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RE: Sore chops

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Subject: RE: Sore chops
From: "Martin Irwin" <mirwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:33:16 -0000
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Judith Hayes said:

> One of the tips I picked up at the Brass Band Winter School (apart from
> don't forget your paper clip) was that Arnica cream is good for your
> chops...  it's some homeopathic stuff, possibly for bruises, so good for
> battered lips at least, such as you get from playing almost non-stop from
> Friday evening to Sunday afternoon when you haven't played since Christmas
> eve...
>
> Apparently quite a few of the "top chaps" use it.

Arnica is good stuff.  It is herbal, comes in the form of a cream, and is
for bruises.  I know quite a few people who use it, including professional
musicians (orchestral trumpet players, etc).  It is worth a try, although I
don't know what it would be like on cracked lips.

I have used it myself after rehearsals in the run-up to contests, and it
always gets rid of bruised/swollen lips caused through too much playing (and
as a result of using the total-pressure method!!).

Martin.


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