music related injuries

thumper1
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:12:50 +0000

DD had a pinched nerve this year from playing her English horn. She has very small hands, and between that and the weight of the instrument, she somehow injured herself (she’s played it for four years, but not as intensely as this winter). Luckily, her teacher is excellent and advised her well…the doctor she saw put her hand in a splint for a while, and the teacher ordered a “peg” for the E.H. to bear the weight. DD is fine now…took about four weeks to mend. She also has some hand exercises to do.