Klarinet Archive - Posting 000347.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: tendonitis
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:40:09 -0500

I would be interested to know what proportions of pro/semi-pro/amateur
players get these problems. Being an amateur, I hardly ever play more than
2
hours a day, and I've never had a wrist problem which lasted more than a
day or so.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 05:34:29 -0500
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: tendonitis
>
> At 11:36 PM 2/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Victoria,
> > I'd love to SLUG your teacher! You may have "tendonitis", which is
> >a catch-all phrase for a variety of problems associated with tendons,
> >cartilage, etc., or you might have Carpal Tunnel syndrome...
> >... 3) I am assuming that the pain is in your thumb/forearm, like
> >most clarinet/oboists.
>
> This description sounds more like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I had tendonitis
> for a long time (felt like my wrists were constantly slightly sprained).
> My left wrist was completely cured when I broke my thumb skiing and the
> wrist was immobilized by a cast for 5 weeks. Hasn't bothered me since
> (about 16 years). Complete rest does wonders, but is rather extreme.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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