February 13th
I’m going to answer 2 questions – one at the top of the leg with a hip injury and another at the foot. Especially with foot injuries there is such potential for compensation and shifting your weight subtly in order to continue walking and dancing and so I encourage everyone to pay attention to the [...]
December 5th
Today’s post came from an email from a concerned mother who’s daughter was diagnosed with an os trigonum in both ankles. She writes… My daughter is 14 and very serious about her dancing. She has heel pain and has worked with a PT for the past year and rested a good part of last year. [...]
October 25th
Today’s post is a series of 6 short clips about looking at the different elements of a pointe shoe. Things such as do you need a wider or a narrower box and what is the crown of the shoe are looked at. Many thanks to Anneliese Burns Wilson for sharing her expertise and to Geneva [...]
October 18th
I had the pleasure of meeting up with Anneliese Burns Wilson at The Dance Shop in Fort Worth, Texas. The next series of video clips are from that very informative time I spent at The Dance Shop. This first clip is about how the foot should be prepared before putting on a pointe shoe. Things [...]
September 22nd
The question today came from Bethany who writes… I could really use some advice about my arches. Over the last year or so they have begun to cramp terribly mostly on pointe but often on flat also. Sometimes it hurts so bad that I can barely handle it and start to feel nauseous. I feel [...]
June 27th
My daughter is nine and this year has started to complain of heel pain and sometimes knee pain. So I researched and have come to the conclusion that she has fallen arches. I did a water foot test and her arches are not flat or low but when you just look at her feet they [...]
October 23rd
I am teaching at a local ballet school. I work with the children from the ages of 3 1/2 to 10, primarily. I also conduct conditioning/pre-pointe classes for slightly older girls. I am the only teacher for the youngest dancers but do share teaching assignments with other teachers for the girls in both the Ballet [...]
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October 11th
I got your name from a dancer/friend when I asked her a question regarding a current ‘disability’ I have that affects my dance. First, I am a sixty year old male with a history of osteoarthritis and two joint replacements (one hip, one knee). I also social dance 5-6 nights a week……and I am actually [...]
August 24th
I recently viewed your video “tibial torsion audio” on youtube and was directed to your website thebodyseries.com; I was amazed to realize that the dancer in the video seemed to have the same problem as me, where she did not stand evenly on her legs, and in a demi pliet the knee turned inward in [...]
July 9th
First of all I would like to thank you for the great website and your great blog! I am a 19-year-old ballerina and have been doing ballet recreationally since I was 5. A couple of years ago I decided to take it more seriously and to train more hours. I have three questions and I [...]