Episode 43 Dr. John Chong, medicine and music

Dr. Chong is a doctor in medicine, electric engineer, composer, musician, founder of Musician Clinics of Canada and Treasurer of Performer Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) He is famous for the using the term MADNESS. In this episode we talk about those common ailment that might affects a musician career such as muscle fatigue, carpal tunnel, tinnitus depression, anxiety, nerve entrapments, stress syndrome, the increase of suicidal thinking rate, among others. The sleep disorders are greater in music players than any other field. Dr. Chong has gathered data on issues that affect musicians such as: alcoholism, socio-economic stress, among other issues. He told me that the use of opioids, that has become a major issue in USA population, is seven times greater. This episode is very informative and tells you the gruesome reality of a profession that many people do not pay attention to it. PAMA is an organization that assists performing artists in all aspects concerning their health. To learn more about my podcast, you can follow me on Twitter @Music2Flavors and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Musicin2Flavors/, or at my website at www.musicin2flavors.com If you know a friend or acquaintance that works in the music industry and think that he should be an ideal person to chat and record his conversation, please contact me at Music in [email protected] Thank you for listening and see you on our next episode. If you would like to be a patreon of my podcast, you can go to my website and click on the Patreon banner or visit https://www.patreon.com/musicin2Flavors where you can choose the amount of money that you want to pledge. Thank you for listening to Music in 2Flavors and thank you for being a loyal listener of my music adventure.