[Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy

[Mark Mohwinkel]

I agree with Roger.  My concern with having him try to
"play through it" would be any bad habits he may
acquire by trying to compensate.  When I had it, I did
play a little but I took, I think, the first month
off.  Luckily the band wasn't playing right then and I
could afford to do it.  Also, I wasn't just learning. 
Even then, I later found that I had been compensating
for the lack of control on the one side and was still
doing that after it passed.  I'm only an amateur, but
that's my experience and I think playing could cause a
bunch of re-learning later on.

Mark Mohwinkel
Bend in the River Big Band
Hudson, WI

--- Roger Carmichael <rc750 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Based on my experience with BP, the student will not
> be able to play for at least a month, maybe more. 
> Even then, it will be difficult to have a good
> embochure.  It gradually comes back and in my case,
> I was playing steady after 6-7 weeks.
> 
> 
> Original Message-----
> >From: Elizabeth Lewis <ealewis at lycos.com>
> >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:33 AM
> >To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> >Subject: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy
> >
> >Trombonelisters,
> >
> >Could anyone with experience with Bell's Palsy
> share their insights? One of my students (around 13
> yrs old) came down with Bell's Palsy recently.  His
> doctor said he would recover in 2-8 wks.  Is it
> better to wait until everything thing feels
> completely normal before trying to play?  He's a
> very promising student so I don't want him to get
> overly frustrated with this.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Beth Lewis
> >
> >
> >
> >
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