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Hi,
I recently experienced pain in the root of my palm (I don't know the exact name of the muscle). Heart most when I play barre chords for a long time (Bb, Eb, BSus4 etc). I tried not playing for a while, rubbing all kind of creams but It doesn't go away, and I'm afraid it might be chronic. Does anyone have any idea on to heal this kind of injury?
I had the same problem playing guitar five hours a night - six nights a week. You got cramps.
You need an alternative way to position your left hand to rest the muscles in your palm and use another set of muscles.
I wrap my thumb around the top of the neck to cover the big E string for F chord and on up the neck. This way you only need to cover the B and little E strings with your index finger and your palm streches out close to the back of the neck and gets rested.
The index finger long barre position is bound to cause cramping after a song or two. Even a "C" form with a barre with your index covering the G,B and E strings can relieve your palm.
Welcome to Chordie Rock-e. I have no advice for you, unfortunately, but did want to wish you well finding relief for your discomfort.
You might want to try and chane the position you sit in. Try the classic guitarit style with the foot rraised, it helped me
hi rock-e, welcome to chordie,
i had this problem for a short while some years ago, it started when another guitarist hit my hand with his head-stock as we were going on stage. hurt like hell when i played.
my father had a trick which i'll pass on, he used to wrap some wool (the stuff used for knitting) around his wrist about 6 or 7 times, loosely to give his hand more strength. i used a leather wrist brace for a while. now i dont have the problem any more...touch wood!
phill
solution = Hendrix Grip
Dm
Some folks swear by copper bracelets.
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