Klarinet Archive - Posting 000417.txt from 2003/01

From: "=?iso-8859-1?B?R3XwbXVuZHVyIN7zciBOb3LwZGFobA==?=" <gthn@-----.is>
Subj: RE: [kl] [kl} Thumb Pain: A different Approach
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:33:54 -0500

Dear Mr. Fay!=20

I invite you (and of course all other clarinet players!) to check out
our website http://www.nordahl.is "The GN Clarinet Support"! There you
might find a solution to you thumb pain!

Best regards=20

Gudmundur Thor Nordahl
Reykjavik
Iceland

-----Original Message-----
From: James Fay [mailto:n3hpz@-----.com]=20
Subject: Re: [kl] [kl} Thumb Pain: A different Approach

Some people also get relief by changing the location of the thumb rest=20
on the horn.

--Jim Fay

R. Williams wrote:

> Hi:
> I know this has been beaten to death after looking over the archives,=20
> but I thought I'd relay my own experiences having just gone through a=20
> 3 week bout of misery.
>
> I began to develop rather severe pain in the first joint of my thumb.

> It wasn't pressure pain from the rest but the joint itself and it was=20
> isolated to the joint. This occurred during a period when I was=20
> practicing two to two and a half hours a day. I tried the typical Ben

> Gay and Ace wrap, but it wasn't helping. I don't know if others have=20
> experienced this, but when someone asks what is wrong with your hand=20
> and you say "clarinet thumb", if they don't outright laugh, they at=20
> least look at you funny...g
>
> Anyway, the treatment was electro-acupuncture, which actually doesn't=20
> penetrate the skin. I ace wrapped my thumb to support it during=20
> practice, apply ice immediately after practice and once again for 20=20
> minutes during the day. You can wrap the thumb so it is supported=20
> without interfering with fingering. I also take Ibuprofen before=20
> practice. The thumb has pretty well cleared up but I have discussed a

> support with an occupational therapist if it becomes a chronic=20
> problem. I've been told that whatever they come up with shouldn't=20
> cost too much ie. $100 range. So, it's cheaper than some of the=20
> rests out there that wouldn't work for me anyway.
>
> In my case a $4 ace wrap and some ice, if done earlier probably would=20
> have prevented the full blown case I had, so just another trick to
try.
> Best
> RW
>
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