Hey I’m a new Synner student, been a fan of the band for many years. Any suggestions to help playing after severe injury I partially amputated one of my fingertips and lost strength and feeling on two fingers because of that. Any exercise to build strength and dexterity?
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Welcome Heroman, it sounds terrible what happened, I hope you’ll be okay.
I’m not a doctor but I think if you can, slowly do things like hammer on pull offs and chromatic type stuff. During healing it’s good to keep moving some so the scar tissue doesn’t get too much and prevent stiffness. Not so that it hurts.
I don’t know if this applies to you and should probably seek a physical therapist or a doctor with more and better understanding. This is some stuff I learned cause I’ve been needing some physical therapy although my injuries are different.
Take care
I’m not a doctor but I think if you can, slowly do things like hammer on pull offs and chromatic type stuff. During healing it’s good to keep moving some so the scar tissue doesn’t get too much and prevent stiffness. Not so that it hurts.
I don’t know if this applies to you and should probably seek a physical therapist or a doctor with more and better understanding. This is some stuff I learned cause I’ve been needing some physical therapy although my injuries are different.
Take care
I think also practice gripping something, tapping your fingers on a table or keyboard in a controlled manner
Hey! I'm really sorry to hear about your injuries. As a standard basis, every guitar player need to build strength and dexterity when they start so in theory, all the standard exercise should be good however, there's your injury that come into play and unless someone else here went through something similar, I feel like a doctor specialized in injury recovery would be better at guiding you since yours is a particular case.
Don't know if you knew but Tony Iommi, guitarist of black sabbath, also lost the tip of his middle and ring finger by accident. That didn't stop him to become one of the greatest guitar player of all time so don't discourage and I hope you find something that works!
Don't know if you knew but Tony Iommi, guitarist of black sabbath, also lost the tip of his middle and ring finger by accident. That didn't stop him to become one of the greatest guitar player of all time so don't discourage and I hope you find something that works!
Welcome Heroman! I'm so sorry to hear this! We are happy to have you here 
Thanks I appreciate it I’m currently taking therapy for it so I guess little by little. I sometimes just lose the feeling of the vibrations from the strings and pull offs and hitting notes close with my ring and pinky finger are much harder it feels like I’m fighting some resistance because the loss of strength.
Appreciate you gabby! I feel so welcomeWelcome Heroman! I'm so sorry to hear this! We are happy to have you here
Ironic part is I just saw a video about Tony Lommi the other day and I keep that thought in my mind if he can do it with two missing I can still play with one half missingHey! I'm really sorry to hear about your injuries. As a standard basis, every guitar player need to build strength and dexterity when they start so in theory, all the standard exercise should be good however, there's your injury that come into play and unless someone else here went through something similar, I feel like a doctor specialized in injury recovery would be better at guiding you since yours is a particular case.
Don't know if you knew but Tony Iommi, guitarist of black sabbath, also lost the tip of his middle and ring finger by accident. That didn't stop him to become one of the greatest guitar player of all time so don't discourage and I hope you find something that works!
I do have trouble with the chromatic stuff because the part of my finger I used to press down was the opposite side of the fingertip. I’m hoping learning more here will also help with my hand fluency.Yeah I’ll get there some day been stuck tryna get hail to the king solo up to speed but I’m too slow.
I tried to listen to the stage solo to find the similarity but I guess you meant like playing it wise
I don't know what it was, maybe the vibeI tried to listen to the stage solo to find the similarity but I guess you meant like playing it wise
no i don't know, it's a different song and it was just that time and where my thoughts were
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