Further Reading

  • Bae Y, Park Y. The Effect of Relaxation Exercises for the Masticator Muscles on Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMD). Journal of Physical Therapy Science. 2013

    https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpts/25/5/25_jpts-2012-421/_article/-char/ja/

  • Chan C, Ackermann B. Evidence-Informed Physical Therapy Management of Performance-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Musicians.  Frontiers in Psychology. 2014; 5:706

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086404/

  • Cuccia A, Caradonna C.  The Relationship Between the Stomatognathic System and Body Posture.  Clinics (Sao Paulo) 64(1):61-66. 2009

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671973/

  • Goulet JP, Lavigne GJ, Lund JP. Jaw Pain Prevalence Among French-speaking Canadians and Related Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders. Journal of Dental Research Vol 74, Issue 11:1738-1744. 1995

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220345950740110401

  • Jang JY, Kwon JS, Lee DH, Bae JH, Kim ST.  Clinical Signs and Subjective Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders in Instrumentalists.  Yonsei Med 57(6): 1500-1507.  2016.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011285/

  • Saleet Jafri M. Mechanisms of Myofascial Pain.  International Scholarly Research Notices. 2014

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285362/

  • Steinmetz A, Zeh A, Delank K.S., Peroz I.  Symptoms of Craniomandibular Dysfunction in Professional Orchestra Musicians.  Occupational Medicine Vol 64, Issue 1. 2014; 

https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/64/1/17/1414593

  • Guy L. Embouchure Building for Clarinetists, Tenth Edition. Rivernote Press. 2011

  • Horvath J.  Playing Less Hurt, 2009 Edition. Self-Published by Janet Horvath. 2009

  • Shaffer S, Brismée JM, Sizer P, Courtney C. Temporomandibular Disorders Part 1: Anatomy and Examination/Diagnosis. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy Vol 22 No 1 2:11. 2014

  • Shaffer S, Brismée JM, Sizer P, Courtney C. Temporomandibular Disorders Part 2: Conservative Management. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy Vol 22 No 1 13:23. 2014

  • Shazryl E, Hanks J.  Sports & Stress Therapy: Athletic Rehabilitation on Massage, Stretching, and Strengthening.  Eskay, Inc. 1994

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Meet Katherine

A veteran teaching musician for over 20 years, Katherine Peters helps students, teachers, and fellow musicians learn, teach, and play better. She excels at packaging concepts into practical, applicable, useful strategies that can be delivered one-on-one in the studio or to a lecture hall full of musicians. The underlying message in her teaching: you can do this. Katherine is also a published composer/arranger. Her arrangements have been performed by middle and high school students, community ensembles, and church ensembles.


Katherine, her husband Matthew, and their daughter live in central Indiana. They sponsor a beautiful little girl in Nicaragua through Compassion International. Find out about Compassion here, and please consider releasing a child from the financial and emotional bondage of poverty.