Archive for October, 2009

October 25th

Bone Bruise

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Last week during an over enthusiastic assemblé I managed to slip, flip into the air, and fall on my back. My doctor said I bruised a bone; my sacroiliac joint. It has been nearly 2 weeks, and I have been resting it. However, it still hurts to développé do the left side, [...]

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October 16th

Slow recovery…

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Someone recommended I e-mail you, because we have been unable to get answers from doctors and physical therapists who know enough about ballet.
My daughter, stepped on a pencil a year ago. She is 14 and loves ballet. The pencil graphite lodged deep in the bottom of her foot. She was operated on by a good [...]

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October 13th

sinking feet….. understanding corrections

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I recently re-read your archived article from January 2006 on “sinking arches.” One of our students has high arches and is experiencing some pain in her instep, to the end that she has been crying, and one of her other teachers thinks it may be “falling” arches.
Are “sinking” arches and “falling” arches the same [...]

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