Recovering from sickness
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Recovering from sickness
For the past 2 1/2 weeks I’ve been dealing with a horrible respiratory infection. This is the most time I’ve taken off in at least a few years. My face feels terrible and my chops are not 100% yet. I play quite a lot of gigs starting next month and through the summer so I’m trying to get back in the habit. But man, I’ve never had as rough of a time getting back in as I am right now. Maybe it’s part of getting older. My inner voice is definitely not kind right now. What are your ideas and routines upon returning from an extended break?
Re: Recovering from sickness
Start slow, then ramp up quickly. Since it was a respiratory problem, make sure your breathing is OK. Spend a few days just doing mouthpiece work, long tones, slurs. Make sure breathing works as it used to, then jump in with both feet.
Been there myself a few times, have allergy issues. Yoga breathing helped a lot, carried that over to long tones. My morning routine now is some deep breathing followed by a few minutes of mouthpiece work, then whatever feels good followed by what is on my schedule.
Been there myself a few times, have allergy issues. Yoga breathing helped a lot, carried that over to long tones. My morning routine now is some deep breathing followed by a few minutes of mouthpiece work, then whatever feels good followed by what is on my schedule.
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Re: Recovering from sickness
Whenever that H1N1 virus was getting spread around, I was stuck in the bed for 2 or 3 months two winters in a row. I just did what I could as I could. If I started coughing when I was playing (after I was basically well again), I would just not do what I was doing that made me cough. Often, what made me cough was playing particularly frequencies/pitches.
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When I had COVID 3 years ago, I had a similar experience. Don't rely upon playing tuba to get your breath back, either... Do a lot of walking, take the stairs, etc... tuba playing was great, but keep it going constantly with all the other stuff.
Don't worry, it'll come back.
Don't worry, it'll come back.
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Re: Recovering from sickness
I'm recovering from my 3rd round of bronchitis since Christmas. I've been playing a lot of euphonium, since our ensemble doesn't yet have a reliable 2nd euphonium player, and our community band euphonium section is weak. That helped as it took less air. Finally started back on the tuba yesterday, and it will be a slow process to get back in shape. Just do what you can and don't push it. It will come back.