Ronald Janezic, solo horn of the Vienna Philharmonic had cut through his upper lip very badly during playing soccer, when he ran into another player (or this player ran into him). We thought it as a tragedy, but he recovered quickly so well, that he was able to play principal horn for "Rosenkavalier" mid December.
If things do not become complicated, injuries in the mouth area tend to heal quickly, if no nerve is cut through, so the muscles work. Ronald got just a few stitches to fix the muscles. John, there is also good hope for your friend. Your friend should still rest, but could do a bit of lip gymnastics using the mouthpiece only, just to give the healing lip some "mouthpiece feeling". She should wait six weeks total until resuming horn playing, but on "beginners level" only, means range from any low to "middle space c" only, but also for few minutes, long notes & slow scale up and down. Increase this work day by day even leaving intervals between these 5-minutes-exercises. Progress step by step upwards for one step per day, so she can get back to shape within two weeks. If your friend is in good spirit, she will conquer this accidents damage quickly. But she must obey these rules: slow slow slow no pressing no forcing be patient and again patient. ################################################################################ Am 26.01.2011 um 21:16 schrieb John Schreckengost: > A friend of mine, who I promised to keep anonymous, asked me to post this on > her behalf: > > Here is my question to post. > > 3 wks ago I slipped and fell and my two front teeth went through my lower > lip resulting in two hard lumps on my lip, one at the lip line (off-center > left) and another on the lower lip flesh (also off-center left). From what I > have read it needs at least 6-8 months to heal and I can get steroid > injections to help soften it, but what I want to know is if anyone has > personally been through this. Should I try and play? How should I go about > approaching practice so as to not make it worse? > > John Schreckengost > Chicago, IL > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
