Comments on: My Bent Pinky Fingers http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Melissa http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-70297 Melissa Tue, 01 May 2012 19:33:40 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-70297 I play cello, piano and I'm learning guitar. I am musical, but my fingers do hinder me a little. For example I find it hard to reach an octave on piano because my little finger curves away. I don't let it stop me though :) I play cello, piano and I'm learning guitar. I am musical, but my fingers do hinder me a little. For example I find it hard to reach an octave on piano because my little finger curves away. I don't let it stop me though :)

]]> By: Nathan Knapp http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-70284 Nathan Knapp Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:17:40 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-70284 I've been a bassist for about five years, and I had just come over it three years ago. And mines worse than the one in the picture. I've been a bassist for about five years, and I had just come over it three years ago.
And mines worse than the one in the picture.

]]> By: Penny http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-70281 Penny Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:07:27 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-70281 I have bent fingers like in the picture. My Dad had them too but none of my siblings do. Nether of my children have them. Mum said that when I was born my thumbs were up-right but my pinkies were curled into the palm. (In "normal" babies the thumb is usually tucked into the palm at birth). Also my little toes curl underneath the next toe. I have alway liked them, and they never caused any problems growing up, except learning to touch type. Just learnt to type without using them. Gave up the piano after only a few lessons and only just occured to me that could have been 'cos it was difficult placing fingers correctly. At the time I just did not enjoy it. I am not very musical anyway. Also carring heavy bags 'cos the little finger curls under the others and get squeezed and sore. I am now in my mid 50's and find I have to keep the nails on my pinkies cut short or it cuts into the flesh on the side of my ring finger. If you get them straightened you will not get rid of the gene that causes them so celibrate that you are different and that lots of people are different, just like you!!!! I have bent fingers like in the picture. My Dad had them too but none of my siblings do. Nether of my children have them. Mum said that when I was born my thumbs were up-right but my pinkies were curled into the palm. (In "normal" babies the thumb is usually tucked into the palm at birth). Also my little toes curl underneath the next toe.
I have alway liked them, and they never caused any problems growing up, except learning to touch type. Just learnt to type without using them. Gave up the piano after only a few lessons and only just occured to me that could have been 'cos it was difficult placing fingers correctly. At the time I just did not enjoy it. I am not very musical anyway.
Also carring heavy bags 'cos the little finger curls under the others and get squeezed and sore. I am now in my mid 50's and find I have to keep the nails on my pinkies cut short or it cuts into the flesh on the side of my ring finger.
If you get them straightened you will not get rid of the gene that causes them so celibrate that you are different and that lots of people are different, just like you!!!!

]]> By: Therese http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-69632 Therese Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:37:54 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-69632 I'm nineteen, and I have crooked pinkies. They're pretty similar to the ones in the photo at the top, I guess. I don't think anybody else in my family has them or did have them. At least not that I know of. My pinkies aren't the biggest nuisance in the world, but I don't see them as necessarily great. The only time they ever came in handy (pun not intended) was in middle school when a girl accidentally slammed my hand between a chair and a desk. I pretended to freak out and I held out my pinky, yelling, "Look what you did!!!!" She was so stunned. Heh heh. Now I pretty much keep my pinkies to myself, and nobody really notices them until I point it out, if I do at all. It would be nice to have them fixed----at least the left one. Sometimes they feel hard to bend, are very easy to crack, and start to ache if I'm carrying something (like a heavy bag, for instance). Another problem I've experienced is that I can't grow my nails on my pinkies, because when I do, they stab the ring fingers and it hurts!! I don't like very much for people to hold my hands either. I don't necessarily embrace it, and I wouldn't say that it makes me who I am or anything like that. Most of the time I forget I even have it, until I look down and think "What the what?" I've never met anyone else who's had them----I did notice my French professor's pinky was crooked, but it would have been way too strange to bring it up. I'm nineteen, and I have crooked pinkies. They're pretty similar to the ones in the photo at the top, I guess. I don't think anybody else in my family has them or did have them. At least not that I know of. My pinkies aren't the biggest nuisance in the world, but I don't see them as necessarily great. The only time they ever came in handy (pun not intended) was in middle school when a girl accidentally slammed my hand between a chair and a desk. I pretended to freak out and I held out my pinky, yelling, "Look what you did!!!!" She was so stunned. Heh heh. Now I pretty much keep my pinkies to myself, and nobody really notices them until I point it out, if I do at all. It would be nice to have them fixed----at least the left one. Sometimes they feel hard to bend, are very easy to crack, and start to ache if I'm carrying something (like a heavy bag, for instance). Another problem I've experienced is that I can't grow my nails on my pinkies, because when I do, they stab the ring fingers and it hurts!! I don't like very much for people to hold my hands either. I don't necessarily embrace it, and I wouldn't say that it makes me who I am or anything like that. Most of the time I forget I even have it, until I look down and think "What the what?" I've never met anyone else who's had them----I did notice my French professor's pinky was crooked, but it would have been way too strange to bring it up.

]]> By: Maria http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-69067 Maria Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:25:11 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-69067 BTW, always proud of my crooked fingers - it's made me feel different and unique. The teasing never bothered me, but now I kind of wish that at least my pinky was normal. BTW, always proud of my crooked fingers - it's made me feel different and unique. The teasing never bothered me, but now I kind of wish that at least my pinky was normal.

]]> By: Maria http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-69066 Maria Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:15:13 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-69066 I am 3/4 italian and am the only one I every knew (except for one boy in my grammar school class) with crooked fingers. The pinky on my left hand is very bent, and both of my index fingers curve outward at about a 45 degree angle. My mother brought to the doctor's attention as soon as I was born, but he brushed it off repeatedly for next several years saying I would outgrow it. Up until I was 6 years old, my mother was considering having my fingers fixed and then dropped it. At 14 years old, my family doctor noticed them, and again my mother asked if there was anything that could be done. Since, obviously, my bones were formed at that point, he said the bones would have to be broken and reset! No thanks. I have learned to live with them the way they are - I don't really have any pain. It's just hard to grap things with my left hand sometimes, and I hold my hands different on a keyboard to type than most people (I've had to work at it, but I type around 90 WPM). Probably if the doctor had listened to my mother when I was born, I wouldn't be having this discussion (and I wouldn't have been teased so much about this growing up) - my fingers probably could have been fixed with splints while the bones were still soft enough. Anyway, I never realized there were so many people out there like me - I thought I was the one of the few. I am 3/4 italian and am the only one I every knew (except for one boy in my grammar school class) with crooked fingers. The pinky on my left hand is very bent, and both of my index fingers curve outward at about a 45 degree angle. My mother brought to the doctor's attention as soon as I was born, but he brushed it off repeatedly for next several years saying I would outgrow it. Up until I was 6 years old, my mother was considering having my fingers fixed and then dropped it. At 14 years old, my family doctor noticed them, and again my mother asked if there was anything that could be done. Since, obviously, my bones were formed at that point, he said the bones would have to be broken and reset! No thanks. I have learned to live with them the way they are - I don't really have any pain. It's just hard to grap things with my left hand sometimes, and I hold my hands different on a keyboard to type than most people (I've had to work at it, but I type around 90 WPM). Probably if the doctor had listened to my mother when I was born, I wouldn't be having this discussion (and I wouldn't have been teased so much about this growing up) - my fingers probably could have been fixed with splints while the bones were still soft enough. Anyway, I never realized there were so many people out there like me - I thought I was the one of the few.

]]> By: Cameron http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-69048 Cameron Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:14:10 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-69048 My Pinkie fingers are extremely bent, and I play violin. I want surgury to straighten my left one badly. But I also feel like I would loose that unique part about me...... My Pinkie fingers are extremely bent, and I play violin. I want surgury to straighten my left one badly. But I also feel like I would loose that unique part about me......

]]> By: Lex Nordlinger http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-68840 Lex Nordlinger Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:48:15 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-68840 I have a slight bend on only my left pinky. This is a major problem for me because I am planning on pursuing a career as a percussionist. I've been befuddled on how my I could not have the same exact technique in both hands. Recently i noticed that my left pinky is slightly bent. because of this, i cant get a perfectly symmetrical technique and therefore cannot get a perfectly symmetrical tone. Mine is minor, but as I said it is a big problem for my drumming. Does anyone have any suggestions for a homemade cure? I dont exactly have much money. I may go get a splint I have a slight bend on only my left pinky. This is a major problem for me because I am planning on pursuing a career as a percussionist. I've been befuddled on how my I could not have the same exact technique in both hands. Recently i noticed that my left pinky is slightly bent. because of this, i cant get a perfectly symmetrical technique and therefore cannot get a perfectly symmetrical tone. Mine is minor, but as I said it is a big problem for my drumming. Does anyone have any suggestions for a homemade cure? I dont exactly have much money. I may go get a splint

]]> By: Dee http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-68838 Dee Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:13:07 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-68838 Hi. I am of Irish / Cherokee descent. My Dad (Irish) does not have this condition, even though I do. I had to write a generational research paper for Grad school that included some genetic background on both sides of my family. In doing this, I learned that this trait is in the Cherokee bloodline. My maternal grandmother who was 1/4 Cherokee had it as do I, even though my overall features favor the Irish. I know that there are a lot of individuals who would like to dispute the genetic connection of this trait, but research it in your family history before you discredit those who have. The autosomal information in provided in the postings on this forum are more likely to be accurate in their information that those who would just offer statements of opinion. I play violin and I find it hard to use my pinky frequently because it collapses and locks up so I sympathize with the guitarists here. Btw, I am trying to locate college funds so that I can finish out my education. Anyone here now of scholarships for individuals with crooked pinkies! Hi. I am of Irish / Cherokee descent. My Dad (Irish) does not have this condition, even though I do. I had to write a generational research paper for Grad school that included some genetic background on both sides of my family. In doing this, I learned that this trait is in the Cherokee bloodline. My maternal grandmother who was 1/4 Cherokee had it as do I, even though my overall features favor the Irish.

I know that there are a lot of individuals who would like to dispute the genetic connection of this trait, but research it in your family history before you discredit those who have. The autosomal information in provided in the postings on this forum are more likely to be accurate in their information that those who would just offer statements of opinion.

I play violin and I find it hard to use my pinky frequently because it collapses and locks up so I sympathize with the guitarists here.

Btw, I am trying to locate college funds so that I can finish out my education. Anyone here now of scholarships for individuals with crooked pinkies!

]]> By: Melissa http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-68739 Melissa Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:05:10 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-68739 I thought it was dominant? Not recessive.. I thought it was dominant? Not recessive..

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