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Sir, you may have just saved my hand

Oh my God! I’ve dealt with constant thumb pain for years from playing guitar and tried all kinds of stretches... but nothing helped. If anything, stretches made it worse. But 30 seconds of working that thumb muscle like you demonstrated relieved the pain. I can’t believe it! I will be doing that every day from now on. I’ve pressed directly on the muscle exactly where the pain is, but never thought to press and pull below the pain like that. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

hello. I am from Iran . I feel both of my hands really better. really thanks. I can not speak well in English . I don't know beautiful phrases for saying thank you . excuse me . but I can just say that you're a real human

Hey doctor, an amateur classical guitarist here. Your video is gold. Thank you

This stuff should be tought in schools, especially to any aspiring guitarist.

I have always felt a little pain in my fretting hand after playing guitar. But since I usually play for several hours, I thought that this was only natural. When I bought a 000 western guitar the problems got a lot worse. Resting my arm did not solve anything, so I feared my guitar days were over. Now I have tried your excersices for the first time, and already my hand feels much better. This looks very promising. Thank you very much for your help, Gary.

Thank you. After watching the video using massage on the muscles on the forearm close to the elbow, and this one massaging the thumbs and fingers, my wrist pain is almost gone from playing a lot guitar. I discovered. from following your instructions that my fingers were sore and needed attention too. I erroneously thought all the pain was from my wrist.

guitarist for over ten years here and i must thank you for this crucial imformation. this is especially useful for advanced and marathon guitarist who develop tendonitis from thw fingers to the neck. i sometimes feel tension in my head muscles omg awesome content. im very pleased with the immediate results

I don't usually comment on videos, but I tried everything from icing, heat, anti-inflammatory supplements, and splinting for 3 weeks, which were only partially effective. But it wasn't until I came across this video, and did your exercises twice, and the aching pain completely vanished.. Amazing treatment! Thank you so much.

First time I have done this and the pain has released thank you so much I have been suffering for 6 months

INSTANT RELIEF!! Thank you so very much for posting!!

Wow, Thank you so much for that, I was freaking out after I felt a springy feeling in my fretting arm from practicing a lot in the last few days and I immediately thought the worst and started looking for treatments... Everyone talks about the symptoms but no one had a treatment! You sir, did exactly that and just doing it as I was watching the videos helped already and I am now confident I won't have to skip rehearsal or a show to rest! Thanks!

I just want to say thank you, I've been in pain for about a week and this gave me instant relief! I was getting depressed not being able to play guitar and being in constant pain. Thank you thank you thank you, you gave me my favorite thing to do in the world back!

Thank you so much!! I've just realized that I'm tight everywhere from playing guitar. But this has helped massively already. I will be doing it most days! Thank you much love!

Wow! Just after 15 minutes of this i already feel much better. I didn´t think, i can really practice as much as i want to. Thank you! I´ll definitely share this video with my fellow musicians.

Thank you so much! I can’t belief how fast this worked. I had tried everything, every stretch people recommended, nothing worked, but 30 seconds of this made the pain go away! I can’t believe it. Thank you so, so much!

This is the second time I watched your videos when I was having problems and I think they are gold!

Sooo Sooo helpful! I can't believe how kind some people are by just sharing this stuff - it changes lives. So appreciated!!

Can't believe it!!!! finally found something that works!!!! so amazing!!!!!!!!! thanks

Finally I can practice again. I've had so much pain in my thumb. This is the only thing on the internet that helped. Thank you so much!

After 5 years, you saved one of my other joints again

You are a god send! I play Flamenco and Baroque Spanish guitar and my thumb had practically become unusable. Just doing the pinches once with the video let me bend my thumb easily for the first time in weeks! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I don't know what I would have done if I couldn't play any more.

Thank you for this!!! I'm a 56 yo guitar player and my fretting thumb has been killing me with pain. I switched guitars for a new band, and the neck is thicker than I'm used to. Now there are times where I can barely play, so hopefully these tips will help me deal with the pain and hopefully cure it eventually.

Gary, I use my hands for everything, and after a thorough investigation, my hands feel the best they have in a long time. Thank you so much for opening my mind to the potentials of joint treatment. You're doing a helluva job!

I just started playing a few days ago and experinced pretty bad wrist and hand pain and got scared that perhaps guitar playing is not for me but these exercises helped pretty much immediately. Thank you so much!

feeling SO grateful for this series! i play guitar drums and bass and i'm feeling great now!!!

Dude you are a true doctor. I appreciate this so much, been playing for 14 years but have doubled down practicing lately + I started weight lifting and I think the compounding result has given me tendonitis in my fretting hand. I feel it the most when barring chords, F shape up and down the neck. It really sucks but this really helps so thank you!!

Wow! I thought I was done for, but this worked right away!

Thank you 🙏 I’m getting older and this is much better than ibuprofen and Aleve regimen.

Greetings from Germany and a big thank you.

OMG IT'S INSTANT RELIEF! Thank you very very much!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤you are very amazing, my thumb was hurting and now it's very relaxed all thanks to you, i love you!!

Gary!!! I have Tendonitis plus some Dr's say Carpal Tunnel(no clue how I could have gotten that back in my 20's) it never made sense. My wrists and hands go numb especially when I wake up. I know you mentioned it being connected to my neck, which I agree( terrible neck pain upon waking up daily) I must find more of your videos!! You are phenomenal!!!!!! Thank you for all you do

I am so pleased I found your channel and website. Been playing guitar for an hour or two per day for the last 8 months and my forearms and elbow on both arms have started to hurt a fair bit to the point where I was dreading picking up th e guitar. I’ve only been doing these techniques for 10 minutes but can already feel the difference! Thank you 🙏

Thank you so much! I’m a rock climber and a guitar player which takes a huge toll on my hands and forearms. These techniques have given me immediate relief and now I can do what I love without having to worry about hand pain. Thank you so much! I cannot thank you enough

This is amazing! It helped tremendously just after 45 min of using this treatment the pain is gone. I also applied this technique to my neck muscles as i am dealing with tinnitus, and the sound went down. Thank you for this, you are a true hero sir!

This has been invaluable (video 1 and 2) in immediate relief. I searched all kinds of KZfaq channels and yours worked immediately. I appreciate the very detailed instruction as well. I am not a guitar player, but you can imagine as a magician doing sleight of hand moves, just how "magical" it is/was to know there is hope of not being in pain and more importantly for me, getting back to things that use all these muscles and tendons, just like a guitar player as it relates to control. Totally subscribed! On a more personal level I appreciate your good-will. I know it takes a lot of time to create all this educational content. Again... thank you!

two months of tendonitis and after watching this my wrist and fingers pain is almost gone, thank you sir

Just happened on these videos. Ive been playing on and off in my room for years, and really got into it all again last year in lockdown. I had a goal to Finally master downpicking, and spent ages each nite trying to play Metallica riffs along to various manageable paces with the metronome. Be it from hunched over whilst standing up practicing, or clenching the pick to tightly when picking, practicing, I have developed tennis elbow style burns in the elbows, and my shoulders are very tight. I go to sleep fine, but in the mornings, the shoulders are seriously tight and the tendons initially pop, whilst the tendons at the elbows feel like a forest fire. Once Im out and outta the bed, the discomfort dissolves, but its bothersome. Playing guitar itself, the discomfort isnt really there- it happens overnight. So thanks for the advice here. I hope to try it with some results. Many thanks again.

Gary has taught me so many tricks for getting out of pain. His website is amazing. The videos are detailed and informative, and I can attest that they have saved me from many doctors visits and trips to the chiropractor.

Started having a little bit of finger pain and fatigue after practicing some legato licks yesterday.Started doing this for like 5 mins and I already feel better.I'm telling everyone I can, you sir deserve a medal.

Thank you! I was really hurting at the base of my thumb (the large muscle/tendon group area) after a 6 hour recording session. This really helped to relieve the pain!

Thank you so much sir. I was really worried about an issue with mi index finger. Just before using it as an excuse to stop playing for a time, I decided to check this video. I'm now about to keep practicing and I feel much better. Seriously thanks.

This helped me so much with pain in the base of my thumb! Other videos only talked about the wrist. Thank you so much!

OK, I watched part one and played along. Wow. There is a large and meaningful improvement after the first try. Thank you. I'm going to do it again and again. I had to post a thank you.

thanks for the help feeling less pain and tight already. I will keep this up daily.

Utterly fantastic. I've been having pain in my hands for a while now and this has almost completely taken it away. Going to try again tomorrow (the essence of successful self-massage seems to be a lot of experimentation with your own particular pains) and rest for a few days. Can already notice a huge improvement in the feel in my hands.

After years of forearm and thumb pain from guitar and computer use, this has been one of the few successful techniques I've found. Even after just several minutes of the technique I'm feeling my eternally tight muscles release. Thank you so much.

just started this treatment, already seams to help. I sure hope it takes care of the problem cause I don't want surgery, and I'm not gonna quit playing music

Yeah much obliged, I saw videos on wrist pain a while back but recently developed a really bad pain in my thumb and this helped make it feel so much better and solve the problem! Thanks

I play guitar and my hand , under thumb is hurting and i just did what you said and really helped....thank you so much

Incredible. I can actually play again!!! Thank you for sharing this with us. Youre a good man, and this has improved my life immeasurably. My most sincere gratitude!

Gary, This is really good stuff! I have suffered over the past year with this finger tendonitis and trigger finger. It hurt so much I had to stop playing recently. The deep pressure techniques are really helping me regain function in my hand/fingers. You offer real valuable information and service. Many thanks!

I had tendon-pain in my thumb and, having tried this, can clench my fist (without pain) for the first time in almost 2 months! Very well done, sir!

Thanks Gary the bodyweight pressure did the trick for me! - Shane-o from Australia

Unbelievable.... After just 5 minutes, I felt a sweet release from the elbow down to the wrist, and my thumb muscle doesn't hurt anymore when I do barre chords for more than 10 minutes..... Thank you so much! I've also combined the massaging with the muscle rubs (not the freezing ones).

who accidentally disliked this video? anyway, thanks for the information. playing has been not fun for a couple of weeks now. this helped tremendously. seriously, thank you.

I guess I overdid it with practicing a new piece last week and now my Index is beginning to hurt the same way my thumb did two years ago shortly before tendonitis was diagnosed on it. I'm going to try this and see if it helps. Fingers crossed! (Yes, pun absolutely intended)

Outstanding advice , guidance and miraculous help Sir. I was under the impression that with my increased playing in the past 6 months since my arrival in West Texas, that I had the onset of advanced arthritis in my left hand hand, finger joints. Having worked through your expert advice and routines it is immediately improving. I cannot thank you enough Gary music means so much to me and the lovely fiends I entertain. God Bless Sir. Paul Oughton West Texas ( Formerly South Yorkshire, England)

thank you!! i just started guitar a few months ago but immediately started experiencing intense inflammation in my tendons, and these exercises have soothed it so much :) glad that i found this to get good habits early on

I can't believe this! My pain is almost gone! This is like magic, except it's not! Thank you so much!

THANK YOUUUUU

Thank you so much! This pain was killing me. Couldn't go through a full song with few bar chords without the pain in the thumb area. Its much better now! Million thanks to you!

Thank you so much for this information. I was in so much pain. Couldn't pick up a yeti with tea without holding the cup with both hands. I was in really bad shape. You just saved me!!!

While trying to do this I hurt my other hand lol. I will be visiting your website cause I’ve lived with thumb muscle pain for years!

Thanks Gary I get lots of pain in my hands and wrist from typing and I've started doing your exercises and noticed a huge difference! Thank you and look forward to future videos :)

Thank you! I'm a fiddle player and have been having pain in my thumb and wrist on my bow hand. Worked with your techniques during the video and it's already feeling better! I'll keep you posted!

This is absolutely terrific. I thank you for doing this. Helps much!

thx gary! today is the first day i became aware of what you taught in vids 1 and 2 and i'm grateful for you ....i have been suffering for a long time...appreciate you !

Does anyone else ever think about how weird hands are?

What great advice, Gary. I never had any issues with my playing, but for the last couple of years, I didn't play so often. Then I got some free time and began to play a lot. I developed quite a bit of pain and thought I would not be able to play. This helped immediately. Thanks so much!!

Super helpful video, boutta go crazy again after healing my thumb, thank you so much!

Thank you so very much for this, you are saving lives good sir!

Thank you, the muscle between my left thumb and index finger was very painful from playing a lot. I just did as you instructed and it feels relieved. I'll see by tomorrow for sure, but at least for now it's relaxed. Thanks again.

thankyou heaps, my forearm and elbow pain is extreme from playing guitar. its now managable with your treatment.

Wow thank you for the in depth explanations as to how to treat yourself. I've been playing guitar for my whole life and I overworked my wrist and forearm at work from pulling heavy manual carts for long periods of time. I have a lot of cracking in my wrists and the pain extends through my forearm on the top and bottom all the way to above my elbow. Your instructions are helping

Great exercises, the only problem is now my right hand fingers that I used to fix the left hand are in pain. Massaging one hand, exercises the other. Works for me. Thanks Much!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!! I have played guitar for years but never as frequently I have been the last few months and have had lots of wrists issues and was concerned. This video and the first one helped immensely!

Pure gold! Thanks. Solved some finger & wrist pain for me basically immediately.

You just changed my life, and your website is to helpful, thank you!

I hope this works, I am a musician and unable to use my left hand for the most part. Afraid the other hand may blow out. I'm trying this out. Just bought a "kingbrand" wrap and therapy kit...trying anything. Thank you for this , I had no idea how much my thumbs hurt!

Thankyou so much for sharing your expertise. I have concerts lined up and I really need to fix my tendonitis.

sir Thank you so much in 15 minutes I felt a change me hand goes numb after one song,this is ultracool of you to show thank you again

Thank you for these two videos. They are extremely helpful. I am actually a clarinetist and I have to play piano and other instruments. I have been suffering with tendonitis for for about 5 years now and I finally feel like there is an alternative to ace bandages, icy hot and ice. I also am looking forward to looking at your page for better detail about fingers and thumbs. Again thank you!

Great advice about the thumb thank you very much

Thank you very much sir you are awesome

Thanks for video..injured my thumb muscle with some bad technique habits. This definitely isolated to exactly where the problem is. Just started the exercises, feels like it is helping. so thanks again

Thanks. I'll give these a try.

Thank you so much man! I've been a professional gamer in the making since i was about 8 years old and ive never streched or known how to release the tightness and recently its become to the point where i cant use the keyboard at all so i've been hindered very much, but these techniques have really been working to improve my condition and my keystrokes per minute is skyrocketing, thank you so much! :D

Thank you so much! I have struggled with pain in my thumb and index fingers as well as my wrist for 7 years or so and this seems to be helping tremendously. It had gotten so bad that I had to drop out of college because I couldn't practice. I hope to pursue a professional career in music so you can understand how much this has bothered me. I just started with these techniques but will follow up after a bit more work on it. Again thank you!

Watched both of the videos. Very insightful. Thank you so much!

Again, wow. Your videos are priceless.

Whoa this helps a lot! Thank you sir for sharing this golden knowledge!

Thank you so much!!! God bless you!

YOU ARE AN AWESOME HUMAN THANK YOU!!!!!!

Thank you so much. This helped me right away. You are awesome!!

Very helpful information. Thank. you so much!!

SUPER helpful! Thank you!!!

This is exactly what I needed. Very good video!

Thank you!! This was incredibly helpful!