[Trombone-l] Bursitis

[Wessner, John]

I 1980, I bought a Conn 88H with the intention o becoming a "real" trombonist.  It took a lot of practicing to change habits formed over 20 years of .500" horns.  I had bursitis in my left shoulder.   I also had Sean Landetta in a class.  He said that heat fixes all such things - it did.
jw


-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Pliskin
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:55 PM
Cc: TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] Bursitis



I have debilitating bursitis in my right shoulder and all this time I've 
attributed it to the remodeling, I'm doing on the house.  But I took the 
weekend off and my shoulder was feeling pretty good.  So today I played 
trombone for the first time in a long while.  The bursitis is back in force, 
after playing a half an hour of arpeggios.

Now, I've been told that the reason they limit the number of cortisone shots 
one can get is because it causes deterioration of the bones...not a good 
thing.
So I'd like to avoid cortisone, if possible.

But is there anything else that will get my shoulder to stop throbbing?

DanP

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