[Trombone-l] Arm Pain

[Price Taylor]

Have you considered some weight training?  Not much...but enough to limber
up your arms and get some muscle tone?  Try small amounts of weight (start
with 5 or less pounds), high number of repetitions (15-20).

If it hurts too much, stop.  You may have some inflammation that needs to
subside.

You might want to research what to do about "tennis elbow" since that's what
it sounds like.

As far as the double vs. single valve goes...you can tell the list how much
you miss the other valve.  It's an interesting debate!

Price

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry
Blomberg
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:00 PM
To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] Arm Pain

Listers,

I have started to be bothered by pain in my elbow-area, forearm muscle to
the point that when I hold my horn up for the length of time it takes to
play a piece, I can hardly straighten my arm out afterwards.  I am 68 and I
realize that my muscle tone isn't what it used to be.  Does this seem like
an elbow-joint or muscle problem?  Has anyone experienced this?  I sold my
double valve bass and am now playing a single valve model because of the
weight factor.  Thanks for your thoughts.

 

Jerry Blomberg

Valencia, CA

 

 

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