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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-08-12 13:58
The recent discussion about the mental stress and possible physical injuries suffered by clarinetists (and musicians in general) led me to do a little research.
Here is a very good site which is devoted to an explanation and understanding of musician's injuries. Note the sections on hand, finger and hearing injuries.
Hopefully, none of us will ever have to reference this information, but it is useful to know where to find it.
Wishing good health to all:
http://www.musicianshealth.com/ ...GBK
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-08-12 21:21
Hi GBK - Others [and I] appreciate the start of a thread [and link]on "health" concerns, which may range from minor to major, from fingers to [mine] hearing-tinnitus, [but not at Beethoven's level tho!!] The [linked] D O's comments-solutions-suggestions seem to be of greater assistance to string-inst. players than for us winds. An AOL search of "tinitus [or tinnitus]" turned up much info worthy of study [for me] to try to find THE or A relief-solution to the long-term impact of high volume sound, from brass and percussion etc. Listening to a bit of the San Jose, CA Jazz?? Festival, with almost pain-levels of amplified low-frequency bass guitar?? sounds, quickly drove me away!! PROTECT YER EARS!!! Don
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2002-08-12 22:13
There are also embouchure overuse injuries, not mentioned yet.
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Author: David
Date: 2002-08-12 22:34
Well I've spent this summer in a cast. Although there was some experimentation / trauma associated with using harder Vandoren reeds on a 926 mouthpiece, I'd have to lay a good deal of the blame on the bike
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Author: William
Date: 2002-08-13 00:04
Unfortunately, most of use do not think about protecting our ears from loud sounds during performance (or teaching) until the damage is done and hearing loss or tinitus occurs. Use musicans ear plugs before it is too late. Advice freely given based upon personal experiance (and years of negligent "my ears can take the loud sounds" attitude)
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-08-13 04:18
As important as hearing is to us as musicians, we need to be aware that loss can occur from many non-performing situations, many of which might especially concern younger people. These include loud "music" at clubs or concerts or "boom cars", firearms or fire works, unmuffled engines on cars, cycles, boats, jet planes etc, and industrial machinery and power tools.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-08-13 13:59
Be careful with power tools, also. Two months ago in a microsecond-moment of fatigue and stupidity I got my r.h. index finger nearly severed by a lawnmower blade -- it's healing but it will never be quite right and it kept me from playing for a month-and-a-half (and of course it could have been worse and ended my playing completely).
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-08-13 16:12
TKS, Ken - a VG reminder. Perhaps my tinitus began in 1938 via "The Pines of The Appian Way" [Roman Legions approaching and disappearing] Respighi, Mich State's concert band, Leonard Falcone, cond!!. We may have cracked the band shell, it was heard ALL over the campus!! Hey, please repeat! Don
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-08-14 15:13
Most wind players seem to suffer from tintinitus and mine seemed to start after 89 with a Wagner concert...if players aren't careful stress, fatigue can lead to complicating problems ---which affect the rest of their lives. health issues figure prominently in your ability to be effective in any professional situation, and shouldn't be taken lightly by people of any age. !!!
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