Klarinet Archive - Posting 000135.txt from 1995/04

From: "<Laura Avery>" <lapod@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: A Different Tendonitis
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 15:25:33 -0400

Bill wrote:

>Hi all:

>I'm new to this list and have been enjoying reading all your posts.

>I've been particularly interested in the tendonitis issue but my
problem is
>slightly different. I've never had any trouble with my wrist, but my
right
>shoulder and upper arm will start giving me pain after a particularly
hard
>weekend of playing. Stretching excercises help as well as a massage
>therapist on one particularly bad week. Has anybody else had this
problem?

>Thanks,

>Bill Tomczak
>btomczak@-----.net

Bill,

I have had a similar problem with my shoulder and upper back. I do
have tendonitis in my wrist and forearm, but all of the issues are
related. I have been going for physical therapy twice a week for the
past month. We have basically been doing stretching exercises. The
doctor found in my case that since I tend to lean forward, the muscles
in my lower back are not strong enough to hold my upper body straight.
You mentioned that it was your right arm and shoulder...do you carry
your clarinet with a strap over that shoulder? If you do, then there
could be a chance of a pinched nerve that it is irritated.

Laura Avery
Graduate student, University of Michigan
Lapod@-----.edu