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Author: oboesax
Date: 2012-02-04 22:04
Could be a couple of things. I agree that you should see a doctor.
My daughter (16) has had a condition called costocondritus since she was young. Her left rib cage, or rather the muscles around it, will cramp up causing severe sharp pain in the left chest area. This started when she was young and was experiencing a lot of stress because of elementary school. She got it once while singing in a televised chorale concert. It comes with stress and would come more often when she tried running cross country. An asthma doctor used to treat her with the regular inhaler that people with asthma use. She has not used it in several years since she left that awful elementary school as she no longer needs it. The condition comes back sometimes but she tries to control it by relaxing.
She will also occasionally feel her chest hurt when she is done circle breathing while playing oboe for a few minutes. Today in fact at an audition she did some circle breathing during the Haydn concerto, immediately followed by the 1st movement of the Strauss concerto, where she did a lot of circle breathing. Clearly she needs to learn to exhale the carbon dioxide better while she's playing, and it is something she is working on. She felt her chest for about half an hour after the audition, and then it went away.
I don't recall if there is much breath holding in Pictures, but you might want to consider some oboe-related caused pains.
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TrueFinlandishness |
2012-02-04 19:48 |
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plclemo |
2012-02-04 20:19 |
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Re: Chest Pain whilst Playing new |
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oboesax |
2012-02-04 22:04 |
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GoodWinds |
2012-02-05 04:42 |
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TrueFinlandishness |
2012-02-05 18:20 |
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GoodWinds |
2012-02-05 18:55 |
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