[Dixielandjazz] Trombone Focal Dystonia

[James Butler]

You should try living with it like I have for the past four or five 
years. No amount of rest horn or mouthpiece changes makes any difference 
nor does changing your embouchure or the way you blow air through the 
horn. One of the biggest problems is that it's nearly impossible to use 
your tongue without cutting off the air stream. I played for over 50 
years with no problem and then it started plus I was lucky as it can 
affect anyone regardless of age. People should read the musicians with 
dystonia bulletin board at www.dystonia-bb.org. You can read some real 
horror stories about what it's done to ALL kinds of instrumentalists.

Jim Butler
Forced to retire trombone player

Charlie Hooks wrote:

>
> On Monday, August 8, 2005, at 07:52 PM, luis daniel flores wrote:
>
>> This is too much:
>>
> Uhh...too much what, doc?   Nonsense?  Talk to the guys who created 
> the program, the operation itself.   I don't guarantee that the whole 
> thing wasn't a fake.   I don't know.   I'm recounting the program I saw.
>
> I do know one thing: "rest" isn't going to do diddley for focal dystonia!
>
> cordially,
> Charlie
>
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