When you start to get pain while playing your instrument – there is a list of things to check through. It’s all basic common sense stuff – but when you take care of the basics, the complications tend to disappear.
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Check list for Playing
- Posture – optimum balance & breathing
- Interface- optimum position of function & minimum use of force
Comparison of Hours Practised to % Students Experiencing Pain
24% pain -practiced up to 3 hours/day
44% pain – practiced 3.5-7 hours/day.
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After Jonathan Kuttner had a serious hangliding accident above the cliffs of his home coastline, he had 6 years of chronic back pain.
This lead him to specialise in treating....
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Very interesting and informative for people other than musicians too. I feel it was a bit drawn-out. I would have liked more explicit instructions as to the location of trigger points. Kind regards. Dilys
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