Golf injuries occur with surprising frequency to both the professional and the amateur golfer alike (Jan 01, 1970)
How common are golf injuries and who gets them?Golf may be a gentlemans sport, but it certainly isnt as gentle and innocuous as it appears. Golf injuries occur with surprising frequency to both the professional and the amateur golfer alike. It is estimated that about 60% of golfers will experience a sport related injury at some point in their lives. All golfers, regardless of the level at which they play, should know what causes the most common injuries, what their symptoms are, and when they should seek the help of a physician. Incidence of Golfing InjuriesPROFESSIONALSWrist/Hand : 37%Low Back : 24%Shoulder : 10%Elbow : 7%Knee : 7%AMATEURSLow Back : 35%Elbow : 33%Wrist/Hand : 20%Shoulder : 12%Knee : 9%Injuries to the upper limbs (shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand) account for more than half of the total injuries sustained while playing golf.
Celine Dion Tickets : Dion Adorns Her Vocals With More Nuances And Modulations (Sep 18, 2011)
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals.Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time,is the second best-selling female artist in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era,and is the only female artist to have two singles that have sold more than a million copies in the UK.In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time. According to Sony Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.Dion is often regarded as one of pop music's most influential voices. She has been described as a reigning "Queen of Pop" for her influence over the record industry during the 1990s, alongside other female entertainers, including Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. In a countdown of the "22 Greatest Voices in Music" by Blender Magazine and MTV, she placed ninth (sixth for a female), and she was also placed fourth in Cove magazine's list of "The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists." Dion is often compared to Mariah Carey for her vocal style and to her idol, Barbra Streisand, for her voice.According to various sources, Dion possesses a five-octave vocal range. Regarding the power of Dion's voice, Regine Crespin states, "The volume as such is thin, but thanks to her perfect mastery of the nasal backing, her voice acquires an incisive and penetrating timbre, with a great harmonic richness."Dion states she is a mezzo-soprano, while Regine Crespin and Andre Tubeuf state she is probably a lyric soprano. However, attempts to adopt classical voice types to other forms of singing has been met with controversy.Without making a classification, maestro Kent Nagano remarked, "All you just sang was soprano," after Dion auditioned with two solos of Carmen, wanting to know if she could sing opera. Her timbre has been described as "fresh,"as well as "thin, slightly nasal, nearly vibratoless," with a "raspy" lower register and "bell glass-like high notes." According to French soprano, Regine Crespin, Dion's voice is "comparable to oboe, because of its nasal and fruity timbre and it is mordant in high notes." Crespin is also circumspect about Dion's highest notes, stating, "She doesn't have a head voice," further remarking, "she uses falsetto," which is "disconnected to the normal voice body."Dion is often praised for her technical virtuosity. Stephen Holden of The New York Times, writes, "Ms. Dion [...] is a belter with a high, thin, slightly nasal, nearly vibratoless soprano and a good-sized arsenal of technical skills. She can deliver tricky melismas, produce expressive vocal catches and sustain long notes without the tiniest wavering of pitch. And as her duets [...] have shown, she is a reliable harmony voice."In an interview with Liberation, Jean-Jacques Goldman states that she has "no problem of accuracy or tempo."According to Kent Nagano, maestro of the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Dion is "a musician who has a good ear, a refinement, and a degree of perfection that is envious." Mezzo-soprano, Cecilia Bartoli and soprano, Joan Sutherland have expressed that Dion has a very good legato, while Charles Alexander of Time states, "[Her] voice glides effortlessly from deep whispers to dead-on high notes, a sweet siren that combines force with grace."In her French repertoire, Dion adorns her vocals with more nuances and modulations, with the emotional intensity being "more tender and intimate." Additionally, Luc Plamondon, a French singer-songwriter who has written several works for Dion states that there are three chanteuse that Dion uses: the Quebecois, the French, and the American.
