Playing it straight: Posture tips for musicians can help you, too

When it comes to posture, many musicians aren’t much better than people who work in front of a computer all day, according to Anne Ouellet-Demers. In some ways, they’re worse off.
“An instrument is not like a desk, where you can raise your computer, or push your keyboard back, use an ergonomic mouse or change sides (of your mouse hand),” said the Montreal kinesiologist and kinesiotherapist.
Classical musicians often play from a seated position and focus almost all their e