Seminar - HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR MUSICIANS

Saturday, April 12th, 2014
10:30am - 1:00 pm

Speakers: John Chong, Shmuel Tatz, Kentaro Yamamoto

Why Mondomusica New York hosts this seminar?

Professional musicians often suffer from medical problems connected to their activity. Thus, they need specific etiology, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

Mondomusica New York involved P.A.M.A. (Performing Arts Medicine Association) to have a complete overlook on this hot topic and to promote the highest quality of care to all musicians.

Targets of the seminar

Professional musicians, physicians.

Speakers

John Chong: Dr. John Chong is the President of P.A.M.A. After an injury to his right hand from piano performance at age 14, John went on to study electronic music, composition, electrical engineering, medicine, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, occupational health, public health and preventive medicine, acupuncture, and psychotherapy. As the Medical Director of the Musicians’ Clinics of Canada, he has treated musicians with repetitive strain injuries, motor control problems, anxiety, depression, neuropathic pain, nerve entrapments, and stress-related disorders since 1986. His current clinical and research interest is regulation of the autonomic nervous system using neuro-biofeedback techniques for the prevention of repetitive strain injuries, focal dystonia, chronic pain, and depression. He was a founding member and is now the President-Elect of the Performing Arts Medicine Association.

Shmuel Tatz: Dr. Shmuel Tatz developed the Body Tuning approach to diagnosing and treating the cause of pain, much like that of a skilled musician communicating with his instrument. The technique involves first scanning the body manually with the hands to zero in on the source of the problem, and carefully “listening” to each of its parts, in order to begin the healing process through an array of modalities. Shmuel’s extensive experience in examining and evaluating body mechanics enables him to determine joint mobility and customize a program of therapy that will maximize the body’s ability to heal.

Kentaro Yamamoto: Kentaro Yamamoto is Technical Product Manager at Nova Strings, the North American distributor for Arcus Bows and many other major brands. Mr. Yamamoto provides advice not only to manufacturers on product development and improvement, but also to violin shops and makers on choosing the right products to maximize acoustics.