How should professional orchestral musicians exercise to accomplish the tasks of preventing (or reducing the effects of) injury, supporting playing, and not causing pain in the process? It’s a tough question, but luckily a group of researchers in Australia have investigated this in a series of nicely done studies.
In this Research Review, I’ll take you through the third study in the series (you can find the first here, and the second here), where the researches look to see if they can replicate their positive results using an exercise DVD rather than in-person classes.