Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1998/10

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Carpel Tunnel Syndrom
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 23:20:28 -0400

Also although he may be a specialist in the arm and wrist, he may not have
much knowledge of a musician's needs. Athletes often face this problem and
go instead to doctors who are specialists in both the area of sports
medicine and the particular problem that they must solve.

If I haven't mentioned it to you, there is also a stand that the Woodwind &
Brasswind advertises that is designed to support the clarinet while playing.
I haven't tried it tho.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: Vicki Coffman <coffman@-----.net>
Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Carpel Tunnel Syndrom

>Michal Balass wrote:
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your advise. By the way, the doctor who recommended
I
>> stop playing is a hand and wrist specialist. :(.
>
>You might want to get a second (or third) opinion anyway.
>
>I had an elbow problem, for which I saw a specialist, who
>immediately recommended a) eliminate the activity that bothered
>the elbow (playing my instruments), and b) surgery. I wasn't
>willing to do either!
>
>I got him to give me a referral to a physical therapist, even
>though he didn't really want to, and she gave me exercises which
>now have my elbow just about fixed.....
>
>My input boils down to: don't necessarily believe the first
>doctor you see, no matter what the credentials....
>
>Regards,
>
>Vicki

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