Impact of musculoskeletal pain on musicians’ relationship with music

This dataset presents the qualitative codes from the study "Investigating how musicians with musculoskeletal pain could explore and possibly enhance their relationships with music through music therapy". The codes are presented in a form of theme diagrams created for each participant individually. The data analysis process entailed interpretive phenomenological analysis. Six main themes were developed: In music therapy one can identify and express needs and desires about one’s musical journey; one is allowed to feel and explore one’s emotions; one has space to express and make meaning in relation to one’s musical journey; one can build additional resilience; one can reconnect to music; one can alleviate and work productively with pain.