ouch - light gauge acoustic strings after a good while on electric

domhatch

so i hurt myself good n proper falling down a flight of stairs a while back. fractured ribs, left wrist, etc. doc's recommendation was to stop playing for a while, rest until things came right. but i couldn't even keep the cast on for the full 6-week period (i pulled it off after 4), much less stop playing.

in hindsight, i should probably have done what he said. playing electric doesn't present too much of a problem, other than slight pressure on me thumb. when i picked up my acoustic last night for the first time, let's just say... eina. my thumb and fingertips (which clearly i had been favouring somewhat on the electrics) took a beating.

ah well. wish me luck! i'll be taking it easy for the next few weeks/months until everything falls into place
dh|

studmissile

Ouch indeed! Shame domhatch, that sounded like one nasty fall?

Stick with the electric for now to keep your fingers busy.

Luck bud! Wishing you a full recovery!

V8

domhatch wrote: so i hurt myself good n proper falling down a flight of stairs a while back. fractured ribs, left wrist, etc. doc's recommendation was to stop playing for a while, rest until things came right. but i couldn't even keep the cast on for the full 6-week period (i pulled it off after 4), much less stop playing.

in hindsight, i should probably have done what he said. playing electric doesn't present too much of a problem, other than slight pressure on me thumb. when i picked up my acoustic last night for the first time, let's just say... eina. my thumb and fingertips (which clearly i had been favouring somewhat on the electrics) took a beating.

ah well. wish me luck! i'll be taking it easy for the next few weeks/months until everything falls into place
dh|

Eish, nasty spill you took there? I've had bruised/fractured ribs a few times - eina. Also tweaked my wrist badly in Dec, didn't stop playing though. Hasn't healed properly, should have had it in a splint for a couple of weeks at least. Winter is gonna suck :-[

But I'm a bit like a border collie - no brain, no pain.

Get well soon...!

domhatch

yeah well...

studmissile wrote: stick with the electric for now to keep your fingers busy

... wish i could! i have my eye on a new acoustic, and i can't test it out until everything's up to the job. ?
i'm just gonna take it all really, really easy. a few minutes a day and build it all up to where it were before.

but thanks y'all. it was a dumb thing to do anyways. was heading down the tennis court steps to shout at the (no brain no pain either!) jack russell, and missed my footing on the first step down. there's many a thing i'd like to do to that hound, and kicking him in retrospect for barking that particular day, in that particular way, is just one of them. ?

he's not called bloodydog for nothing...
dh|

V8

domhatch wrote: there's many a thing i'd like to do to that hound, and kicking him in retrospect for barking that particular day, in that particular way, is just one of them. ?

When I find the cat that nicked my lovely, homemade burger on Friday nite - while I was cueing up a movie...(I kid you not) - I'll do something similar >☹

I was a cat lover.

Nitebob

Eish...sorry Dom,

I've only ever broken my collar bone when I was 10 (vehicular accident) so I can't really say "I know your pain"

All mine is wear and tear. Shoulder that gives me hell, right thumb (overextended while DIY-ing at home, been months now) and left hand middle finger (not sure how that happened, but it's been years now)

Getting up in the morning and hearing all the noises my joints make made me realise...I might be getting crispy... :-[

domhatch

Nitebob wrote: Eish...sorry Dom,

I've only ever broken my collar bone when I was 10 (vehicular accident) so I can't really say "I know your pain"

All mine is wear and tear. Shoulder that gives me hell, right thumb (overextended while DIY-ing at home, been months now) and left hand middle finger (not sure how that happened, but it's been years now)

Getting up in the morning and hearing all the noises my joints make made me realise...I might be getting crispy... :-[

oooooh... that's gotta sting! ?
yeh, i'm only 45 but i have some serious 'oiling' issues of my own. over the years i have dislocated both shoulders. was an amateur gymnast in my youth (never guess it to see me now, but...) i creak everywhere! me joints could do with new ones. i have a pal who recommended a large ball of silly putty, so now one sits on my desk. every time i see it, i pick it up and play with it. winter makes that thing hard in no seconds flat, lemme tell you fer nothin!

well, let's see how that new acoustic comes along. i have to sell of one of my tokai electrics first, so we'll see - a lot of work to do before i can get anywhere near even playing this thing.

keep on keepin on y'all
dh|

Hasie

Sounds eina. I've only stretched and tore some ligaments and that was eina already.

If you letting go of a gold top, I will be interested.

Tinus

45 is ancient. ? I'm 46 and there are some days I struggle to get up the stairs. Down, as you have found out, is only a problem when you stop. Good luck with the recovery.

domhatch

Hasie wrote: If you letting go of a gold top, I will be interested.

nope, sorry. ?
i'm still getting over letting my epi gold top go, about 700 years ago. so this one is staying very firmly where it is. i did have someone interested in it once, but i just made the asking price completely ridiculous it may as well have been the gibson deluxe floating around one of the fb forums at the moment...

Tinus wrote: 45 is ancient. ? I'm 46 and there are some days I struggle to get up the stairs. Down, as you have found out, is only a problem when you stop. Good luck with the recovery.

yup. as they say, falling is never the problem. it's the sudden stop at the end that gits ya.

thanks all
dh|