As a musician you know staying active and challenging your mind are key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. So, are you fit as a fiddle?
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3 Tips to Avoid Back Pain While Playing
Fixing back problems can be time consuming and expensive; it’s better to avoid problems than live with them or try to deal with them once they’re unbearable. Fortunately, there are practical ways to keep your back free of pain.
4 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss
We all love listening to music but listening to it too loudly will damage our hearing. Here are 4 tips to prevent hearing loss that are easy to follow.
Music Helps Relieve Stress
Everyone deals with stress on various levels from panic attacks to insomnia, but many don’t know that music helps stress in a variety of ways.
Music Eases Pediatric Pain
According to one Northwestern Medicine study, published in Pediatric Surgery, listening to music was an effective alternative to post-surgical pain medication (opioid analgesics), which can cause breathing problems in children.
Hope for the Tone Deaf
A study from Northwestern University suggests that singing is more accurately a skill that is practiced and learned, rather than just an innate ability
Ticked Off Music Fest
In 2012, musician and former publisher Gregg Kirk created the Ticked Off Music Fest to support the prevention, awareness, and cure of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
The Healing Blues Project
The Healing Blues Project is a collaborative effort between Greensboro College Assistant Professor of Art Ted Efremoff; Professor of Music David Fox…
10 Great Reasons Why Playing Music Is Good for Your Brain
Music has a lot of healing abilities, but we all can benefit from making music, and here are 10 reasons why playing music is good for your brain.
Less Is Best When Treating TMJ Disorder
There are three basic types of TMJ disorders—myofacial pain (discomfort in the muscles that control jaw function), internal derangement of the joint (displaced disc, dislocated jaw, or condyle injury), and arthritis.