Increasingly, young athletes are heading to the emergency room, but they're not coming in with cleats after a contact sport, they're wearing tap and ballet shoes after dance practice. We don't think ...

Background Ankle injuries are common injuries among pre-professional dancers. An overview of the incidence and risk factors is however lacking. Objective To examine the incidence and risk factors of ...

Introduction Contemporary dance students are at high risk for injuries; a yearly overall risk of ≥60% with lower-extremity injuries as the most predominant musculoskeletal injuries. Therefore, the ...

The aim of the study was to recognise what participant-, training- and post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in female pole dancers (PDs). 320 female PDs ...

Before Broadway can get up and running, its performers need to get back on their long-idled feet. Word of the Great White Way’s planned Sept. 14 reopening sent cast members of “Wicked” hustling to ...

Dancers put unique demands on their hips, achieving extreme ranges of motion that can strain the joints and damage supporting tissues around them. Not surprisingly, hip injuries account for up to 17% ...

Imagine watching the Boston Ballet dancers perform “The Nutcracker” night after night — from back stage. Female and male dancers push their bodies to the limit under the lights, graceful until the ...

Not that you could ever tell from my serious lack of grace (I am very, very prone to tripping), but I used to be a ballet dancer. I recently got some great tips from... Not that you could ever tell ...

In theater, “break a leg” is a phrase used to wish a performer luck. But for ballet dancers, it isn’t simply an expression but an occupational reality. The intense physical demands of ballet put ...

Have you ever watched "Dancing with the Stars," the popular television show? Since the start of this show there have been a great number of foot and ankle injuries. The most common types of dance ...

Salsa dancers are less likely to get injured while dancing than people taking part in Spanish, aerobic or Zumba dancing, according to new research. But they suffer a similar rate of injuries as ...

For performing artists, overuse injuries tend to be some of the most common injuries UAB sports medicine physicians treat. These injuries are often caused by repetitive movements, high training volume ...