BALLERINA INJURIES
The repeated pressure and stress placed on your feet during ballet leads to stress fractures. Jumping and landing is a large part of ballet, which also puts excess stress on your feet and toes. This is especially true when dancing on pointe, and these fractures are sometimes referred to as dancer’s fractures.
This technique is performed when your feet are completely extended, leading to all of your weight essentially being placed on your toes. This is a tough technique to master, and often causes pain and injuries to both your feet and ankles.
KNEE INJURIES
SPRAINED ANKLES
A large part of dance is your footwork, especially in ballet. Your ankles need to support your body, which puts excess strain on your ligaments and tendons. This causes sprained ankles in some cases, leading to pain and swelling.
ACHILLES TENDINITIS
Your achilles tendon runs from the back of your heel to your calf and is crucial when dancing ballet. However, repeated stress on this tendon causes inflammation, leading to achilles tendinitis.
PLANTAR FASCIITIS
The plantar fascia is the tissue located on the bottom of your foot, stretching from your toes to your heels. This tissue is used a lot during ballet, especially when dancing on pointe. Overuse of the plantar fascia leads to inflammation and a condition called plantar fasciitis. This leads to pain in your feet and heel.
METATARSALGIA
This condition is brought on with overuse of the ball of your foot. This causes intense pain and inflammation in that area, and is very common with ballet dancing.
HALLUX RIGIDUS
Dancing on pointe in ballet sometimes causes hallux rigidus, an injury to the joint of the big toe. Not only does it cause pain, but hallux rigidus makes it extremely difficult to move your big toe at all. A lot of time dancers don’t consider themselves athletes and don’t realize they can be seen by a specialist manual therapist. Core Clink here to help prevent dance-related injuries and return dancers to activity as soon and safely as possible after injury.
FOR EVERY BODY THAT DANCE-CARING IS OUR PASSION
Dancing on pointe in ballet sometimes causes hallux rigidus, an injury to the joint of the big toe. Not only does it cause pain, but hallux rigidus makes it extremely difficult to move your big toe at all. A lot of time dancers don’t consider themselves athletes and don’t realize they can be seen by a specialist manual therapist. Core Clink here to help prevent dance-related injuries and return dancers to activity as soon and safely as possible after injury.
