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The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain
The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain

The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain

The Athletic Musician is an innovative approach that teaches musicians how to prevent and manage injuries, presented in a unique format that combines sound medical protocol with a musician’s point of view. Harrison, a musician, discusses the magnitude of the problem of musicians’ injuries with reference to statistical surveys and discusses the emotional and psychological impact of injury on the individual musician. Paull, an orthopedic physiotherapist describes, in layman’s terms, the athletic approach to a musician’s injuries. Each commonly injured area is examined in turn, from neck, back and shoulder pain to arm, wrist and hand problems. For each area, the anatomy is described, followed by an explanation of what causes the injury and how to avoid or prevent the injury from occurring. Musicians should regard themselves as elite “musical athletes” and protect themselves from injury by following athletic training protocols. The authors present appropriate stretching regimes and postural corrections for both on and off stage, as well as ergonomic changes to instrument and playing positions. The text is amply illustrated with sketches for every exercise and stretch, photographs of musicians demonstrating playing postures, and unique anatomical drawings of musicians. The Athletic Musician presents research-based, scientific material in a format that is relevant, clear, and practical for all musicians. The combination of a medical and musical perspectives makes it an indispensable guide for all musicians and the health care professionals who aspire to help them.

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Structurally Sound – Renovating the Middle-Aged Body
Structurally Sound – Renovating the Middle-Aged Body

Structurally Sound – Renovating the Middle-Aged Body

Structurally Sound – Renovating the Middle-Aged Body is written from the perspective of a Medical Exercise Specialist with more than 16 years of clinical experience in a physiotherapy and sports injuries clinic. The global population is aging, and as that happens, health concerns are increasing for middle-aged people, both men and women. Attempts to rectify health issues have created an epidemic of biomechanical injuries. More than 80% of the population have experienced or will experience some kind of biomechanical injury. Yet our fitness, health and wellness industry continues to saturate the market with gadgets and programs designed specifically for the healthy, uninjured minority. Structurally Sound – Renovating the Middle-Aged Body is a book for the masses, for those who have not witnessed beneficial results while exercising, for those who have injured themselves or for those who live lives of restrictions and setbacks created by the fitness industry’s minority train of thought.

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