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Author: Janice
Date: 2001-05-26 01:56
I've been playing for 5 years now
and whenever I play, for about 30 minutes, I can't hold my breathe to play
my breathe comes out from my nose and it's really difficult to play because I have no air left to blow the notes out because my breath ran out from my nose
You probably can't understand what I'm saying, but if you do, please tell me what's wrong with me!!
This hasn't happened to me even if I played for 2 hours
but my breath comes out from my nose not from my mouth!!
help!!
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Author: spencer
Date: 2001-05-26 04:22
this happens to me somtimes and i dont know what the problem is either i noticed that when i started playing more and more on a regular basis that it sort of went away but i still have problems with it can anybody tell us what is happening and how to fix it?
Spencer
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Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2001-05-26 05:11
Janice,
The soft palate lifts and valves against the posterior wall of the naso-pharynx. This causes all the air expelled by your lungs to exit through your nose. There is something going on to involuntarily compromise the seal thus obtained. In other words (as you already know) your soft palate is leaking. If the problem persists your ear-nose-throat speacialist may have some insight into why this is happening.
Best wishes for a speedy solution, Terry
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Author: Richard
Date: 2001-05-26 08:25
Hi - I just thought I'd let you know I have the same problem too. It happened during a recital I was playing in, and was really embarrassing. I just thought you might like to know, anyway.
Richard
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Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2001-05-26 16:25
Hi, Imade an error. I meant to say that when your soft palate lifts and closes all you air exits your mouth not your nose. I would guess that fatigue is playing a part in your problem, but still think you will want to consult your ENT if it continues.
Terry
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Author: Mike Irish
Date: 2001-05-27 21:04
I use to have this during allergy season.... or when I had a bit of a head cold...
you know the times when the nose dont stop running and there dont seem to be an explanation for it..... other then the nose, every thing else seemed great....
some times when I had a sore throut..
oh well... ENT sounds like a possible find of the actuall problem and maybe even a solution
Mike
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Author: George
Date: 2003-02-13 02:23
My 15-year old son has developed a rather persistent (~2.5 weeks now) form of this problem. After playing about 6 years, he had recetnly been playing quite a bit, had just performed in the senior high school regional orchestra, and was preparing to audition for the all-state orchestra. He was also dealing with a viral upper respiratory infection during part of this time. 2 days before the all-state audition, the day after a 2-hour lesson in which he played very well, he discovered that he could not play at all. The air escaped into his nose and he could no longer generate enough pressure in his mouth to vibrate the reed and play.
This condition has been described in the ENT literature as stress velopharyngeal incompetence and is due to the effects of the physical stress of the high pressures generated in the oropharynx during playing. It has been described in a teenage trumpet player in whom the situation improved after rest from playing and soft palate exercises. Adult professional players have sometimes needed surgery for a similar condition (fortunately rare), but I am assuming this may be a somewhat different and more severe form of the problem.
We would be grateful for any experience and advice that anyone has with this condition. My son has already missed the all-state audition, a couple of weeks of high school band, and other ensemble and performance opportunities. After 2.5 weeks he still cannot play.
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