The myriad of injuries and conditions treated at our Performing Arts Clinic that can affect musicians and performers is vast but there a number of them which crop up repeatedly.
Many of the more common problems that we see in our clinic in Carlisle include:
- Back pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical nerve entrapment – Compression or impingement of the nerves from the neck
- Epicondylitis (Tennis / Golfer’s elbow)
- Focal dystonia – involuntary muscle spasms and contractions in a specific area of the body
- Neck and shoulder pain
- Overuse injury (Repetitive Strain Injury or Regional Pain Syndrome)
- Strains and sprains
- Stress fracture – Common in younger and older dancers
- Thoracic outlet syndrome – compression of the blood vessels / nerves near the collar bone
- Ulnar nerve entrapment – compression of the ulnar nerve near the elbow