Hey all I am hopefully being banded on October 14th...I am a trumpet major in college and I am concerned about how this will affect my playing post op for awhile...You need lots of air and abdominal pressure to pull off playing...I have 7 days till I start classes again...is that long enough? I am really worried about hernias mostly. My professor said that he has gotten 2 hernias from things such as playing to soon after operations. Any suggestions?!?!? Is 7 days enough to start playing again?:cursing::embaressed_smile:

I think you need to really check with your surgeon. I know that they often don't want people with sleep apnea to use their C-pap machines because of the pressure of the oxygen....your doc can tell you how long to wait before it's safe. He can even give you a note if that will help you!

Hi! I play French Horn professionally and was banded on June 24th. I did not play until after my post op appt. with my surgeon - June 30th. He said it was ok to play and I started with warmups and easy exercises for the first week and then had to get to the serious playing the week after because I had a show to play. I was not affected by the band at all! Never felt any different playing or breathing. In fact, you would never have known I had the surgery except that my black pants were loose!

Go for it! You will be fine! Happy new band day! Music Mom :girl_hug:

Depends upon what you're going to play. If you're a screaming lead in a big band, then probably no. However, anything short of that is going to be trial and error. I'm 2 months out and playing doesn't bother me at all. I waited six weeks after the surgery because that's when my son started up again for school so I really didn't test it and didn't blow anything high and sustained.

Take it easy. It sounds like your prof understands so don't risk it.

Cal