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Article: Performing artists may face debilitating injury. (Repetitive Stress).(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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The rigors encountered by performing artists are similar to those endured by professional athletes. They each undertake a vigorous regimen of training and conditioning. "Musicians and other performing artists are exposed to tremendous amounts of stress in the upper extremities during practices and recitals," notes Barry P. Simmons, professor of orthopedic surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston. "Even the less-aggressive music of the composers like Bach presents many of the same potentials for strain and injury."
The demands of excellence, precision, and endurance can be costly to the body of the performing artist, often leading to seriously debilitating ...