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When Playing Hurts: How Musicians Can Build Endurance to Reduce Pain

Professional musicians face a hidden occupational hazard that audiences rarely see: the physical toll of their craft. A groundbreaking study from St Mary’s University London reveals that targeted endurance training could offer relief to string players suffering from playing-related pain—but the results come with important nuances that every musician should understand. The Physical Demands ofContinue reading “When Playing Hurts: How Musicians Can Build Endurance to Reduce Pain”

The effect of improved muscular endurance on playing related musculoskeletal disorders in professional orchestral string players. -A research proposal.

Introduction Playing a musical instrument at a professional level requires many hours of daily practice, rehearsal, and experience of performing under concert conditions, which puts great demands on the musculoskeletal system of the musician (Wilke et al., 2011). The competitive environment of professional orchestral musicians further increases these demands which is thought to lead toContinue reading “The effect of improved muscular endurance on playing related musculoskeletal disorders in professional orchestral string players. -A research proposal.”

Resistance training for older adults and the conditions of the STAR triad.

Everybody is ageing, and with age there are several conditions that will sooner or later affect all of us. Most people will have seen these conditions in ageing relatives and will have an intuitive understanding what their effect on quality of life is. Difficulty moving and experiencing pain when performing activities of daily life areContinue reading “Resistance training for older adults and the conditions of the STAR triad.”

Science and Art

-or the challenges of integrating strength and conditioning into the world of performing arts. In the world of the performing arts recent efforts attempt to join forces with sport science and strength and conditioning (S&C). But traditional structures and methods, for example in the world of classical ballet make the application of scientific principals challenging.Continue reading “Science and Art”

The current recommendations for sports nutrition: A risk factor for health?

No matter if recreationally active or performing at an elite level, the common recommendation for athletes is mostly the same and relies on a diet that is composed of 6g to 12g of carbohydrates per kg bodyweight per day (Vitale et al., 2019). These recommendations are based on the demands of elite endurance athletes butContinue reading “The current recommendations for sports nutrition: A risk factor for health?”

The Prevention of performance related musculoskeletal disfunction in professional string players using insights from the athletic world.

This short review article tries to identify the most effective methods to prevent the occurrence of performance related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) of the upper body in professional string players like classically trained violin, viola, violoncello, and bass players. PRMDs are musculoskeletal disorders which are defined as conditions that interfere with the ability to play andContinue reading “The Prevention of performance related musculoskeletal disfunction in professional string players using insights from the athletic world.”