Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2002/10

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Lower Jaw Pain
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:36:12 -0400

There's no real point in anyone's trying to diagnose this from a distance,
but it might make a big difference if the "throbbing" pain feels like it's
muscular or actually somewhere deep in the bony structure of the jaw. And
whether it's strictly associated with extended clarinet playing or actually
hurts at other times as well. Seems like pain-causing dental problems (like
a growing abscess or TMJ) would cause pain under other conditions.

Pain that's strictly clarinet-associated would suggest that serious tension
has developed somewhere in your approach to embouchure. There are dozens of
possible sources of tension, but if the problem appeared only recently, the
first thing to consider is whatever you last changed in your playing or your
equipment.

Still, a trip to your dentist just to rule out anything not related to
clarinet seems worthwhile.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Reyes [mailto:robert.reyes@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:14 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Lower Jaw Pain
>
>
> Over the past week I've notice that my lower jaw would be throbbing after
> Practicing or playing for an hour or more. I do tend to
> overbite, but this
> is something I've never felt before. My question to the list is
> Does anyone
> else experience this and is so what do you do to deal with?
>
>
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