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Reading

The number of published works on the topic of brass injury is quite limited.  Those well-known texts are included here. 

Alongside, you will find books, scores, and articles related to musician's wellness, performance efficiency,  and the most recent scientific research articles on overuse injury among brass players.


Books & Scores

Listed chronologically by publication date (most recent first)

Cross Training for Musicians

David Vining

2021

Also includes video/audio

#recovery #prevention #education #breathing #movement #wholebody

Horn Playing from the Inside Out, Third Edition

Eli Epstein

2021

#recovery #prevention #education #breathing #embouchure #research #medical

Broken Embouchures and Embouchure Rehabilitation

Lucinda Lewis

2020

Chapter Samples at Embouchures.com

#recovery #injury #education #embouchure

Flow Studies Series

Various Authors, Mountain Peak Music

Available for all brass instruments

2009-2020, etc.

#recovery #prevention #education #breathing

RangeSongs Series

Various Authors,  Mountain Peak Music

Available for all brass instruments.

2011-2020, etc.

#recovery #prevention #education #breathing


Musician, Heal Thyself

Kristy Morrell

2016

#recovery #prevention #education #wholebody #injury

Effortless Mastery

Kenny Werner

1996, 2016 update hard to find

#recovery #prevention #education #wholebody

Teaching Healthy Musicianship:

The Music Educator's Guide to Injury Prevention and Wellness

Nancy Taylor

2016

#prevention #education #recovery #wholebody

The Alexander Technique for Musicians, By Judith Kleinman & Peter Buckoke

By Judith Kleinman & Peter Buckokes

2014

#prevention #breathing #movement #wholebody

Notes of Hope: Stories by Musicians Coping with Injuries

Compiled by David Vining

2014

#injury #education #recovery #wholebody

Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique

by Pedro de Alcantara

2013

#education #wholebody #movement #musician

Common Sense for Comeback Chops:

A Trombonist's Guide to Playing After Extended Time Off

Ken Ebo 

2012

#recovery #prevention #education #embouchure

Still Playing

Denver Dill

PDF Download via LipRipBlues.com

2012

#recovery #injury #embouchure #medicine

Breathing Book for... Series

Various Authors, Mountain Peak Music

Available for all brass instruments

2009-11, etc.

#injury, #recovery, #wholebody, #education, #breathing, #prevention

Playing (Less) Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians

Janet Horvath

2010

#prevention #recovery #injury #education #medicine #wholebody

What Every Trombonist Needs to Know About the Body

David Vining

2010

#prevention #injury #education #recovery #wholebody #movement

What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body

Barbara & Benjamin Conable

2005

#prevention #education #recovery #wholebody #movement

Body Learning

Michael Gelb

1992, 2003, new edition pending

#prevention #breathing #movement #wholebody

Art of Breathing: Collected Articles

Jessica Wolf

Out of print

#recovery #prevention #education #breathing

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Articles 2015-present

Muscle Injuries

Multiple Authors

Physiopedia, 2021

#injury #medical #education

here

Recovery From Physical Injury: Don’t Overlook the Mind

by Jonathan Brain

Peak Performance Systems, 2021

#mentalhealth #wholebody #recovery

here

Understanding the Complexity of Musicians Health and Movement Can Lead to Greater Freedom and Artist

by Tina Margareta Nilssen, 2021

#wholebody #recovery #prevention #movement

here

The Vagus Nerve: Your Superhighway to Physical, Mental and Emotional Health

By Suzanne Krowiak

Tune Up Fitness, 2020

#mentalhealth #wholebody

here

Embouchure Overuse Injuries:A Personal Experience and Advice for Recovery

By Dr. Gina Gillie

The Horn Call, 2020

#musician #injury #horn #education #recovery 

here

Psychological Health in Schools of Music State of the Art Reviews (StARs)

  • The Psychological Relationship to Physical Injury
  • The Roll of Student Health Services
  • and others

Various Authors

PAMA/NASM Task Force, 2020

#mentalhealth #injury #recovery #wholebody #medical #education

here

Injury Prevention for Musicians: the Goldilox Paradigm

Dr. Janice Ying

Corp Sonore, 2020

#wholebody #fitness #prevention #recovery #injury #fitness

here

Respiratory Behaviors and Vocal Tract Issues in Wind Instrumentalists, Part 1

by Trollinger & Stataloff

Journal of Singing, 2019

#breathing #injury #prevention #recovery #research

here

MRI Horn: Brass pedagogy informed by science

by Iltis & Epstein

The Horn Call, 2018

#breathing #injury #prevention #recovery #research #embouchure #medical

Additional info in video can be found on YouTube part 1, part 2

here

Seeing the Unseen: Trombone Playing Through the Eye of a MRI Scanner with the MRI Brass Repository P

by Douglas Yeo

The Last Trombone, 2017

#breathing #injury #prevention #recovery #research #embouchure #medical

MRI Videos can be found on The Last Trombone YouTube channel.

here

The Neuroscience of Peak Performance and Flow

by Patrick Gannon

International Musician, 2016

#wholebody #prevention #recovery

here

How Periods Might Affect Women’s Athletic Performance

by Gretchen Reynolds

New York Times, 2016

#wholebody #fitness #prevention #recovery

here

Embouchure Dysfunction in Air Force Band Brass Musicians

by Storms, Elkis, &Strohecker

Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2016

#embouchure #injury #research

here

Evaluation of embouchure dysfunction: Experience of 139 patients at a single center

by Termsarasab & Frucht

General Otolaryngology, 2016

#embouchure #injury #research #medical

here

Creating The Resilient Performer

by Dr. John Chong

Music Teachers National Association, 2015

#injury #research #medical #wholebody #mentalhealth #fitness

here

Orchestrating Healthy Approaches For Musicians In Training

by Dr. Bronwen Ackermann

American Music Teacher, 2015

#injury #research #medical #wholebody #education #fitness

here

Articles Pre 2015

From Embouchure Problems to Embouchure dystonia?

A survey of self-reported embouchure disorders in 585 professional orchestra brass players

by Steinmetz, Stang, et al.

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2013

#embouchure #injury #research #medical

here

Dr. McGrail’s Lip Exercises

by Jonathan Vieker

Lip Rip Blues, 2014

#embouchure #injury #recovery

here

The Neurobiology of Grace Under Pressure

by Christopher Bergland

Pyschology Today, 2013

#mentalhealth #wholebody

here

Incidence of Injury and Attitudes to Injury Management in Skilled Flute Players

by Ackermann,  Kenny & Fortune 

Work, 2011

#mentalhealth #wholebody #injury #recovery #research

here

Playing without Pain: Strategies for the Developing Instrumentalist

by William J. Dawson

Music Educators Journal, 2006

#injury #prevention #recovery #education #research

here

Medical Problems of Brass Instrumentalists: Prevalence Rates for Trumpet, Trombone, Horn & Low Brass

by Chesky, Devroop & Ford

Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2002

#injury #prevention #recovery #education #research

here

Embouchure Problems in Brass Instrumentalists

by Lederman

Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2001

#injury #prevention #recovery #embouchure #research

here

Return to play after injury: strategies to support a musician's recovery

by Norris

Work, 1996

#injury #recovery #research

here

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