Index Finger Surgery

Blaendulais

Getting the Dupuytren's on my index finger fixed Wednesday (sadly the ring finger doesn't yet fit funding guidelines for repair altho does impair my fingerstyle as I cant extend at the knuckle joint)

I wont be able to hold a pick conventionally for a couple of weeks.  Any suggestions? anyone forced to learn to play holding a pick in a different way?

PS I do not have Peyronie's disease which is associated with Dupuytrens (at least not yet)

octatonic

I had fretting hand surgery in 09.
It took quite a while to repair but they were working on tendons.
I'm fine now.

p90fool

My right index finger was out of action for three months a few years ago after an accident with a saw, but I soon got used to holding the pick between my thumb and second finger. 

In fact I still do it sometimes by accident.  

grungebob

I wish you well. I’m going to see about surgery options for my left thumb on Friday next week. 

Blaendulais

grungebob said:

I wish you well. I’m going to see about surgery options for my left thumb on Friday next week. 

Thanks @grungebob what is up with the Thumb?

Blaendulais

p90fool said:

My right index finger was out of action for three months a few years ago after an accident with a saw, but I soon got used to holding the pick between my thumb and second finger. 

In fact I still do it sometimes by accident.  

Thanks I've experimented but until i have to it its not real!

grungebob

Blaendulais said:

grungebob said:

I wish you well. I’m going to see about surgery options for my left thumb on Friday next week. 

Thanks @grungebob what is up with the Thumb?

Ruptured ligaments pulling knuckles at odd angles, it’ll get sorted no doubt. 

Blaendulais

grungebob said:

Blaendulais said:

grungebob said:

I wish you well. I’m going to see about surgery options for my left thumb on Friday next week. 

Thanks @grungebob what is up with the Thumb?

Ruptured ligaments pulling knuckles at odd angles, it’ll get sorted no doubt. 

I'm sure - hand surgery is a much improved speciality from the old days!

grungebob

Blaendulais said:

grungebob said:

Blaendulais said:

grungebob said:

I wish you well. I’m going to see about surgery options for my left thumb on Friday next week. 

Thanks @grungebob what is up with the Thumb?

Ruptured ligaments pulling knuckles at odd angles, it’ll get sorted no doubt. 

I'm sure - hand surgery is a much improved speciality from the old days!

Fingers crossed

guitarmangler

Good luck ! You’ll be fine. I had a Dupuytrens contracture in the middle of my palm of my right hand removed about 18 years ago. No pain from the op and ( because I had a Z plasti ) no other reoccurring problems . I remember the biggest issue being uncurling my fingers/hand for fear of popping the stitches ( which didn’t happen and was proven to me by the ortho surgeon pushing my hand down on a table ! ) .
I think played pretty much when the anesthetic wore off and my big hand bandage was gone. Just thumb to begin with , then pick , then fingers when stitches were out. Worse case scenario, you can practice your legato for a week. 

fastonebaz

Blaendulais said:

Getting the Dupuytren's on my index finger fixed Wednesday (sadly the ring finger doesn't yet fit funding guidelines for repair altho does impair my fingerstyle as I cant extend at the knuckle joint)

I wont be able to hold a pick conventionally for a couple of weeks.  Any suggestions? anyone forced to learn to play holding a pick in a different way?

PS I do not have Peyronie's disease which is associated with Dupuytrens (at least not yet)

I sliced my index finger recently, it swelled up and was very painful so couldn't bend it or use it to hold a pick.

Forced me to play differently so I used volume swells and palmed trem action, I happened to make a video of it here

Corvus

Thumbpick maybe? Took me a few different ones to find what I liked but shaped one so its more pick-like and works like one, within limits. Good luck with the surgery and grungebob too.

SRich

Time to polish up that slide technique.....

Blaendulais

SRich said:

Time to polish up that slide technique.....

Yes its got rusty