Then, in the 1920s, Julius Flesch wrote about Berufskrankheiten des Musikers (Occupational Diseases of the Musician) (Celle, 1925).
The neurologist Kurt Singer published his book Berufskrankheiten der Musiker (Occupational diseases of musicians).
The Kurt-Singer-Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians’ Health in Berlin (Academy of Arts and Hochschule für Musik Hans Eisler), currently headed by Alexander Schmidt, was named after him.
In 1994, the German Society for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine was founded and holds annual conferences.
[2] For example, playing the violin, the viola or wind instruments often lead to changes in the mouth cavity, jaw, teeth or face.
These can be ergonomic adjustments of the instruments to the musician's body, good chairs, appropriate exercises and basic physiological and anatomical knowledge, as well as healthy eating habits and sufficient sleep.
Many employers often are not aware how demanding the job really is, since it includes many different tasks, such as teaching music or a lot of practice.
For these instances, Germany set up a training programme to help identify how affected a musician is by being exposed to loud sounds and what preventative measures should be established.