5 Ways to Care for Your Physical Wellness Everyday | #11

This week we take a look at our physical health as clinicians. Listen for research, resources, and tips for supporting a healthy body.

Show Notes

5 tips to care for your physical wellness everyday:

  1. Vocal warmup and cool-down routine

  2. Drink plenty of water

  3. Wrist, finger and hand exercises & stretching breaks

  4. Be mindful of your routines and adjust as necessary

  5. Take visual breaks (20-20-20 rule)

Resources for a Music Therapist’s Physical Wellness:  

Hand, Wrist and Finger Exercises

5 of the Best Daily Vocal Exercises 

10 Best Stretches for Office Workers

Yoga for Musicians, Yoga with Adriene 

Computer eye strain: 10 tips for relief 

Article: Voice Disorders and Related Risk Factors among Music Therapists: Survey Findings and Strategies for Voice CareEric G Waldon, PHD, MT-BC,  Derek Isetti, PHD, CCC-SLP

Music Therapy Perspectives, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2019, Pages 37–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miy010


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