My middle finger is swolen like a golf ball due to playing 1.2. I've seen the way others play 1.2 and it doesn't seem any different to the way I play, yet i've never heard anyone else complaining. Back when I played 1.1 my thumb suffered. Eventually my thumb looked my big toe, with thick hard skin on the underneith.
ATM my pad has several plasters on the back where I try to rest my finger, and I have a couple of plasters on my finger, but i'm still in agony and as it stands I can't play for more than 20 minutes before I have to give up

Does anyone else have the same problem, or had the same problem and figured out a better plan than me?