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.
 
Musicians and musculoskeletal injury
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."
 
Injury Prevention: The Teacher’s Responsibility by Dr. “Dutch” Workman
"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."
 
Prone to Inflammation in your joints and tendons?  Consider Essential Fatty Acids!
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.
 
Pianists Pain-Prevention Tips
This free information explains how-to improve biomechanical efficiency, relaxation, avoid tension by making a few small changes to your approach to the instrument.
 
Music and Academic Achievement
Read this informative article about the importance of music instruction and brain development.
 
 
5 ways Musicians can practice better self-care
"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
 
The Musician's Health and Wellness Guide by Dr. Timothy Jameson Discover the mind, body, and spiritual impact of music on your life and your musicianship.
 
This newsletter is lovingly brought to you by fellow musician and chiropractor,
Timothy Jameson, D.C.
Author/Lecturer
President/Founder: Chiropractic Performing Arts Network
3319 Castro Valley Blvd.
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