help with fingers stretch

[Ezequiel Romanko]

i was practicing to the 3 notes per string pentatonic etudes and i feel a horrible pain from the stretches, is this normal?

 

[Jak Angelescu]

Pain no. Soreness yes. Where do you feel the pain?

 

[Rute Rodrigues]

Do you warm up? Sometimes if you don't warm up and start doing hard things, sometimes you can feel some pain I guess. Try to play some exercises before you start practising, and when when you feel your fingers warmed there you go.

 

[Aaron Aldous]

Often with fretting hand injuries/issues such as tendon based tension and overexertion , a primary cause can be overspending on the fingers to manage fretting, stretching/squeezing (less than one finger per fret, an Am shape is a good example of this particular hand position) and position changing without considering other biomechanics options that we have available.

Try using the thumb of the fretting hand as a pivot point for movement from the elbow and wrist. Use these moments whilst minimising the amount of movement generated from the finger joints to guide the fretting hand fingers into their desired positions.

 

[Ezequiel Romanko]

thanks guys, i will check up those tips when playing stretches

 

[Edward John]

Satchel: I can reach from the third fret all the way to the twentieth, but, you know, I'm not going to do it right now because I'm not warmed up.

 

[Adin Shepherd]

Perhaps move the position up the neck a little to where the stretch is still a challenge but doesn't cause any pain, slowly working your way back down, fret by fret, to the origibal position over time.