I kind of hijacked the "Berklee" thread a couple of days ago and brought up this issue, and I really appreciate all of the advice I was given regarding how to treat my son's (possible) tendonitis. Today he went to the clinic Berklee uses and was given a referral for a "hand specialist", and we've discussed his options for various approaches/PT on- and off-campus.
However, this morning (before he went to the clinic) he called me in an awful mood because the wrist is now extremely painful. A few days ago, here at home, he'd attempted the piece he planned to play for the placement auditions TOMORROW, and at that time he felt he'd be able to manage it. But he did so much work getting up to Boston and then moving his stuff into his dorm (all pretty much on his own because I'd been rendered pretty much useless on the trip up by falling really hard on my chin), that I think the problem became a whole lot worse over the weekend.
So he obviously won't be getting any treatment other than good ole RICE (which he's been doing for a couple of weeks) and some 800 mg. Ibuprofens that I had around by audition time.
Can anyone suggest a way to broach the subject when he goes in to try to play? Certainly he doesn't want to sound as if he's trying to make excuses, but on the other hand it seems that the people hearing him should know that he may not be at his best tomorrow.
I told him that s*#% will often happen in his career (I mentioned Bono losing his voice completely at that concert in Germany!), and that part of what he needs to learn at Berklee is to find ways to calmly and professionally deal with whatever comes up.
Is there something he should/can say, or should he just do the best he can with whatever condition he's in tomorrow?
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