Two most common injuries categories
- Performance- Related Musculoskeletal disorders PRMDs
Performance Anxiety PA
- Psychotherapy (cognitive-behavioral therapy)
Performance -Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Foot and ankle dance morphology requirements
Foot shape
- “normal”
Foot shape
pes cavus
- dancers can get plantar fasciitis , stress fx, ankle sprain, anterior impingement
Foot Shape
pes planus
- medial longitudinal arch drop common in dancers, hypermobile foot (functional vs. actual)
Common acute injuries in dancers
Overuse injuries in dancers:
Plantar fasciitis
Overuse injuries in dancers:
achilles tendinopathy
Overuse injuries in dancers:
1st MTP impingement
- feel it in soft shoes, leads to hallux limitus then hallux rigidus
Overuse injuries in dancers:
-hallux valgus
- hypermobile winging feet, femoral IR
Overuse injuries in dancers:
-dropped 2nd/3rd metatarsal
Overuse injuries in dancers:
- sesamoid issues, sesamoiditis
- osteonecrosis,sprains
Overuse injuries in dancers:
- interdigital neuritis/neuroma
Overuse injuries in dancers:
-chonic ankle stability
Overuse injuries in dancers:
-anterior impingement
Wall test
Hip rotation control test
lumbar provocation test
Dancer hip range
Dance positions and what to look for
plie
Dance positions and what to look for:
Tendu derriere and; arabesque
look at the standing hop for loss of ER/ABd, gesture leg timing of ant pelvic tilt, lumbar and thoracic extension and rotation
Dance positions what to look for
developpe