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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 of…
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 to…
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 are…
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.…
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About Me
Christoph is a strength and conditioning coach based in East Sussex, UK. He is specialised to address the needs and demands of performing artists and is enthusiastic about working with athletes, and non-athletes alike. Many years of working in the ballet world has led to deep insights and experience in working with dancers and musicians.
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