I see a lot of pianists, some really successful, who seem to be breaking all the rules of good coordination, good posture, etc.  Will they become injured?

It is not possible to say who will or will not become injured from mal-coordination and poor body use habits. However, as noted earlier, there appears to be a correlation between injury and chronic tension, over-use or misuse of muscles, and misalignment and the accompanying stress on the joints. Perhaps an appropriate analogy would be to smoking: Many people who smoke never develop lung cancer. But enough do to warrant discouraging smoking. Likewise, some of our most talented and successful keyboardists break many of the rules of good coordination and never become injured. But that is not a reason for teachers not to teach anything but the best, most injury-preventive technique. 

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