Got a pain in my fretting hand.

[jibidy]

I had inflamation on the elbow of my fretting hands arm (no idea how) and didnt even notice it. so it'd be worth taking them just to be safe if you cant see anything obvious.

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Ill pick some up when i go down town later.

And thankyou again to everyone for your help i posted this on the metallica forum and they said oh its just your muscles readjusting to the amount you play just play through it and youll be fine.

I'm glad i asked here too.

[opprobrium_9]

two things.

1 - ALWAYS ice after you play, it doesn't matter for how long.  If you take breaks in between go to the sink and fill it up with cold water and leave your hands in there for a minute or two.  The amount of blood that rushes to your hands after and during playing can lead to muscle troubles so ALWAYS ice afterwards.

2 - if it persists look into going to a professional masseuse, it is absolutely critical for chronic muscle pain and works a treat.  Trust me the money is worth it, really.

[maverickf1jockey]

I'd recommend avoiding cold personally.
The best solution IMO is to keep the hands warm and cool them slowly so on a hot day you'll have no problem but on cold days you might want to stick your hands somewhere warm (for this I recommend a different type of masseuse :fouet: . Sorry, that was dreadful :oops: .) until they've cooled down.

In my experience rapid changes in temperature such as were suggested serve to cause the tendons to contract unnaturally and can cause serious pain. This also leads to rheumatic pains and arthritic conditions if you are not careful.

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I'd recommend avoiding cold personally.
The best solution IMO is to keep the hands warm and cool them slowly so on a hot day you'll have no problem but on cold days you might want to stick your hands somewhere warm (for this I recommend a different type of masseuse :fouet: . Sorry, that was dreadful :oops: .) until they've cooled down.

In my experience rapid changes in temperature such as were suggested serve to cause the tendons to contract unnaturally and can cause serious pain. This also leads to rheumatic pains and arthritic conditions if you are not careful.

ah thanks for the etra advice

[Will]

About a month ago I had pain in my left hand, and it seemd there was a bit of a lump appearing on the back of it.
From fear of any of these things (I think it was RetroJJ's words which scared me) I really cut down, basic exercises for a few minutes at a time, gave me more time to work on chords, theory etc atleast.

[maverickf1jockey]

About a month ago I had pain in my left hand, and it seemd there was a bit of a lump appearing on the back of it.
From fear of any of these things (I think it was RetroJJ's words which scared me) I really cut down, basic exercises for a few minutes at a time, gave me more time to work on chords, theory etc atleast.

I got that too. I went to the doctor's and was prescribed some anti-inflammatory gel. If you develop that the gel will halt the progression of the problem but a couple of days rest will reverse it so bear that in mind.

[opprobrium_9]

Actually that was all recommended me by a professional masseuse, he is also a musician so i trust his word.  It is important to warm up before you play obviously.  However, the amount of blood flow that your hands get can lead to those knots in the muscle if you don't ice, the icing prevents the inflammation that would otherwise take place.