Dr. Jameson is proud to announce the
self-publishing of his second book entitled "The
Musician's Guide to Health and Wellness." This
guide to optimizing body, mind, and spirit is available
through instant download.
Click
here to learn more about the book and to order.
The following
books are directly or indirectly related to musician's health
issues. Dr. Jameson is an Amazon.com associate. All purchases
are through Amazon.com. Simply click on the underlined book
title and it will take you to a description of the book
at the Amazon.com website.
Books on Repetitive Injuries
Repetitive
Strain Injuries: The Complete Guide to Alternative Treatments
and Prevention This book is written by the author of
this web page, Dr. Timothy Jameson. The book provides many
non-medical alternatives to the treatment of repetitive
injuries.
Repetitive
Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide by Emil Pascarelli,
MD and Deborah Quilter. Although this book examines the
plight of the computer user, it is still considered one
of the finest books available on the topic of repetitive
injuries (just behind Dr. Jameson's of course). It does
offer the "medical model" viewpoint for treatment
of these injuries, so buy Dr. Jameson's boook first to learn
how to avoid drugs and surgery.
The
Repetitive Strain Injury Recovery Book by Deborah Quilter.
This is another excellent source which examines more of
the psycho-social aspects of living with repetitive injuries,
such as coping with disabilities. Highly recommended.
Musician-Oriented books
Effortless
Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny
Werner Paperback book and CD set. Effortless Mastery:
Liberating the Master Musician Within is a book for any
musician who finds themselves having reached a plateau in
their development. Werner, a masterful jazz pianist in his
own right, uses his own life story and experiences to explore
the barriers to creativity and mastery of music, and in
the process reveals that "Mastery is available to everyone,"
providing practical, detailed ways to move towards greater
confidence and proficiency in any endeavor. While Werner
is a musician, the concepts presented are for every profession
or life-style where there is a need for free-flowing, effortless
thinking. Book also includes an audio CD of meditations
narrated by Kenny to help the musician reach a place of
relaxed focus.
The
Inner Game of Music by Barry
Green, W.
Timothy Gallwey By the best-selling co-author of Inner
Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome
obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness,
allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence
and musical artistry
Making
Music for the Joy of It : Enhancing Creativity Skills and
Musical Confidence by Stephanie Judy Starting from the
belief that we all have musical ability, Judy challenges
popular assumptions about musicality and shows how to remove
self-limiting beliefs and avoid frustrations as you discover
and express the musician within, whether you want to play
classical, jazz, pop, be-bob, old time, or new wave.
The
Art of Practicing: The Guide to Making Music From the Heart
This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians
about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating,
monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating
and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher
Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles
to help musicians release physical and mental tension and
unleash their innate musical talent.
You
Are Your Instrument by Julie Lyonn Liebermann. An excellent
book which emphasizes self-help techniques to overcome postural
strains and imbalances while playing instruments.
The Musician's Survival Manual (Not available
through amazon - call number below for ordering) This is
another excellent book written by an M.D.-musician by the
name of Richard Norris. It describes many of the different
forms of musician's injuries and offers helpful hints on
playing changes and instrument alterations of help relieve
strain. To order, call MMB Music at 1-800-543-3771 (USA/Canada)
or 314-531-9635.
The
Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain by
Barbara Paull and Christine Harrison. This book offers advice
on ergonomics, exercises, and injury prevention for the
musician.
Chiropractic Health Care
The
12 Stages of Healing : A Network Approach to Wholeness
by Dr. Don Epstein
Introduces Network Chiropractic, a non-force method of chiropractic
that addresses nervous system malfunction as the cause of
disease.
Chiropractic
First: The Fastest Growing Healthcare Choice Before Drugs
and Surgery An excellent introductory book that explains
all aspects of chiropractic care and a little bit of its
history as well.
General Health books
The
Arthritis Cure by Jason Theodosakis, M.D. An excellent
book explaining the beneficial affects of Glucosamine Sulfate
and Chondroitan Sulfate for the relief of osteo-arthritis
pains.
Talking
Back to Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Today's
Most Controversial Drug by Peter Breggin, M.D. This
book investigates the workings of the drug companies to
push their mega-billion dollar drug Prozac on the American
Public. If offers eye-opening case studies of people who
have been severely affected by the drug. A must for anyone
on the drug or are considering it.
The
Alternative Medicine Guide to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia
& Environmental Illness by Burtan Goldberg and the
Editors of Alternative Medicine Digest. This is THE source
of natural health care for chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.
This book explains literally hundreds of methods to overcome
these illnesses, along with some of the postulated causes.
Stretching
by Bob Anderson. The authoritative guide to stretching for
the entire body. A must for every musician.
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