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	<title>GuitaroJam News &#187; Musicians Health</title>
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		<title>Lower Back Pain in Musicians &#8211; The 10 Main Culprits!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lower back pain is a common afflication that affects many musicians.  It doesn&#8217;t matter which instrument you&#8217;re playing either &#8211; your instrument could be a bass, cello, violin, or guitar &#8211; back pain doesn&#8217;t have favourites!
There are many reasons why musicians may suffer from pain in their lower back area.  Many of those reasons can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing Loss: A Musician&#8217;s Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Hearing loss can be defined as a reduction in an individual’s ability to hear sounds. Essentially, loss of hearing can affect a person of any age group, young or old. Nevertheless it is appreciated that hearing loss tends to occur gradually as a person ages. Hearing loss can be temporary or permanent and mild or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novice Guitarists Under Threat of Repetitive Strain Injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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The condition of RSI is a syndrome that effects muscles, tendons and nerves in the hands, arms and upper back and is developed when muscles in these areas are kept tense for long periods of time, due to poor posture and/or repetitive motions. The most well known repetitive strain injury is known as Carpal Tunnel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overuse Injuries &amp; Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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It’s a sad fact that overuse injuries tend to be fairly common among guitar players. This problem, which is also known as Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, can become so painful that a musician may lose their ability to play the instrument with the same skill they once had. I’m sorry to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novice Guitarists Under Threat Of Repetitive Strain Injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The condition of RSI is a syndrome that effects muscles, tendons and nerves in the hands, arms and upper back and is developed when muscles in these areas are kept tense for long periods of time, due to poor posture and/or repetitive motions.
The most well known repetitive strain injury is known as Carpal Tunnel syndrome, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Performance Anxiety With Neuro Linguistic Programming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can learn how to overcome performance anxiety using the Neurolinguistic Programming technique of anchoring.
During NLP training here in New York we teach Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques that can help over come performance anxiety, deal with stage fright and move you to achieving your peak state and giving the performance of a lifetime. Anchoring is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musicians Injuries: Health Insurance For Musicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musicians are no different to workers in any profession.  By the very nature of their work they are subject to the risk of injury and health issues.  Guitarists and musicians are particularly prone to repetitive strain injuries, such as tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger and other similar injuries.
This interesting article from Amit Raju discusses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tricks  To Improve Singing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you more of a William Hung than a Kelly Clarkson? Or are you a decent singer—and wish you were a little better? Whatever your vocal skill, these tips for improving your singing voice are sure to get you singing and sounding much better.
I believe that singing is an inbuilt part of the human mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muscle Memory and Guitar Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is muscle memory and how does it apply to guitar players?  Research has shown that a large number of internal brain regions work together with the input and output brain sensors that make the mental images of the music a guitarist sees in their minds eye.
Using these images, guitarists can learn to interpret [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrist Pain and Tendinitis in Musicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrist pain and tendinitis is one of the most common and debilitating problems that many guitarists and musicians face at sometime during their career.  No phrase is more common to musicians experiencing physical problems than &#8220;I can&#8217;t  stop practicing . . . &#8221; we&#8217;ve got a recital, or we need to keep a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Therapy for Carpal Tunnel, Trigger Finger and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is only recently that studies or surveys have been performed on the widespread nature of injuries associated with musicians.  Like professional athletes, musicians perform for the public.  And just like the athletes, musicians can lose their jobs if they don’t perform.
But unlike athletes, who work with physicians and trainers almost daily, many musicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musicians Health: Understanding Repetitive Injury Strain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repetitive Strain Injury &#8211; RSI Repetitive strain injury is a condition where pain and other symptoms occur in an area of the body which has done repetitive tasks (often arms or hands). Treatment includes stopping the task (if possible), and other measures such as painkillers and physiotherapy.
NB.  Repetitive strain injury is very common amongst musicians.
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeQuervain&#8217;s Tendonitis &#8211; Symptoms and Treatment</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/musicians-health/dequervains-tendonitis-symptoms-and-treatment-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DeQuervain&#8217;s tendonitis is also recognized as DeQuervain&#8217;s tenosynovitis, DeQuervains syndrome and DeQuervains disease.
De Quervain&#8217;s tendonitis is a unpleasant condition characterized by pain and swelling on the thumb side of the wrist. De Quervain&#8217;s tendonitis is a condition brought on by irritation or swelling of the tendons found along the thumb side of the wrist.
This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In Musicians</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/musicians-health/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-in-musicians-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by compression of the median nerve that passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Along with the diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome comes considerable pain and impairment along with numbness, paresthesia (pins and needles) and loss of hand strength, coordination, and pincer grasp. This impairment is problematic for almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alexander Technique For Musicians and Actors</title>
		<link>http://news.guitarojam.com/musicians-health/the-alexander-technique-for-musicians-and-actors-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 09:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alexander Technique can be particularly helpful to musicians and actors because many of them unknowingly hold far too much tension while playing their instrument or when playing a particular character. The musician, for instance, may be unconsciously gripping his or her instrument while the actor may also be taking on the postural traits of [...]]]></description>
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