Posted by Doug Elliott on December 18, 2003 at 16:52:29:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Teaching and reality posted by Richard Armandi on December 18, 2003 at 10:32:45:
To clarify: If my position on this were a simple explanation, more people would understand how embouchures work and how to fix problems.
I believe that bad form in any strenuous activity is bad for not only the results, but also injurious to the muscles and nerves that are involved. I have seen, taught, and fixed lots of players who have �lost their chops� due to playing incorrectly for years, and never knowing it was wrong because it worked at the time. I don�t know, but I certainly wonder, if the current crop of �dystonia� diagnoses are nothing more than typical chop problems that I see all the time. That�s why I�m interested in working with someone who has had the diagnosis.
I'm sure dystonia is a very real problem, I just wonder if it's getting to be the current fad explanation for something else that just isn't understood.