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Galatea, I highly recommend Biofreeze to help you get through the workshop, it saved my life. Even if I did spray it in my eye at one point.
You can get it from massage therapists and chiropractors, or I just noticed a kiosk at our mall selling it. It's like novacaine for your body.
My advice would be to use sparingly & save your arm during the workshop, use it before your performance but don't let the numbness fool you into doing anything tricky!
Also, if your injury is at all like mine, you may find that you can still lift your arm overhead without causing yourself a lot of pain/more injury if you:
A) make sure your armbone is back, not forward, in the shoulder socket
B) Externally rotate the arm (pinky side of the hand toward the leg)
C) Arc your arm forward as you raise it.
Those things got me through the competition. Of course, your injury might be different. In any event, take care of it & use it with caution!
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