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Here’s what I’ve got this week: 1) A deep dive on musician’s health 2) Let’s start talking about them 3) Don’t have much time to exercise? Try this…
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1) A Deep Dive on Musician’s Health
I recently did an Instagram Live session with guitarist Hamed Erfani, who is affiliated with the musician’s health system Muse Muscle. In it we talked about why musician’s injuries tend to happen; the relationship between pain and other health factors like sleep, hydration, and diet; posture and the importance of finding a posture that works for you rather than “correct” posture; and more.
After the first part of the interview, we opened it up for questions and talked factors to consider when engaging in other physical activities as well as a treatment approach to tennis elbow.
If you’re looking to dive deep and get a better idea on how I think about musicians health, here’s about an hour and a half of material to work through. Enjoy and feel free to hit reply and ask any follow-up questions.
Musician’s Injury: Prevention, Self-Management, and Finding Help: Part 1 | Hamed Erfani and Cody Weisbach, DPT
Musician’s Injury: Prevention, Self-Management, and Finding Help: Part 2 | Hamed Erfani and Cody Weisbach, DPT
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2) Let’s start talking about them
I love how this article starts. A simple statement of “Let’s start talking about them.” Performance related injuries can be very scary, because they hurt and they threaten a dream. Add that to the fact that pain and injury have a stigma in many corners of the music business and you have a recipe for a big problem.
Here’s an article by Chloe Botha of Unlocked School of Music that talks about injury from the perspective of musician’s and music educators. Give it a read and start breaking the stigma.
Read: Performance Related Injuries | Unlocked School of Music
3) Don’t have much time to exercise? Try this…
Musician’s don’t have a lot of time. In fact, a lack of time is the most common reason reported for why they don’t take care of their bodies. I’ve tried to address this by making the routine maintenance program only 15 min long, but I’d imagine even that’s too long on some days. If that’s the case, here’s a full body mobility session that can be done in only 5 minutes. It’s put together by some of the best in the business in the area of corrective exercise and would be a great option for those days when you are short on time, or if your body feels like it’s not up for a full workout.
Mobility Routine – For Total Body in a Time Crunch | Functional Movement Systems