Fiddlevideo | Joseph McKeon | Activity https://www.fiddlevideo.com/members/josephmckeon/activity/ Activity feed for Joseph McKeon. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:10:30 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2108a4514356d4f49c95eeb3c433cdec Joseph McKeon posted a new activity comment https://www.fiddlevideo.com/activity/p/7982/#acomment-8027 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:07:59 -0800 I FOUND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING MY LEFT THUMB MUSCLE TO HURT!!!!
“You must keep your thumb bent!!!!” I was playing with my thumb joint locked into the straight position and it was creating too much stress on the muscle.”

KEEP YOUR THUMB BENT.
A physician friend of mine plays the mandolin an helped me identify the problem.

In reply to - Joseph McKeon started the topic Left hand thumb soreness in the forum Unfiddling I play acoustic guitar and am learning the fiddle (2 years into it). I notice that my thumb joint by the rist is unusually sore at […] ]]> 5c3fe9629abd9cdbfd9354f237ed3f86 Joseph McKeon started the topic Left hand thumb soreness in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/left-hand-thumb-soreness/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:10:52 -0800 I play acoustic guitar and am learning the fiddle (2 years into it). I notice that my thumb joint by the rist is unusually sore at times. Any suggestions to remedy this is appreciated. Perhaps I am not supporting the violin with my left hand or applying too much thumb pressure with my grip?

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