Some of you might remember my posts about the overuse injuries in his hands that have prevented my son from playing any instruments all semester (his first at Berklee!).
He got evaluated and is being treated by performing arts specialists in Boston. He has spent his entire holiday break doing whatever he can to heal--resting (hard when he's at school), icing, playing guitar in two-minute increments, etc. Today he just finally lost it--he goes back to Boston Monday, and there has been almost no real improvement. He spoke of "losing his dream" of staying at Berklee and majoring in Composition/film-scoring. It broke my heart.
Over break, I asked him to humor me and see our GP just to get some basic bloodwork to see if anything turned up that might make the healing process harder. One thing he doesn't generally do, in spite of my nagging, is pay a lot of attention to his diet. I just had a feeling...
Sure enough, turns out he has an iron and a vitamin D deficiency, and has been prescribed supplements.
I'm wondering how much, or if, the deficiencies might impede his healing--especially iron. I've seen some indications that this may be the case while googling around, but I wonder if anyone here might have some insight.
We've been considering @compmom's suggestion of PRP therapy, and it sounds as if there may be some connection (platelets, etc.?).
I just hate so much to see him in so much (physical and emotional) pain, when he's finally where he so much wanted to be! He's doing very well in his other classes, and is even helping some of his friends who have trouble with theory, etc., but he can't even use a keyboard to work on compositions.
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