STIGMA

• The Shocking Statistics of Injury Rates in Musicians
• You’re not alone – unpacking the mindset behind our silence

ABUNDANCE MINDSET

• Opportunities abound! Designing a career that YOU want

TYPES OF INJURY

• Identifying injuries
• Types of Treatments and practitioners

BODY AWARENESS

• Learn how to increase it and use it
• Identification of source of pain (where it hurts might not be the problem)

ANATOMY

• Forearm and Wrist
• Shoulder and Rotate Cuff
• Upper Back
• Neck
• Chest
• Core

POSTURAL DISTORTIONS – WHY WE HURT!

• Upper crossed syndrome
• Lower crossed syndromes
• Upper and Lower Body Assessments

Getting out of/Preventing Injury

• Stretching: WHEN to stretch, when NOT to stretch and knowing WHAT to stretch
• Self Massage: How to effectively relax overactive muscles (how to use those implements and do massage guns really work?)
• Strengthen what’s weak – specific exercises for each part of your body: shoulders, neck, back, forearms etc.

Increasing Strength

• What is proper form to lift a weight?
• Specific strengthening exercises for each body part

Increasing Endurance

• specific exercises for increasing endurance in forearm, upper back and shoulder muscles 

Putting it all together

• Corrective Exercise program for YOUR instrument
• Design Your Personal Assessment Sheet
• Let’s Write Your Personal Program!