Performing Arts Medicine

Edited by the three founding pioneers of Performing Arts Medicine, with 20 chapters contributed by noted experts in the field. Performing Arts Medicine, 3rd edition (paperback edition, B+W), covers health issues arising in performing artists of all genres, including musicians, dancers, singers, and actors/actresses. This third edition updates and expands the previous editions of this ground-breaking text. The Editors, pioneers in the field of performing arts medicine, provide a unique compilation of expert insights into the medical and psychological care and treatment of artists in all genres of the performing arts. This new edition reviews the history of arts medicine, provides an overview of the causes of medical problems that commonly emerge in performing artists, and offers expert, comprehensive chapters by world-renowned specialists on neurological, visual, vocal, auditory, respiratory, musculoskeletal, psychological, and other issues encountered by performers. It also includes chapters on hearing loss, hand and arm surgery in musicians, physical therapy for musicians, back and leg injuries in dancers, and the development of young performers. This unique text was written to provide insight for physicians, therapists, and other health workers who care for artists, but the information contained is just as valuable for performers themselves and for music, acting, and dance teachers.