In a message dated 04/10/2000 1:37:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
jocelyngooch@h... writes:
<< I can't imagine why so many opera singers are having knee problems. >>
Mine pre-date my singing -- I slipped on fruit cocktail syrup at a Serbian
wedding (I still remember the sign out front as I was taken out to head to
the emergency room -- "Good luck Slavko & Zorka") -- had a complete kneecap
reconstruction and wholly inadequate therapy. But I wonder if anything I'm
doing physically since then has contributed to my continued knee problems.
I had my knee go out FIVE TIMES over the period of 12/4-1/31 and I've finally
decided to take some action - I joined the Y and began a strength training
program and my knee has actually stopped feeling like a saucer balancing on
top of a baseball bat. Hopefully this will continue - but I really am
curious as to what I can change in my stage stance that might keep me from
losing this strength...
Christine Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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