I believe that as a group, musicians are not much different in health and nutrition attributes than others in the same society and environment. However, they may be less informed and may experience more pollutant environments.

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Musicians are notorious for leading less-than-healthy lifestyles. While that notion may fit with the mythical rock and roll image, the reality for most of us is a need to protect our health. And the key component to this is preventative — w(Read More)

Q: I’m 27 and in relatively good health. I work on a PC for 8 hrs a day and play guitar 5-10 hours a week. My symptoms are different from most other diagnoses I’ve seen thus far. My forearms get “tight”, wrists are painful,(Read More)

Q: I have been living and working in Cyprus, as a violin teacher for the last 15 years. I have a very good violin student aged about 11. He was doing very good progress as a violinist until last June, whne he begun to complain of a pain in his rig(Read More)

Q: The pad in my left hand suffers from barre work. I’m playing some difficult pieces from the L.Mus list and often struggle with the demands of holding on the neck for the many minutes each piece is. Is there an exercise that will strength(Read More)

Q: I’m a musician from Bolivia. I play the electric guitar. I’m 23 years old.

I work on computers too. I’m actually having problems with my wrist. It`s very sensitive now.

When I play I feel a little pa(Read More)

Q:  I am a beginning piano player and have developed pain in my arms and forearms since I began taking lessons. I am practicing about 90 minutes per day since beginning a couple of months ago. Should I just take a few days off (that is what I dre(Read More)