Yeah I dunno if I believe this, I played trombone when I was a kid... I didn't get sleep apnea until like 10 years ago. Unless it somehow takes like 30 years to develop, it seems implausible.

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y-curious 4 hours ago | parent [-]

n=25, self report AND only players with partners. I think there’s merit to using muscular musculature to improve your sleep apnea but this doesn’t answer the question of why playing the instrument wasn’t preventative in the first place.

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mariusor 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Because anatomy not consistently used declines in fitness?

	▲	masfuerte 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And unused muscles start to significantly decline in your mid-forties. Maybe thirty years after playing trombone as a kid.