Hand pain and a brace
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:53 am
I'm having some overuse pain in the left wrist and hand.
I played the last rehearsal on the mini pBone, which led to some interesting fails. (Maybe I'll share one here for geezer.) Anyway, my 42B has become difficult to hold, even with the brace I added. I also type at work, and aggravated it with yard work and some 4IH ringing, so it has multiple causes, but holding the trombone seems to be the primary offender.
This morning I used the tenor pBone to do my routine, and looking at how I held it I had an idea. The braces I've seen are either parallel to the plane of the bell section or the slide section. What I need is a brace that crosses that, like the hypotenuse if you considered the slide and bell to be at a right angle. The weight would rest between my fingers with the palm in line with my forearm bone.
Of course it couldn't permanently attach. It would have to connect to one or the other and pivot. Has anyone tried a solution like that?
If I had a decent lightweight alto that was ergonomic I'd think about just moving that direction. The pBone mini does not fill the bill; it is more than a toy but just barely.
I played the last rehearsal on the mini pBone, which led to some interesting fails. (Maybe I'll share one here for geezer.) Anyway, my 42B has become difficult to hold, even with the brace I added. I also type at work, and aggravated it with yard work and some 4IH ringing, so it has multiple causes, but holding the trombone seems to be the primary offender.
This morning I used the tenor pBone to do my routine, and looking at how I held it I had an idea. The braces I've seen are either parallel to the plane of the bell section or the slide section. What I need is a brace that crosses that, like the hypotenuse if you considered the slide and bell to be at a right angle. The weight would rest between my fingers with the palm in line with my forearm bone.
Of course it couldn't permanently attach. It would have to connect to one or the other and pivot. Has anyone tried a solution like that?
If I had a decent lightweight alto that was ergonomic I'd think about just moving that direction. The pBone mini does not fill the bill; it is more than a toy but just barely.