Dance Physical Therapy

Injury assessment, treatment, education, and prevention

Dance related injuries

• Stress fractures
• Overuse injury-strains or sprains
• Snapping hips
• Back pain
• SI joint pain
• Hyperextension of knees
• ACL tear
• Meniscal tear
• Patellofemoral arthropathy
• Patellar tendinopathy
• Iliotibial syndrome
• Plantar fasciopathy
• Sesamoiditis
• Flexor Hallucis Longus tendinopathy
• Metatarsalgia
• Morton’s neuroma
• Achilles tendinopathy
• Posterior tibialis tendinopathy
• Ankles sprains and fractures

Dancer specific physical therapy

Screening for pointe preparedness

Performance training programs to include:

• Increasing your turn out
• Increasing your pointe
• Jumping without knee pain
• Increasing extensions

Backstage services for traveling performances/ live dance events

Injuries during live shows happen and can be difficult to get treated. That is why we provide onsite services for traveling performances or live dance events, within availability, at the convenience of performers to a backstage setting. The following are the services provided:

• Doctor of Physical Therapy available onsite during tech/dress rehearsal as well as performances
• One on one backstage in person evaluations
• Performer specific screening assessment for prevention of injury
• One on one treatments before, during, or after rehearsals/performances
• Treatment of musculoskeletal injury
• Use of instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization
• Dry needling
• Advanced manual therapy skills
• Recommendations of appropriate medical care if needed