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 opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast host or associated parties. Nor is this podcast meant to replace individual instruction given by physicians, psychotherapists, or private instructors.</p>