injury prevention Archives

by Patrícia Pires, flutist (Portugal) It’s not uncommon to see a musician suffer from injuries related to their playing. In

Living and Playing with an Injury

By Rena Urso In early October I suffered a significant sprain to my right wrist. It was a beautiful autumn

by Rena Urso We tend to frame injuries in a negative light rather than find the silver lining. A perfect

Why is it, when faced with a tricky passage in music, we grip our instruments tighter? Or, how about when

Results from a 2009 study conducted by Ackermann, Kenny and Fortune revealed that 95% of highly skilled flute students suffered

It is been practically three years since Mary O’Brien asked me to write an article on living with focal dystonia.

It’s always hard to tell this story from the beginning because no one ever imagines that you will actually get