Injury Prevention

Dancers are often getting injured. Some common dance injuries include achilles tendonitis, lower back spasms, bone fractures in the feet, and knee ligament tears. 

Thankfully I'm not prone to injury like some of my hyper mobile friends. However, all dancers should be well informed about injury prevention. Many young dancers seek out such information. 

Wikipedia was no help. In the pasted paragraph below, there's little to no information about specific injury prevention techniques. Here, also is the link to the Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_dancer

Class time is used to correct any habits that will lead to injury. If the ballet dancer is properly trained, the dancer will decrease their risk of injury. Some ballet dancers also turn to stretching or other devices, like the foot arch stretcher, in an attempt to minimize the risk of bodily damage. Nevertheless, injuries are a common occurrence in performances. Most injuries do not show up until later in a ballet dancer’s life, after years of continuous strain.

After reading this, I felt compelled to share some of the popular forms of injury prevention I was taught. Check out my edits to Wikipedia!

Class time is used to correct any habits that will lead to injury. If the ballet dancer is properly trained, the dancer will decrease their risk of injury. Some ballet dancers also turn to stretching or other methods of cross training, like Pilates, Yoga, non-impact cardio, and swimming. Outside cross training attempts to minimize the risk of bodily damage by increasing strength, exercise diversity, and stamina. Nevertheless, injuries are a common occurrence in performances. Most injuries do not show up until later in a ballet dancer’s life, after years of continuous strain.

All for now!