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Tremors
May 11, 2020 15:20:26 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on May 11, 2020 15:20:26 GMT -5
Seems I have the start of them. I've noticed in my recent Kitchen Videos I make that my left hand, the fingers (usually pinky) that's not doing anything, shakes. Sometimes my left thumb. I had noticed it a little when I was still playing in bars and open mics. I figured it was nerves. And it is a little. When I make my Kitchen videos, I want them to be perfect (or at least clean). So, I do several retakes to get a close-to-flawless performance. In a bar you can hit a clinker and it's no big deal. Just smile and make the next passage clean and all is forgiven. One note in 500 is no big deal. But for the video there's a sense of posterity that hangs over my head. Not that anybody on the internet gives a hoot. But I do, so it becomes important. So I get nervous.
But beyond performance anxiety, I've come to realize that the tremor thing is something separate unto itself. Nothing that affects anything I do musically or whatever at the moment.
. . . , But it's there.
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May 11, 2020 15:34:22 GMT -5
Post by Russell Letson on May 11, 2020 15:34:22 GMT -5
I've had small finger twitches for quite a while now--sometimes the thumb, sometimes the index or middle finger. They're not strong enough to interfere with using the fingers, and they retreat when I flex my hands. Don't know what causes it, and it certainly has one thinking of serious neurological disorders, but it can also be caused by the kind of stress associated with, say, using a keyboard, mouse, or trackball. (My right thumb and middle finger get a lot of repetitive use on my trackball.) I've been through differential diagnosis for my myasthenia gravis, so I manage to ignore the twitching as long as it comes and goes. (My old doc used to say, "Just as long as it doesn't come and stays.")
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May 11, 2020 15:40:17 GMT -5
Post by Marty on May 11, 2020 15:40:17 GMT -5
Hand tremors, and the fact that I can barely make a fist, is my biggest problem in both playing and working right now.
I'm going to try soaking my hands in warm water which may help a bit but probably not totally solve the problem.
I'll report back. Why don't you guys try it too.
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Post by coachdoc on May 11, 2020 16:34:41 GMT -5
Hand tremors, and the fact that I can barely make a fist, is my biggest problem in both playing and working right now. I'm going to try soaking my hands in warm water which may help a bit but probably not totally solve the problem. I'll report back. Why don't you guys try it too. What surgeons taught me to do is you gently brace the tremors against the opposite hand. Worked for me when doing fine suturing.
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Tremors
May 11, 2020 17:29:43 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on May 11, 2020 17:29:43 GMT -5
What surgeons taught me to do is you gently brace the tremors against the opposite hand. Worked for me when doing fine suturing. Pretty hard to do when playing guitar. Actually when I hold my hand(s) straight out flat, there's no tremor. So whatever it is is early stage. Just another sign of getting old, I figure. But I don't like it.
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Post by TKennedy on May 11, 2020 17:45:50 GMT -5
How would you rate it on the Richter scale?
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May 11, 2020 17:54:04 GMT -5
Post by Marty on May 11, 2020 17:54:04 GMT -5
How would you rate it on the Richter scale? First thing in the morning a 7, later in the day a 4.
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on May 11, 2020 18:02:51 GMT -5
No bueno, folks, whatever the cause.
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May 11, 2020 18:05:35 GMT -5
Post by TKennedy on May 11, 2020 18:05:35 GMT -5
How would you rate it on the Richter scale? First thing in the morning a 7, later in the day a 4. Better have the foundation of your house checked.
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Post by Dub on May 11, 2020 23:03:54 GMT -5
What surgeons taught me to do is you gently brace the tremors against the opposite hand. Worked for me when doing fine suturing. Pretty hard to do when playing guitar. Actually when I hold my hand(s) straight out flat, there's no tremor. So whatever it is is early stage. Just another sign of getting old, I figure. But I don't like it. Back in the day (nearly 50 years ago now) I used to get to watch Earl Scruggs with the Review so close I could almost have reached up and touched his banjo. One thing that really fascinated me was watching his picking hand. His whole hand seemed to have slight tremors and each finger seemed always shaking slightly between assigned notes. Watching at close range I had to continually wonder whether he was going to get the note played or not. Of course he never missed a note but it always looked like he was goin to. He kept on another 40 years after that.
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Post by dradtke on May 12, 2020 9:09:28 GMT -5
I first noticed occasional tremors in my right hand when I was in high school. Sprinkling sugar on my cereal my had would twitch and I'd fling sugar across the table. It only happened occasionally, sometimes if I was holding a cup of coffee or trying to assemble two small pieces of something. It's gotten a little worse as I've gotten older. My doctor called it an "essential tremor" but I don't see anything essential about it. I've got a propanolol prescription to help it.
It never happens playing guitar, though. Or drinking beer. Hmm, maybe I see something I should be doing about this.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 11:35:16 GMT -5
Sometimes, and more so lately, my middle finger wants to act on its own. Seems the closer I get to the self-righteous or the meanies among the population, the more the finger wants to twitch. I've thus far been able to rein it in. Making no promises, however.
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May 12, 2020 20:19:48 GMT -5
Post by RickW on May 12, 2020 20:19:48 GMT -5
I have had them, but they have generally been caused by either dehydration or alcohol. Haven’t done that in a while.
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May 12, 2020 20:30:17 GMT -5
Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 12, 2020 20:30:17 GMT -5
Sometimes, and more so lately, my middle finger wants to act on its own. Seems the closer I get to the self-righteous or the meanies among the population, the more the finger wants to twitch. I've thus far been able to rein it in. Making no promises, however. I think Johnny Cash had the same issue. Mike
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May 12, 2020 20:32:27 GMT -5
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Post by t-bob on May 12, 2020 20:32:27 GMT -5
I’ve seen some tremors - I live/lived in California. I wake up “there is another Mother Nature quake”
I have the other tremendous tremors 1 sex - I can’t even remember sex ? 2. cramps - it was physical abuse - sports
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May 12, 2020 20:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by Chesapeake on May 12, 2020 20:35:05 GMT -5
Pretty hard to do when playing guitar. Actually when I hold my hand(s) straight out flat, there's no tremor. So whatever it is is early stage. Just another sign of getting old, I figure. But I don't like it. Back in the day (nearly 50 years ago now) I used to get to watch Earl Scruggs with the Review so close I could almost have reached up and touched his banjo. One thing that really fascinated me was watching his picking hand. His whole hand seemed to have slight tremors and each finger seemed always shaking slightly between assigned notes. Watching at close range I had to continually wonder whether he was going to get the note played or not. Of course he never missed a note but it always looked like he was goin to. He kept on another 40 years after that. That's really interesting, Dub. I noticed that twitchiness when I was working with him on developing the Earl Scruggs Center, c. 2010. I wondered the same thing, if it might help account for his almost supernatural picking speed. I never got around to asking him about that, but I bet it's safe to assume so.
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May 12, 2020 20:59:21 GMT -5
Post by Dub on May 12, 2020 20:59:21 GMT -5
Back in the day (nearly 50 years ago now) I used to get to watch Earl Scruggs with the Review so close I could almost have reached up and touched his banjo. One thing that really fascinated me was watching his picking hand. His whole hand seemed to have slight tremors and each finger seemed always shaking slightly between assigned notes. Watching at close range I had to continually wonder whether he was going to get the note played or not. Of course he never missed a note but it always looked like he was goin to. He kept on another 40 years after that. That's really interesting, Dub. I noticed that twitchiness when I was working with him on developing the Earl Scruggs Center, c. 2010. I wondered the same thing, if it might help account for his almost supernatural picking speed. I never got around to asking him about that, but I bet it's safe to assume so. Ive thought about your idea too. I’ve wondered if it wasn’t in fact a twitch but just his fingers individually anticipating their next move. I’d be surprised if Earl was even aware of it.
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Tremors
May 12, 2020 23:20:35 GMT -5
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Post by t-bob on May 12, 2020 23:20:35 GMT -5
My tremors
I have two things that help me to stop tremors 1. Play ivories all my fingers in a piano (try 2 pianos) 2. Drive a car with a stick shift, clutch ( try right-hand driving)
Neuroplasticity also.
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May 13, 2020 6:24:21 GMT -5
Post by coachdoc on May 13, 2020 6:24:21 GMT -5
How's your hand writing? Parkinson's sufferers tends to get small and messy. Essential tremor tends to leave hand writing intact.
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May 13, 2020 6:55:04 GMT -5
Post by brucemacneill on May 13, 2020 6:55:04 GMT -5
How's your hand writing? Parkinson's sufferers tends to get small and messy. Essential tremor tends to leave hand writing intact. I'd answer in writing but you wouldn't be able to read it. Never had decent handwriting but fortunately in drafting it's all lettering not writing. I could have been a doctor.
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