Klarinet Archive - Posting 000325.txt from 2002/09

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Injured Hand Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:37:07 -0400

I have a similar problem from a bicycle accident I had when I was in High
School... In this accident, I fell and sprained my wrist. Several years
later (over 10 by now) I still have stiffness and pain in my wrist and hand.
I've gone to a couple of doctors and the consensus is that I have some scar
tissue in the soft tissue around the bones. For me, it isn't bad enough to
go and operate, but it has been a continual problem for years...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blumberg Artists Management [mailto:reedman@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:36 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Injured Hand Question
>
>
> I really hurt my right hand (was both but the left is mostly better) quite
> badly this past May. It was a minor car accident which I gripped the hell
> out of the steering wheel. (you would too if you were about to wreck a
> Jag). Car's been fixed for a while, but until late August, I had a
> tremendous amt of tingling in it, but now that has basically gone
> away. Now
> my wrist under my thumb stiffens up big time if I don't move it
> for about 20
> minutes - so in a Movie, it stiffens up a LOT to the point where I can't
> bend it at all without a lot of pain. It also freezes up after sleeping of
> course. I suspect that it is the synovial fluid that is doing it, and
> possibly some Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but there aren't the Carpal Symptoms
> anymore - just the stiffening.
>
> Does anyone else have that? Does Glucosamine help??? I'm taking
> anti-inflamatories and seeing a hand surgeon Thursday (haven't been for 3
> months as I don't like Med Dr's for my hands (as they can't ever do much).
>
> David Blumberg- http://eroicacds.toptempo.com
>

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