Today during rehearsal,

I was ripping through some triplet chug riffs when all of a sudden,

The index finger on my left hand cramped up and I could not extend it for the life of me.

I had to use my right hand to open my finger, and when I let go, it just curled back up.

Scared me shitless.

We had been rehearsing for about 2 and a half hours when it happend. But we generally practice for over 3 hours. This has never happend before.

Currently my finger is relaxed and working fine, but holy shit, I saw my guitar "career" flash infront of my eyes.... much less id look like a de de deeee if my finger stayed that way.

Anyone else ever have this happen to them?








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that'll happen... you've just been lucky with 3 hour practices. Try and take a quick (5 minute or so) break every hour to go grab a drink, relax your hand, stretch, etc.

i've had a lot of wrist trouble after playing guitar. Solved with painkillers.








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oh and rest and ice. Dont play on a hurt hand unless you are playing a gig








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stretch is right. i had that problem happen to me the other day during practice playing bass. just relax your hand for a bit and don't over use it and try to force your finger to stretch out

i used to have a lot of cramping and the like, when i was practicing like 6 hours a day, it still bothers me sometimes here and there.

warm-up excercises for your left hand help. take a minue to just run scales before you practice to get your hands lossened up.








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stretch the fingers and rub your forearms it will relax your hand and maybe rub your hand thumb palm.. I got this from a classical instructor and do it before gigging also may want to drink so water adn see if its from the cold mine cramp up from the coldand looks ill looking like I broke it...lol

like everybody else is saying too...warm up first , take breaks , and drink lots of water.
try eating a bananna or 2 also....the potassium helps keep you from cramping.
way back in the stone age...they used to give us salt pills durring football practice to prevent cramps.








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