Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 1998/02

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: tendonitis
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:40:30 -0500

Roger -

I'm a 69 year young amateur retread who practices from 2 to 4 hours a day
with very few "days off". Like most people of my age I have some arthritis
in my wrists and hands. This has not caused me any problems in playing. In
fact, the arthritis is much improved since resuming clarinet playing two
years ago. And, as far as I can recall, my wrists (right hand, in
particular) have never bothered me since my early student days back in the
1930's.

I take ibuprofin daily as a pain controller for a minor hip muscular
problem and as a general anti-inflammatory. This, no doubt, gives some
help for the arthritis, but I am convinced that the "exercise" that my
hands are getting in practicing is the prime reason for the considerable
improvement that I have experienced.

Keeping your hands as relaxed as possible when playing is axiomatic, but it
is often forgotten when working out difficult passages. I'm sure that this
will help any hand, wrist or tendonitis problems that you may be having.

This goes a bit beyond your question, but I'm just a helpful (and sometimes
verbose) kind of guy.

To painless playing.

Gene Nibbelin
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> From: Roger Shilcock
<roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: tendonitis
> Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 6:06 AM
>
> 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
> > 451 Old Orchard Drive
http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> > Essexville, MI 48732
http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
> > ICQ UIN
4862265
> >
> > If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
> >