Plantar Plate Injuries In Dancers
Plantar plate injuries are common dance issues that many performers push through without seeking professional advice. What is a plantar plate injury and how does its functionality affect dancers?
Why dancers are more susceptible to ingrown toenails
An ingrown toenail is a common problem if you are a dancer, especially a ballet dancer, because your toes are pushed into tights, squeezed into firm fitting dance, ballet or pointe shoes and then worked for hours repeatedly—jumping, spinning and pointing your feet. While you are dancing, your feet get very hot and sweaty, creating the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
Flexibility in dance. What’s the fascia-nation?
If you’ve ever worn a cast or moon boot to recover from an injury, you’ll remember the stiffness you felt when the brace was removed. During immobilisation, fibrous connective tissue (fascia) bundles form and stick together, like a stiff web. Once healed, you would have been prescribed exercises to ‘melt’ these bundles, and restore mobility and movement to the joint.
It’s all in the feet: Intrinsic foot strength in dancers
Did you know there are four extremely important layers of muscle on the bottom of the foot?
Too old for pointe shoes?
Suppressing flutters of excitement, the ballet dancer holds her position at the barre before sinking gently back to the floor. She's dreamed about this for years. As she rises again, the studio light catches sparkles of grey in her perfect
