[Trombone-l] Left hand pinky pain

[Fred Hudson]

About six weeks ago I tripped and fell hard on my hands and knees,
apparently harder on my right side. The damage was to my right ACL (
strained ligament ) and the right ligaments which control the fingers of my
"slide" hand. I have found that 'Aspercreme" Is an effective pain reducer
which lasts about 5 or six hours. At least I can still manipulate my slide.
Other than that the only recommendation from my doctor is rest. and light
exercise.

Fred

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 9:43 PM Jon Studer via Trombone-l <
trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:

> I spend most of day job at the computer and use lots of keyboard shortcuts
> that involve my pinky finger on my left hand. Over the last few weeks, I’ve
> started developing some pain and minor numbness in my pinky that extends
> into my hand.
>
> Playing my trombone tonight I realized that the pain is also happening as
> I hold my horn and use my pinky to hold the slide when not locked.
> I’ve noticed that I also tend to use the pinky to hold the weight of my
> mobile phone while using it for other than phone calls. I’m working to
> retrain my self on this to reduce stress on it.
>
> I regularly use ErgoBone to hold the weight of my horn, so no pain in my
> hand, just my pinky at the finger knuckles.
>
> Any suggestions on how I can head this off before it gets worse would be
> much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Jon
>
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