Left thumb problems...

[Mantarkus]

It hurts!!!! Just to put a little pressure with the index finger there's a little pain in the metacarpal joint so playing octaves is even worse :mad: . Anyone ever experienced this? And no, I do not play X-box games or any of those thumb controllers. :biggrin:

[Maximus]

did you hurt it playing, did you fall, thumbed someone in the throat, samashed with a hammer, or did you just woke up with the pain, (I once sleeped over my index finger, hurted for a week)

[King_Ellesar]

did you hurt it playing, did you fall, thumbed someone in the throat, samashed with a hammer..

lol! thumbed someone in the throat hehe. i thought of the music store when you said "samashed"

I've had this feeling too. It isn't constant but every now and then it comes and goes. I think it acts up whenever I spend a lot of time typing with my laptop. My hands, wrists and arms aren't always parallel when I type with the laptop. How long have you had this pain? Have you been typing a lot recently? Are you using proper keyboard technique? I know a lot of us focus hard on proper technique with keyboards and piano, but another thing to keep in mind is posture if we use the computer a lot. Since it requires us to keep our hands suspended and in a certain position, it might be a cause of some metacarpal pain if we have them in a bad position for a long period of time.

If you think this might be it, I know they do have special supports you can wear when using your computer. People use them when they need to type but have carpal tunnel or similar issues.

[Maximus]

lol smashed :tongue:

whenever i get pain in my hands is because either i hurt them falling or accidentally hitting something or intense manual labor, (seems like im alergic to manual labor)

[Mantarkus]

No I did not hurt it playing, did not fall, thumbed someone in the throat, *smashed* with a hammer, and did not just woke up with the pain. AAMOF I try to take care of my hands as much as I can since I read the Keith Emerson article in keyboard mag a few years ago about hand injuries.
I try not to expose my hands to sudden temperature changes, I don't wash my hands after a gig or after I'd practiced a few hours for example, I wait till next morning and just use hand sanitizer when needed. Hmmm... what else? I havent typed that much. I don't practice thumb wrestling :biggrin: . I use a Casio Privia digital piano for practice and the weighted action is very confortable. I'm guessing I probably started my practice routine without a proper warm up :confused: Think i'll have to rest a week and see what happens.

[King_Ellesar]

yeah a while back i had pain in my arms and wrists. i took a week off as some here suggested and when i came back, i reevaluated the way i practice, and it has been a big help. hope that works for you too.