Exploring Traditional Chinese Medicine in Musician Health
Studies suggest that more than half of music students and professional musicians experience injuries that impact their music-making. Lifestyle and work environments of musicians further place them at risk for mental illness disorders. To address these neg
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Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice
Sang-Hie Lee • Merry Lynn Morris Santo V. Nicosia Editors
Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice A Multidisciplinary Approach
Editors Sang-Hie Lee University of South Florida Tampa, FL USA
Merry Lynn Morris University of South Florida Tampa, FL USA
Santo V. Nicosia University of South Florida Tampa, FL USA
ISBN 978-3-030-37479-2 ISBN 978-3-030-37480-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37480-8 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
It was a beautiful day when the newly formed Council for the Visual and Performing Arts at the Texas Medical Center got off to its spectacular start. Our first event was a performance by the Houston Symphony. By chance, I sat next to the personnel manager at the post-concert lunch. He bemoaned the fact that although we were sitting in one of the largest medical centers in the country, orchestra musicians went to Chicago or Cleveland if they had instrument-related medical problems. That was the spark that got me going. I dove into the then-sparse literature and quickly found the names of Alice Brandfonbrener in Chicago and Richard Lederman in Cleveland. Since I, too, am a neurologist, I had many contacts with Dr. Lederman. After a year of study, attending the first (for me) of many of the conferences in Aspen, Colorado, and with some trepidation, I hung out the proverbial shingle after enlisting the support of a talented hand surgeon and physical therapist. Musicians came, I got smarter as I gained experience, and, to my relief, most of my patients got better. Interest in the field has grown steadily since the 1977 publica
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