Welcome to the
Musician's Health and Wellness Newsletter!
Copyright 2004 by
Dr. Timothy Jameson
September '04 issue
This newsletter will offer you
informative articles on health, improving musicianship, injury
prevention, and optimizing wellness. Here's the latest information to
help you work towards a healthier body, mind, and spirit.
This is an excellent resource for understanding factors in injury.
"Musicians are prone to musculoskeletal injury (MSI) that is caused or
aggravated by playing their instruments. Playing a musical instrument
may be second only to computer use in terms of population exposure to a
risk factor for MSI."
"Great teachers produce great musicians. To mentor someone into a great
musician is more of a responsibility than most realize. We rarely see
how much influence our words and actions have. Seemingly meaningless
things stay with our students forever. What a tremendous responsibility
teachers have. This article is to remind the teacher and the student of
the impact that proper and correct teaching has on a player’s career,
especially with respect to injury prevention."
Essential Fatty Acids are needed by the body for proper physiological
function. Deficiencies can lead to numerous conditions including
depression, skin disorders, mood swings, chronic inflammatory conditions,
joint pains, PMS, and brain disorders, including pschiatric conditions.
Read this article to help you understand them better. I highly recommend
Nordic Naturals as your source of EFAs.
This free information explains how-to improve
biomechanical efficiency, relaxation, avoid tension by making a few small
changes to your approach to the instrument.
Read this informative article about the importance of music instruction and
brain development.
"By paying closer attention to your self-care, you can
have easier access to your creativity, to your muse and to your inner
strength and resilience. You'll also have more energy, more tolerance for
others and yourself and more confidence in your work.
" by Linda Dessau
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