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Re: Wrist Problems

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-06-07 15:14

(After considering a doctor's advice, ...)

Try a neck strap (I use the BG elastic model). After about 2 months of use, my strap greatly relieved my right wrist problems. After about a year, the "clarinet thumb" callus was pretty much gone.

The strap lifts the clarinet toward your mouth, but it also pulls it in toward your body. That changes the load on your thumb, but does not completely eliminate it. The change in most cases is beneficial to the user.

The elastic strap allows me to adjust the "rest position" of the instrument, so I can move it around to reach the mouthpiece and ligature without having to slip an adjustment on a fixed strap. Others like the more rigid set-up.

Check Michele Gingras' Rico Reed sponsored series of tips on youTube for a simple way to attach the strap to your thumb rest.

Bob Phillips

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