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I think I'm developing arthritis or something in my left middle finger from playing the guitar.
damn, hope it's not arthritis but only temporary. as someone with overall fucked up hands that plays guitar and bass i know how frustrating that is.
yesterday i replaced our bassist at our rehearsal and i overextended my left hand which made it basically seize up. had to massage and stretch it because it was like instanumb, kinda fucked.
Sorry to hear about your hands, I'm kind of saying arthritis out of my ass but one knuckle in particular has been starting to hurt around the bottom joint for a bit now, increasingly, the pain is only sharp when I use it though so I've been spacing out the guitar sessions, but it comes back quickly. Kind of feels like it's cartilage-related. I probably just need to switch my game up and learn new ways to play, I'm self-taught so there has to be some incorrect technique somewhere for me to get to that point (I know it's not the strength of my grip on the neck, I've also been playing the bass for a long time so I'm used to this type of stuff).
Side note but I had one friend in particular who was really talented in everything he was doing, skating, guitar, martial arts, even fishing/cooking and eventually had to quit every single passion of his out of the blue due to health complications in his hands, over ten years ago, that was due to a rare virus though but the idea itself has been freaking me out ever since.