Playing Musical Instruments

Playing and practicing music requires repetitive motion and lots of it. To avoid "musical" injuries...

• Maintain a healthy posture when playing
• Stretch before and after playing
• Properly warm up—practice scales or ”jam” prior to playing
• Strengthen the arms, wrists and hands by doing appropriate exercises
• Take adequate breaks

Ergonomics for the musician...the small muscle athletes.

• Pain is not an early warning system. When you feel pain it because damage is happening. Change positions or stop.
• Go slow and have shorter practice sessions. No more than five minutes of new material at a time. Maximum six repetitions.