy PT exercises, 4) perhaps a hydrocortisone injection (holding off so far), and 5) surgery, last resort. Since I really dislike surgery and have had my share of them, and didn't want to "weaken" anything with another cortisone injection, I'm trying the first 3.

Icing is pretty good while it lasts. Immobilization is amazingly good but I can't , of course, do anything guitar-oriented while the arm is in a splint, and PT needs to wait a bit for me for this case.

I don't have an interest in changing how I play guitar. I can pretty well play it in any position, have played classical, have played standing, sitting, on the left, on the right, it makes very little difference for this problem. I can handle not playing with my left hand for a month or what it takes, but I suppose I'd love to hear from someone that's done that with success. I mean immobilizing the arm? My associations with immobilization is that things atrophy, but I also can see that when I wear the splint, the hand feels great. Meanwhile I've had to cancel gigs for the month since I can play for ~an hour but more is basically torture.

Thanks for any help.
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