How to prevent long-term injuries in your piping career

article by Jenny Kim, Doctor Physical Therapy 

Do you stretch before you pipe?  Do you warm up slowly?  Relax your bag shoulder?  Relaxed fingers?  Is your wrist straight and does your wrists show to your audience, or in other words if you had a watch on each wrist, could your audience read the watch face? 

Picture is from the College of Piping syllabus