Funky Dunky Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Make a fist with your fretting hand. Clench nice and tight. Do you have a weird bulge on the outside of your hand, roughly in line with the bone at the bottom of your thumb?' It's so weird, as though playing bass has developed something like a weird 'muscle' on my hand! Quote
Twincam Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Yes i think its pretty normal that everyone has one to some degree. Quote
ahpook Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) All I can see is the outside of my hand....can you see [i]inside[/i] your hand ? Cooooool Think a picture might help Edited April 14, 2015 by ahpook Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 14, 2015 Author Posted April 14, 2015 Everyone, or every bassist? I only have it on my fretting hand. I've asked numerous mates and family etc and they have nothing similar. I was never aware of it until I began playing bass. Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 14, 2015 Author Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1429047362' post='2747477'] All I can see is the outside of my hand....can you see [i]inside[/i] your hand ? Cooooool Think a picture might help [/quote] okay then, the outer edge of your hand - the pinky side. Quote
ahpook Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) The little fold that sits about at the end of what 'palmists' call the heart line ? Everyone has one to some degree or another...it's just your skin folding isn't it ? Edited April 14, 2015 by ahpook Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 14, 2015 Author Posted April 14, 2015 Not to this degree. About ten years ago, a bassist friend showed me this on his fretting hand. I checked my own and there wasn't one - sure there was a very slight bump where the skin folded, but nothing like this. Now I have a corker, and firm to touch, almost like a flexed muscle. Quote
AndyTravis Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Yeah, I know what you're on about. The bit between your thumb and the side of your palm where your pointing finger is too - like my hand swallowed a golf ball on both hands. Quote
3below Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Deffo have different musculature on left hand to right. Cause - who knows. LH grip is significantly stronger than RH, but after 42+ yrs bass playing is to be expected I think. Quote
dannybuoy Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Ganglion cyst? http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/excisionofganglion/pages/introduction.aspx I had one pop up last year, kept massaging it and it eventually disappeared! Quote
discreet Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Just hit it with a heavy book and it'll go away. Quote
ambient Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1429048593' post='2747506'] Just hit it with a heavy book and it'll go away. [/quote] Won't it just appear on the other side ? Quote
discreet Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1429048707' post='2747512'] Won't it just appear on the other side? [/quote] Possibly, but at least you won't have to worry about it until you're dead. Quote
paul_5 Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Looks a bit like a cyst. If you hit it with a big book then it might turn into lots of little ones instead. Not sure if that's better or not... Quote
discreet Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1429048893' post='2747519'] Looks a bit like a cyst. If you hit it with a big book then it might turn into lots of little ones instead. Not sure if that's better or not... [/quote] You could make a cyst version of Fantasia. It'll be an internet sensation, or something. Quote
AndyTravis Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1429048012' post='2747494'] You have it on both hands? [/quote] My thing between my thumb and Palm? Yeah both hands, there's a pressure point there, and both of my 'points' are muscly chunks. The only muscles I actually have 😂 Quote
Funky Dunky Posted April 14, 2015 Author Posted April 14, 2015 It's not a cyst, nor is it cyst-like. thankfully. Quote
discreet Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1429049223' post='2747528'] It's not a cyst, nor is it cyst-like. [/quote] [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1429047362' post='2747477'] Think a picture might help [/quote] We're definitely going to need a pic. Quote
grumpyguts Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 I had a lump on my right wrist above my thumb, doctor told me it was a Ganglion. This went when I stopped playing in the early 90's. I am a bit disappointed it didn't come back when I started playing again three years ago. Quote
Linus27 Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Do you mean on the outside of the hand sort of between the pointing finger first knuckle and the first thumb knuckle? If so then yes, on both hands but more pronounced on my fretting hand. Quote
Number6 Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 I sometimes find when i (haven't 😨) consume halucinogenic substances that my hands appear to me in all sorts of shapes. 😉 Quote
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