Lip injury healing process
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 1:00 pm
Not much you trombone fellas can do, but wanted to hear your experiences with such matters.
Last Wednesay I had a small riding incident resulting in a horse reacting unexpected, and by accident smacking its head against my mouth. Result is that I did bite a small wound into my lower lip from the inside, near the center, and very well inside the mouthpiece rim. Teeth, bone, lip surface are all unharmed and fine.
It seems to heal well over the last 4 days, but I have a harder spot where the wound closed, and are yet not able to play trombone as it gives an unpleasant buzzing and slightly numb feeling there. I tried first time today, Sunday, but stopped after one minute again.
As I have some concerts to come after Easter, I would like to be prepared, and don't like waiting, but I reason its best to wait practicing until the healing is sufficiently progressed.
My question this is, did anybody experience similar small inside lip injury, and how long did it take before it felt OK to play again?
Last Wednesay I had a small riding incident resulting in a horse reacting unexpected, and by accident smacking its head against my mouth. Result is that I did bite a small wound into my lower lip from the inside, near the center, and very well inside the mouthpiece rim. Teeth, bone, lip surface are all unharmed and fine.
It seems to heal well over the last 4 days, but I have a harder spot where the wound closed, and are yet not able to play trombone as it gives an unpleasant buzzing and slightly numb feeling there. I tried first time today, Sunday, but stopped after one minute again.
As I have some concerts to come after Easter, I would like to be prepared, and don't like waiting, but I reason its best to wait practicing until the healing is sufficiently progressed.
My question this is, did anybody experience similar small inside lip injury, and how long did it take before it felt OK to play again?