Nasty Guitar Hero Injuries

**IWillKickU** · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 2830 Location: In the Undertow

When I'm concentrating really hard when I'm rockin', I have a tendancy to bite my cheek and lips. Now my right cheek is all raw. Does anyone else have crazy habits while they play that cause serious harm to themselves? Or has anyone sustained an injury while playing?

**PissedatJordan** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 613

my tongue hurts... but thats probubly cause i just got braces... hurt my right thumb and pointer finger every time i play the fast part

**Lucifer2K7** · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 280 Location: Lou's Inferno

Liver damage

**officerbarbrady** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 151

i notice i only do it in one song, but on cliffs of dover, i always kind of push my bottom teeth against my top teeth from the inside (if that makes sense), i especially notice it around the SP phrase thats just a simple 4 note scale from Orange to Red. every time, i don't know why, i could see it starting to hurt

**IWillKickU** · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 2830 Location: In the Undertow

back when I was a newb and made the jump from medium to hard, I was playing a chord heavy song (maybe Strutter?) and all the streatching made somthing in my wrist >click< and the tip of my pinky went numb for about an hour. That was weird.

**MeeesterHat** · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 502

Gotten a blister on my pinky, but it's now calloused so hasn't happend again. Worst that has happend is is from a prior accident, I had a very deep gash on the index finger of my fretting hand. Cut was from the tip of my finger all they down to the trimmed nail, bled like hell. Even though it was very sore I kept playing GH3, and often ended up with bloody, sticky, frets from reopening the cut many times the first couple days after injury.
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**burnfastordie** · Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 247 Location: Massachusetts

**Redbirdddddddd** · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 31

when i first got gh3 on Friday i played on hard for 4 hours straight, so my hands and fingers were killing me, also i got gh2 the day it came out and too played gh2 too long...

**Silly** · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

Day GH3 came out I played it for, to quote my Wii...

**cicalive** · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 114

Well, ever since GH3 came out, I've been playing SEVERAL hours per day, and it's causing my hand to hurt quite a bit if I curl my four fingers and kinda bend them backwards. But I get that playing real guitar too if I play a lot.

When I first started on GH2, I used to always get severe wrist pain because I didn't have the necessary muscle memory to do difficult parts, so I strained myself. That never happens anymore.

The worst I ever suffered was when I was practicing the solo to Free Bird on Expert for the first time:

etc...

I slide my middle finger for that, and I got some pretty bad blisters on it from the yellow key "bump"

**omegatitan99** · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 175 Location: Maine

When I'm playing a tough song or when I'm on an FC run, I will unintentionally bite my tongue and/or scrape it through my teeth. <_<

By the end of the time I'm playing, it will feel like I've burned my tongue on some hot food or something.

**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

I have this stinger in my shoulder that i like to call "Guitar Hero shoulder". kinda reminds me of Tennis Elbow.

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**PhilFantastic89** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

i get the teeth grinding thing too haha chewign gum does work a little bit but it messes wiht your rythym, also my left wrist used to hurt really bad if i played a lot i thought i was geting carpol tunnel or somthing but it went away.

**directshot999** · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 3838 Location: Birmingham, AL

I put my tongue on my right cheek. Just can't help it. It causes no injuries, but I did once dislocate my index finger. Just felt it pop while playing Cowboys From Hell and I couldn't move it. Went to docter, and sure enough, dislocated. It was amusing, telling him how it happened. It's weird, it didn't seem like I did anything to dislocate it.
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