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Topic: steel players hands |
Mike Lemley
From:
Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 7:57 am |
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| I am now at thr age of 75. My hands are starting to shake making it very difficult to grab grips. Has anyone else had the problem and if so is there a remedy only stell players know? lol |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 8:16 am
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Maybe your grips are harder to get but your vibrato should be improving! 
Erv |
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Mike Lemley
From:
Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 8:18 am
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| thanks ERV. I feel much better. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 8:24 am
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Mike,
Wishing you the best!
Erv |
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Roy Carroll
From:
North of a Round Rock
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 8:34 am
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I have found that (1)shot of Jack Daniels will steady your hands. Dr.Debakey, the heart surgeon used to do that before all of his heart surgeries.
It helps some folks before playing. Not to be overdone!
This contraption is hard enough to play!
Good luck!
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Greg Forsyth
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2021 8:43 am
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Roy,
Does it have to be Jack? |
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Larry Ball
From:
Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 30 Nov 2021 8:18 am Hands
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“Erv” wins…the best response to a thread on the forum… Maybe we should take a “Best Response “ survey..
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2021 8:38 am
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Shucks, it was nothing.
Erv |
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Mike Lemley
From:
Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2021 9:02 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
Shucks, it was nothing.
Erv |
I should have known, getting a serious reply from a bunch of pickers was out of the question. LMAO |
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Jon Voth
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2021 8:29 pm
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Mike, to be serious and sympathetic,
As a career brass player, in recent years I've developed a "quiver" in my lip muscles that is getting worse. It may be called "focal dystonia" and I feel my best years are behind me. It's one of the reasons I'm diving into playing PSG. It doesn't affect my hands.
I'm not providing a solution but just sympathy in the fact I am losing the ability to do something I love well.
P.S. Jack does not help me-and I've tried-REALLY tried! |
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Mike Lemley
From:
Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2021 5:16 am
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| Thanks Jon. I've got an appointment with my Doctor. I just thought maybe someone had experienced this and had a solution. It' mostly impossible to play when your right hand won't stop shaking. |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 5:09 am
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Mike ask your doctor about a medication prampexole.
It is used for Parkinson's and I use it for restless leg syndrome.
It works well for me and a friend says it has really helped with his hands shaking from Parkinsons. |
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 7:09 am
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Mike, there is a condition called essential tremor, too. I believe it is a non-Parkinsonian syndrome but it presents as trembling. Your neurologist can diagnose, though.
Me? I have developed mild arthritis of the thumb joint . . . the CMC joint. Not uncommon in older people, I understand. I am currently treating it with exercises, CBD lotion, and trying to hold the saxophone correctly!
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David Zornes
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 3:26 pm Hand shaking
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| Mike, my mentor and friend, has the same problem. He had someone to weld a finger hole onto the bar that way he can have better control of the bar. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 7:12 pm
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The first thing look at the side effects of your present medicine, Are you taking a medicine that one of the its side effects is hands shaking.
A local steel player had heart surgery and his doctor had to change one of his medicines 2 or 3 time till he got control of his hands back. Shaking was his side effect. |
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Steve Hackney
From:
Milton, Kentucky USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2021 2:49 pm Hand shaking
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| I was diagnosed with essential tremors years ago. At first it didn't affect my playing but it has gotten worse to the point that I can't play. Tried all kinds of medicine that didn't help. The only thing I've found that helps is pot, which I hate. But if Kentucky ever legalizes it, I'll use it just so I can play again. |
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Mike Lemley
From:
Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2021 6:41 am
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| Thanks everyone. I knew there had to be some steelers out there with the same problem. After all, old steelers don't quit unless they have to for medical reasons. We just fade away. lol Merry Christmas everyone. |
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