Flutist's Elbow anyone?

Irish Flute
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I recently went to my Doctor with a complaint of the outside of my right elbow being fairly sore a great deal of the time. He asked me if I did any repetitive motion activities. I don’t but he is thinking holding my right elbow at at 90 degree angle for 1 + hours per day could be my problem ( that is when I’m playing the Flute). Has anyone else run into this and if so what have you done?
Ben

[ This Message was edited by: IrishBen on 2002-01-28 21:52 ]

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Hi Ben,

I’ve noticed the same thing after playing a Boehm piccolo, but not on larger flutes or simple system piccolos.

Chris Roberts

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Hi Ben,

I sometimes get an ache in my shoulder and jaw…I am sure it is my posture. Now I consciously relax my upper body and neck region, This seems to help me.

Dave.