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can't play for four weeks

  • 02-10-2005 10:37am
    #1
    mc nuggets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭


    It's not fair.. I hurt my thumb playing rugby and have just been told it's broken. Can't play my beloved guitars for four whole weeks. Anyone have any stories about injuries that stopped you playing? I wan't to know i'm not alone.


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  • #2
    Niall123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭Niall123


    Actually a couple of years ago I found a broken metal stick (it was from one of those cheap brushes) and at the bit it had broke it was jagged and sharp, i had grab it and through it into a skip beside me as it went out of my hand it ripped my thumb right open, i could see right insid ...painful stuff...

    It started to bleed intensely so I wrapped it in my "brand new" white top... I had a couple of of friends and relatives look at it and they advised me not to go to hospital cos it wasn't too bad... that was my biggest mistake... to this day the nerves in my right thumb are all messed up.

    I was left four weeks (around), without my gutar aswell. A very long four weeks. Sorry :o

    I can still play grand now but sometimes it can hurt if I play without a plectrum.


  • #3
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    I was recently diagnosed with chonromalacia patella in my right knee... which is going to be a bit of a dampener on my drum playing for the next... ever.


  • #4
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Eoin Madsen wrote:
    I was recently diagnosed with chonromalacia patella in my right knee... which is going to be a bit of a dampener on my drum playing for the next... ever.
    Bummer dude. I've noticed sometimes my right knee gets very stiff when going from a sitting to standing position.

    I played a wedding gig in Kinnity Castle recently and after a 2 hour set (without break!) my right knee was 'locked' when I got up from the drum stool and I was hobbling around for a while.

    Do you play heel up or down?


  • #5
    The Free Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭The Free Man


    i cant play drums for 3 months cause i broke my neck!


  • #6
    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Holy crackers.

    Just goes to show; you should live in a bubble and touch nothing but your guitars.


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  • #7
    Niall123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭Niall123


    fish-head wrote:
    Just goes to show; you should live in a bubble and touch nothing but your guitars.

    Damn Straight!!!


  • #8
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    I do :)


  • #9
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    .........and yer computer aye feylya

    Holidays usually stop me from playing for a week or 2 i want one of those travel guitars!

    theres actually one in the argos catalog, its not a travel one but its a small one.... but most likely crappy


  • #10
    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Crappy schmappy, it's got a fretboard and strings. That's all you'd need to keep you satisfied on holidays. I certainly would be happy with one..


  • #11
    mc nuggets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭mc nuggets


    -=al=- wrote:

    Holidays usually stop me from playing for a week or 2 i want one of those travel guitars!

    theres actually one in the argos catalog, its not a travel one but its a small one.... but most likely crappy
    Leave Argos guitars alone. I learned to play on one. After a few years it's still held it's tune and sounds fine to me. Bargain for 25 euros


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  • #12
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    DublinWriter wrote:
    Do you play heel up or down?

    I played heel up.

    Not sure what I'll be doing when I get back to it, I'll have to re-evaluate everything really. I reckon there's a good chance I'll be teaching myself to play kick with my left. I'll have to see what the physiotherapist has to say, and I still have to discuss my MRI results with my GP to assess the damage.


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