Posts Tagged ‘dance injury’
Medial Elbow Tendinopathy (Golfers Elbow)
Medial elbow tendinopathy (commonly referred to as “Golfer’s elbow”) refers to pain on the inside of your elbow. Often, people with medial elbow tendinopathy will experience pain or difficulty with daily activities including gripping a coffee cup, lifting a bag, using tools, exercising, or swinging a golf club. Despite its name, you don’t have to…
Read MorePosterior Ankle Impingement in Dancers
Ankle pain can be a challenging thing for ballet dancers to overcome. It might creep in during rehearsal, flare up after a long day of training, or stubbornly linger despite your best efforts to rest and recover. While many dancers are familiar with conditions like Achilles tendinopathy or ankle sprains, if you’re feeling a nagging…
Read MoreHip Microinstability in Dancers – How to spot (and stop) a “wobbly” hip
If you’re a flexible dancer, your hips help you create beautiful lines and effortless arabesque. Occasionally, though, this flexibility can allow too much slide of the ball (femoral head) in the socket (acetabulum) and irritate the joint. This is called hip microinstability. Hip injuries account for a significant share of all dance related injuries – about…
Read MorePlantar Heel Pain in Dancers: What You Need to Know
If you’ve ever stepped out of bed and felt a sharp, stabbing pain in your heel, you’re not alone. Plantar heel pain (also referred to as plantar fasciopathy and previously plantar fasciitis) is one of the most common causes of heel pain, affecting approximately 10% of the general population and up to 35% of dancers…
Read MoreLateral Ankle Sprains in Dancers: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
As dancers, we are always pushing to the edge of our limits, and sometimes beyond. Whether it be in drilling our techniques, rehearsing every night, or simply putting our all into a show, we leave it all on the floor and routinely sacrifice our bodies to the greater good of dance. What’s more, if we…
Read MoreOsgood Schlatter Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
This blog will cover the following points on Osgood Schlatter Disease: What is Osgood Schlatter Disease? Symptoms of Osgood Schlatter Disease Causes of Osgood Schlatter Disease Treatment Options for Osgood Schlatter Disease How we can help you What is Osgood Schlatter Disease Osgood Schlatter Disease or OSD is characterised by pain just below the kneecap,…
Read MoreDance for longer: Recovery and Injury Prevention Tips for Dancers
As dancers, it is common to feel that there is a time limit on how long we can continue dancing or that we can only dance up until a certain age. Perhaps you’re noticing pain in your body the day after a big dance rehearsal, or that you can’t jump into the splits without warming…
Read MoreEn Pointe: Common Foot Injuries in Ballet Dancers
Whether you’re a dancer who is considering starting pointe work soon, a dancer who has just bought their pointe shoes after the pre-pointe assessment has been passed or a family member of a dancer who has begun making regular remarks on the discomfort felt when even just sliding your foot into a pointe shoe, this…
Read MoreSafe Stretching for Dancers
As dancers, we are always trying to improve our flexibility. Online videos and social media have added to the desire for greater ranges of motion, compromising safety and alignment to achieve extreme positions and contortions of the body. Many factors influence a dancer’s flexibility including age, body structure, genetics, gender, bones, muscles, ligaments, nerves, and…
Read MoreHow Can We Prevent Dance Injuries?
One of the most common questions I get asked as a physiotherapist with a special interest in dance rehabilitation and injury prevention is, “How can we prevent dance injuries?”. GOOD QUESTION! It’s a very valid question considering: the rate of injury in young and adolescent dancers is higher than that reported in young soccer players…
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