Australian physiotherapist and anatomist Bronwen Ackermann is an international leader in the world of performing arts medicine. She has worked with professional orchestras throughout Australian and as a high performance consultant at the Australian National Academy of Music. She was the inaugural president of the Australian Society for Performing Arts Health and serves as editor-in-chief for Medical Problems of Performing Artists. And, she's an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. In this conversation, we talk about how Bronwen, not a musician herself, became interested in working with musicians, efficient movement as a component of optimal performance, injury risks for musicians, and much, much more. To learn more about Bronwen and her work, or to contact her, visit https://sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/bronwen-ackermann.html

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