Sore fingertips from so much playing!

[KingsXJJ]

What do you do for the pain?

 

[PLX]

What do you do for the pain?

I picture Danny DeVito as Wolverine, and then I power thru it.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Take a break, then play some more.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Take a break, then play some more.

Heheh… I know I just don’t want to Sir! Feeling in the zone and I just want to play and play. So very much fun.

Woohoo!

 

[PLX]

Heheh… I know I just don’t want to Sir! Feeling in the zone and I just want to play and play. So very much fun.

Woohoo!

 

[Holden Afart]

Heheh… I know I just don’t want to Sir! Feeling in the zone and I just want to play and play. So very much fun.

Woohoo!

Keep playing and you'll get over it and never have that problem again as long as you keep going. Sounds like you haven't been playing much so that's the real problem.

 

[PLX]

Keep playing and you'll get over it and never have that problem again as long as you keep going. Sounds like you haven't been playing much so that's the real problem.

 

[la szum]

Keep playing and you'll get over it and never have that problem again as long as you keep going. Sounds like you haven't been playing much so that's the real problem.

Haha! I used to play with a Drummer who would get blisters, bleed, and moan at nearly every gig
from stick use. Wouldn't wear gloves. But he would tape his blisters up to get through the
night.


He'd be like "I can't practice during the week because of my blisters."

I am like, "You get blisters at gigs because you don't ever practice during the week."

 

[Holden Afart]

I need to play every day! Haha

 

[DrewJD82]

Just power through it. Ya might lose some callouses in the process. A couple months back it happened to me just from Gilmour bends and doing a solo cover, but they came back quick.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Just power through it. Ya might lose some callouses in the process. A couple months back it happened to me just from Gilmour bends and doing a solo cover, but they came back quick.

Thanks Drew!

 

[PLX]

Thanks Drew!

Gotta pay the toll, if ya wanna rock-n-roll.

 

[Jazz Padd]

My tips are calloused enough to not feel any pain when I play, but if I trim my nails short there’s a whole another level of pain.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I play almost every day, for at least a few hours. I used to have to file parts of my callouses off, because they'd start to build up too far past the tip of my finger, on the bottom, and it would hinder my fretting accuracy.

But they've gotten to the point where I don't have to even think about them. With regular playing, I would think yours would also.


And when you say 'hurt', I assume you're talking about the skin tips, and not some type of muscular/tendon pain, cuz that's a pain you should not be having. My palm gets a bit sore when I first start, but once the blood gets flowing and my hands warm up, that goes away.

 

[PLX]

My tips are calloused enough to not feel any pain when I play, but if I trim my nails short there’s a whole another level of pain.

Many beginners mash down way too hard when fretting.

Causes unnecessary fingertip pain, as well as fret damage.

 

[KingsXJJ]

I play almost every day, for at least a few hours. I used to have to file parts of my callouses off, because they'd start to build up too far past the tip of my finger, on the bottom, and it would hinder my fretting accuracy.

But they've gotten to the point where I don't have to even think about them. With regular playing, I would think yours would also.


And when you say 'hurt', I assume you're talking about the skin tips, and not some type of muscular/tendon pain, cuz that's a pain you should not be having. My palm gets a bit sore when I first start, but once the blood gets flowing and my hands warm up, that goes away.

Thanks for sharing! Yes, just the tips.

 

[PLX]

Yes, just the tip

 

[Sascha Franck]

Before you go to bed, scrub your fingertips thoroughly, then apply some decent creme (I'm using "Penaten" and mix in a little hand creme so it's a tad smoother), massage in properly. Also works during the day when you're not instantly playing.

 

[Dogboy]

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

 

[Dave Lewis]

A dab of super glue on the sore fingertip can help.