Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 2000/09

From: "dikarius" <dikarius@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Uh?????
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 21:20:23 -0400

> William Wright wrote:
> I'm not an alarmist, and I'm not about to quit playing; but I can't
> help wondering if a longer period of sustained pressure (such as a
> complete concerto) coud be a different risk than a single sneeze?

1) The pressure we as woodwind players maintain is quite a bit lower than
the pressure the brass players maintain (most, if not all, of those reports
were of brass players) - even during a long concerto, we have enough rests
etc... that I don't think there's any danger, unless you have one of a
series of specific anatomical anamolies.

2) Even during a concerto, we really don't maintain the pressures for all
that long - we still take regular breaths.

>
>
> <><> The foramen ovale is an opening that connects the right and
> left atria.
>
> But there is an opening in the base of the skull with the same name,
> where some nerves pass, correct?

Yes, but I knew that they were referring to the one in the heart because
they used the term "patent foramen ovale". That is the medical term for
the failure of the one in the heart to close...

Diane K.

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