Author: sfalexi
Date: 2015-08-21 02:05
I see the dark humor in "warning labels", but to keep it serious, I understand where you're coming from. I guess the best we can really hope for is knowledgeable music teachers, or private instructors, and hoping they can spot the risks before people develop those bad habits.
I recently got VERY into weightlifting, and this is something seen VERY often in that world. Everyone knows that a basic SQUAT, BENCH PRESS, or DEADLIFT are good compound movements. Excellent for general health and muscle growth. And people sometimes go into the gym, throw weights on a bar, and just go for it. But there IS form to consider, and risk of injury, either acute or chronic, depending on that form.
Same applies with ANYTHING where the body is holding some sort of form. Heck, play clarinet looking down enough, and walk around looking down at the ground in front of your feet, and by the time you're 60, you CAN'T raise your head cause of neck pain and you never having good posture.
I think a post like your post up top is great and a step in the direction. Let it be known that playing clarinet or organ wrong, for many many years, every day, and develop a chronic condition.
Maybe this is something that people with more pull than me can start talking about at least at a collegiate level. All those performance and ed majors can get instructed on form as part of their instrumental (hehe pun intended!) classes, and what to watch out for to preven future problems. And then when THEY become teachers or private instructors, they can teach the young folks that much better and we can prevent a lot of these problems from even starting when you start the instrument.
I feel like the Alexander Technique/Method classes touch on this sort of stuff, and maybe can be even tailored to unique instruments.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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