@tjcombo
Unfortunately as this might apply to trumpet, I can identify with most of the stories portrayed on this “cover”. Very sad situation 
. On the other hand for the first time I successfully used an Imo-gee, although I’m not sure I spelled it correctly.
@Dr-GO said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
I don't know... what's wrong with a good ol' catcher's mitt? It protects against any wood that strikes it as a result of foul tips, AND can handle the balls that fall into the pouch!
And how does this relate to back pain... less strain [during the activity], less pain on the axial skeletal system; just to make sure we are all keeping on track with this thread!
One other point about carpal tunnel syndrome that is pertinent to the catchers mitt, the most prescribed non operative treatment for this entity is a splint, specifically a cock up splint for the wrist. The catchers mitt also will serve well in this function, placing the wrist in the cock up position.
Please see the below videos for illustration:
@Dr-GO
Another outstanding post to this thread. The fact that you put this together so succinctly shows why you are the moderator. To help keep this on track I will withdraw my question to the repair and refurbishment techs about Tobylou8’s gloves.
@Tobylou8 said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
While I applaud your effort, I do think there are better choices. I would definitely recommend these although it may be rough going cold turkey, but there would really be no other option! It wood be hard, but not really!
Tobylou8,
Absolutely brilliant!!! All the Tobylous who preceded you, Tobylou1, Tobylou2, 3, 4, 5, 6, &7.should be proud of you ( kvelling ) for suggesting this. I wish that I had known about these gloves when I wrote my post. I have not been involved with woodworking since I was a child, but to Play Devil’s Advocate, the largest grit available for these gloves is 100. In a serious problem of this type of carpal tunnel syndrome, caused by the Viagra imduced ergonomic issues, would a grit of 100 be adaquate, or would a grit in the range of 34 - 80 be better? I know that there is more than one way to “skin a cat” but I feel that we are walking on a tight rope, and would like our highly respected colleague to have the best treatment option possible to prevent permanent Median Nerve damage as well as avoid further iatrogenic issues. You should also note that I didn’t mention Vulgano Brother’s name in order to avoid violating the Federal HIPPA Law.
As a side note, it might be interesting to hear from our repair and restoration colleagues to see whether these gloves can also useful in their field.
Thank you for your consideration. Much to everyone’s relief, including my wife’s, I will do my best to avoid the temptation to comment further on this particular subject. It may be tough, so I can’t make any guarantees.
@Dr-GO said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@SSmith1226 said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@Vulgano-Brother said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@Dr-GO ...
It's not just my back though. After the Viagra you sent me I developed carpal-tunnel syndrome.Vulgano Brother and Dr.Go,
... Certainly if allowed to advance, the carpal tunnel syndrome would adversely affect his trumpet playing to the point that Clark Studies would no longer be possible to play.Not to mention the vision loss due to the overriding affliction!
I agree with Dr. GO’s analysis completely! In my unprofessional opinion, Immediate Ophthalmologic evaluation should be considered in cases such as this one! It is sad to consider that this affliction was first reported in the Old Testament (Gen. 38, 7–10), and later discussed by Julius Ceaser who said
“ to the lonely it is company; to the forsaken it is a friend; to the aged and impotent it is a benefactor; they that be penniless are yet rich, in that they still have this majestic diversion. There are times when I prefer it to sodomy.". Unfortunately, as of yet, medical science does not seem to have a handle, or any other grip, on solving this conundrum, only perpetrating it with drugs and water based substances heavily advertised on television. (Warning: Hetman, Blue Juice and similar substances ARE NOT water based.)
It is a sad state of affairs that this problem, and case study, has been brought out from the shadows to the public eye on a Trumpet Discussion Site, and not in a peer reviewed prestigious medical journal. Kudos to Trumpetboards.com!!!
Now that I have taken a break, resting as long as I have played, back to my Clarke Technical Studies. I’m glad I got that off my chest.
@Vulgano-Brother said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@Dr-GO ...
It's not just my back though. After the Viagra you sent me I developed carpal-tunnel syndrome.
Vulgano Brother and Dr.Go,
I ask for your forgiveness and understanding for inserting myself in this exchange, but I had some relevant thoughts about Vulgano Brother’s carpal tunnel syndrome. Certainly if allowed to advance, the carpal tunnel syndrome would adversely affect his trumpet playing to the point that Clarke Studies would no longer be possible to play.
My first thought would be to go to a well qualified massage parlor for therapeutic massage. If a minimum of five treatments per week for a month do not improve your carpal tunnel syndrome, or at least take your mind off of it, wearing the below pictured gloves 24 hours a day will certainly give your hands and wrists adaquate rest to allow all swelling to subside.
Good luck!!!
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@Kehaulani
If you are referring to my “Kind of Blue” Martin Committee, your analysis is why I haven’t taken it to a gig!
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
“With a little help from my friends”
This statue that I saw today in Puenta Arenas, Chile reminded me ofTobylou8’s post and
J Jericho's response 
@tjcombo
This may have come from TM a year or so ago. I thought of it because I am on a cruise close to the Antarctic and will be seeing Penguins for the next few days:
Bloke walks into a police station and asks the desk sergeant "Can you tell me, how tall is a penguin?"
The desk sergeant looks at him, puts down his pen, folds his arms and says "About two foot tall sir".
The bloke considers this, then asks "So how tall is a king penguin?"
The desk sergeant thinks for a second, and replies "I reckon about two foot six sir"
The bloke considers this for a short time, then ask "So how tall is an emperor penguin?"
The desk sergeant had to think of this, but being a wise man he responded "I reckon the tallest one recorded must have been in the region of three feet tall sir".
The bloke considers this fact, then looks the desk sergeant in the eye and says "in which case I have to report the fact I have run over a nun..."
@Brian-Moon
Thanks. It was not an easy project and Tom did a great job. There were a lot of challenges that he had to overcome so the project was somewhat lengthy.
@Dr-GO
All tongue in cheek. No patients or families were harmed in creating my post!!!
Just a figment of my dry sense of humor.
@Dr-GO
In a similar “vein”, I think that you will find the following July, 2017 case series report on the use of “Musical Endotrachial Tubes” equally as enlightening. It comes from a highly respected journal as well.
I have introduced the “MET” to our small critical access community hospital and have founded an ICU New Horizons Band.
I am currently on a cruise ship which started out in Lima, Peru and we have worked our way into Ports in Peru and Chile. Trumpet players don’t seem to get much respect in the parts of South America that I have seen thus far. There are no Trumpet Players in the Ship’s Show Band.
From the bottom two photos, you can see how they treat trumpet Players in the Plaza Aramas of Lima. I should add that the guano best seen in the last photo is considered very valuable as a fertilizer.
You can also see some “Vintage Incan Trumpets” in the second photo in the series.
The wooden carving in the first photo was in the home of the Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda. That explains the absence of guano. By the way, Pablo should not be confused with Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, the 18th century Czech composer of the Neruda Trumpet Concerto. They are totally unrelated.
