Tips for dealing with Focal Dystonia in your Music Students

<p>This is the last Research and Development episode for Season 4! <br /><br />This study, entitled “Treating the musician rather than the symptom: The holistic tools employed by current practices to attend the non-motor problems of musicians with task-specific focal dystonia” by Anna Détári (2023) is a really well written piece on what musicians focal dystonia is. <br /><br />She interviewed several experts when it comes to focal dystonia, including neurologists, physiotherapists, and professional musicians who help other musicians rehab from FD. <br /><br />She found that there were three main themes as far as how to help musicians dealing with this issue. <br /><br />Watch to find out what they found!<br /><br />Here is a link to the study: <br /><br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038775/full" target="_blank">https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038775/full</a><br /><br />Learn more about Austin Pancner and The Functional Musician here: <br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/thefunctionalmusician/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thefunctionalmusician/</a><br />__________________________<br />Join the mission here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://musicianunchained.com/podcast" target="_blank">https://musicianunchained.com/podcast</a><br /><br />Sign up for our newsletter here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://musicianunchained.com/newsletter" target="_blank">https://musicianunchained.com/newsletter</a><br /><br />Work with Clark 1-1 here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://musicianunchained.com/lets-ha" target="_blank">https://musicianunchained.com/lets-ha</a>...<br /><br />Email me at: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:clark@musicianunchained.com" target="_blank">clark@musicianunchained.com</a><br /><br />Join our FB support group here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/544195998054376" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/544195998054376</a><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />If you are a musician going through injury, a music educator trying to help one, or a musician just trying to make it in life, then you need to listen to EVERY episode of this up and coming show! <br /><br />Disclaimer: The views and