I am working on my doctoral monograph this semester and part of it is a survey investigating the opinions of college-level professors of violin and viola, and teachers of young violin or viola students about instrument setup (i.e. chin rests and shoulder rests) so that it can be made comfortable according to the individual student's body, minimizing the likelihood of performance related injury.
I was wondering if anybody would be interested in completing this survey. If yes, it is available at the following links:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MTT5Q6Y (if you are a college professor of violin or viola)
or
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MTZJV3B (if you teach at the pre-college level, or adult amateurs)
The deadline for the purposes of my monograph is February 26th, and completing it should take about 5-10 minutes.
If you email this to me, I'll forward it to our string department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. You'll find me on the library pages.
The photo above shows a good example of inappropriate support, overtightened neck muscles, and tension habits that can lead to injury. It was me a couple of years before I got injured, when I was trying to play without a shoulder rest; maybe I used a substitute, but it was too little support anyway. :(
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