[Trombone-l] Arm Pain

[Len Stephan]

Greetings Jerry,

I play a King 8B.  I'm 71 and your traditional 98 lb weakling.  I have had 
tennis elbow, pickleball elbow and trombone elbow (thanks to the 8B).  The 
medics who treated me for the elbow problems diagnosed tendonitis.  Once I 
had recovered from the tedonitis they gave me the following advice to avoid 
further trombone elbow events:

1.  use two hands to take and replace the horn on the trombone stand

2.  keep the elbow close to body

3.  use a wrist strap

This advice has keep me free of repeat trombone elbow events.

If your condition is tendonitis the advice might be something for you to 
consider.

Cheers,

Len Stephan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Blomberg" <jerryblomberg at yahoo.com>
To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 2:59 PM
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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