Hey! I'm curious if anyone else has ever had this problem.
A couple months ago, I started having a lot of pain in my fretting hand, particularly my pointer finger.
I KNOW, GO TO A DOCTOR! I did ;-) He said to lay off the uke for six weeks, which I really in truly did do.
So I just started up again this week, and I'm getting a little of the pain again. SO yes, I will go to a doctor, promise.
But I'm curious, has anybody else overstrained their fingers playing? How long did it take to go away? I'm wondering at what point I should just give up and restring my uke to fret with the opposite hand... which would be a pain to learn, but better than not being able to play at all. Is it possible that I'm holding the uke wrong??? It doesn't seem like I should be able to hurt my hand so much just from playing. I think a uke teacher might be better than a doctor at this point to tell me if my grip might be what's causing the finger problems!
A couple months ago, I started having a lot of pain in my fretting hand, particularly my pointer finger.
I KNOW, GO TO A DOCTOR! I did ;-) He said to lay off the uke for six weeks, which I really in truly did do.
So I just started up again this week, and I'm getting a little of the pain again. SO yes, I will go to a doctor, promise.
But I'm curious, has anybody else overstrained their fingers playing? How long did it take to go away? I'm wondering at what point I should just give up and restring my uke to fret with the opposite hand... which would be a pain to learn, but better than not being able to play at all. Is it possible that I'm holding the uke wrong??? It doesn't seem like I should be able to hurt my hand so much just from playing. I think a uke teacher might be better than a doctor at this point to tell me if my grip might be what's causing the finger problems!