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Brian H. Smout · 07-01-2007, 10:44 PM

Hi,

Does the person with the AAA have any medical limit on lifting or activities that would increase intra abdominal pressure? If the person's doctor has no concerns with it then it would seem to be okay.

Personally. if I had a AAA I would need to ask myself two questions:

1) whether my altissimo playing is open enough not to dangerously increase
my intra abdominal pressure beyond what my doctor recommends?

2) is altissimo playing worth the risk of developing a dissecting AAA, which is a
particularly painful and abrupt way to end one's trumpet playing career and
life?

My thoughts,

Brian R.N., BSN.

07-01-2007, 10:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brian H. Smout Pianissimo User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Swift Current, Sask. Canada Posts: 128	Re: A Question Hi, Does the person with the AAA have any medical limit on lifting or activities that would increase intra abdominal pressure? If the person's doctor has no concerns with it then it would seem to be okay. Personally. if I had a AAA I would need to ask myself two questions: 1) whether my altissimo playing is open enough not to dangerously increase my intra abdominal pressure beyond what my doctor recommends? 2) is altissimo playing worth the risk of developing a dissecting AAA, which is a particularly painful and abrupt way to end one's trumpet playing career and life? My thoughts, Brian R.N., BSN. __________________ "Swift Current - where we're neither swift nor current"