Author: connie
Date: 2001-04-17 16:03
First get a new doctor. You should never feel like your doctor is laughing at you. Moreover, there is a difference between arthritis (joint inflammation) and muscle pain.
Surely there are some sympathetic doctors, but you might also consider physical therapy or occupational therapy to help with analyzing contributing factors and helping you devise some other ways. There's no "musician medicine" as such, but you may well be having some chronic overuse syndrome, and there are doctors who are more knowledgeable about those.
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia several years ago. My upper body muscles are the ones that bother me the most, playing clarinet, driving, whatever. The program my doctor gave me includes relaxation techniques, some medication when appropriate, physical therapy from time to time, and so forth. You might want to check into this apparently widespread but under-recognized disorder.
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