Does anyone have any ideas how to make your fingers more flexible? Or is it just not possible?
I've been cracking my fingers out of habit (ever since i started sc2, thinking that cracking my fingers would make my hands more flexible..) and I feel like my fingers have gone extremely stiff..
I'm not double jointed but my fingers were never this stiff to begin with. I played much faster about a year ago and now I sort of feel like a grandpa trying to move my fingers around my keyboard.
Also I was wondering if anyone has this problem where your extremely inflexible? Like I can't even bend my wrist back 90 degrees, and i can only SLIGHTLY bend my fingers back, very slightly. (had this since i was born)
also my fingers/hands are slightly shaking now for some reason... should i go to the doctor about this? I never had this about a year ago . ..
Are you a troll or what? In case not, just to make sure: Buddy, what you are describin is in any case not good! Go to a doctor and let him check your hands and everything! Its not normal and unhealthy!
If your hands are shaking, that's either shivering, something to do with exercise (unlikely since it's your hands), or something you might want to consider getting medical attention for.
EDIT: If this is actually a troll, I don't see how this is supposed to get people mad at all.
you should definitely seek medical attention. merely cracking your knuckles numerous times daily will not cause this to happen. as a chronic knuckle cracker, i can attest to that. please do go see a licensed physician for a more indepth review of what's happening to your hand
I have what is called a "benign tremor", I cannot hold my hands perfectly still (they shake a little). Doctor told me nothing to worry about. And I am also very inflexible So these things are not automatically bad. But then again, I have gotten faster just from practice. Slowing down sounds bad... Still not sure this warrants a thread tho....
EDIT: fell for it gosh darn it. I'm too tired to see through it.
Don't keep cracking ur fingers! It's bad.. I don't know why though, but from what I've heard it's bad for ur fingers. And go to doctor! And might wanna consider learning guitar/piano to loosen them up if u really want to.
Play an instrument that stretches your hands. My left hand is longer than my right by half a centimeter and can stretch laterally over an inch more than my right hand tip-to-tip (ring and pinkie finger) from many years of piano, violin, and guitar. Also I know bboys/bgirls increase finger flexibility (backwards) with practice, which you need when you first start for good hand positioning during footwork.
Also go see a doctor and stop cracking your joints, please. edit: okay, at least see a doctor even if you keep cracking your joints. if troll. learn to troll.
some people have shorter tendons than others. unfortunately, tendons in the hands are numerous and hard to extend. unfortunately, they're likely to shorten as you age due to tearing. if you want to stretch your hands out to be more flexible, literally stretch them a few minutes out of every day, sure why not? i'm not a doctor.
Best way to ever get your hands moving faster imo. It's a keyboard version of DDR. I'm quite good at piano but this is a lot easier training because your movements are "guided" meaning you are forced to try to move as fast as you humanly can.
Look up a guy named Greg Irwin. He's a finger fitness expert. Which may sound silly, but has created a good chunk of exercise for warming up your hands and increasing your finger dexterity. Plenty of musicians have found it useful.
Just a small example, but it'll give you an idea of the exercises.
I've cracked my fingers for 6 years now out of bad habbit.. If you can. You should stop right away. Now everyday I'm trying not to crack them. It hurts like hell. Probably got arthritis also because of it
Everyone has different levels of dexterity. Unfortunately there isn't too much you can do about it except continue to use your hands and take care of them (no cracking knuckles)
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So these things are not automatically bad. But then again, I have gotten faster just from practice. Slowing down sounds bad... Still not sure this warrants a thread tho....
