[Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy

[Charles De Paolo]

What are the symptoms?  How does one know one has contracted this disease?  Is it obvious, or subtle to the point that it might be reasoned away as something else (like not practicing or just having a lousy setup to begin with)?

--Chuck


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Mohwinkel 
  To: Roger Carmichael ; Elizabeth Lewis ; trombone-l at server5.samford.edu 
  Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy


  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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