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Having to hunker down at home opens up a space for activities such as exploring ideokinesis in ‘constructive rest position’, a term that I learned from my mentor Irene Dowd many years ago. This may be very useful to offer to your students at this time – both for re-patterning movement and releasing excessive muscular […]
I got a great question from a reader who wanted to understand better the phrase I have used many times…. “The brain doesn’t know the difference between what is real and what is imagined”. Let’s dive a bit deeper into this. I was trained to use ideokinesis to change neuromuscular pathways. The reason why we […]
Shin splints are an equal opportunity injury – not just a runner’s injury, but very common to dancers too! In dancers, pronation, awkward foot/ankle alignment and tibial stress fractures are often offered as the reason for shin splints. What is universally accepted is that shin splints are an overuse syndrome. In other words, excessive loading […]
I recently got my first pair of pointe shoes! Do you have any tips for what to practice, getting better, and staying safe on them? Love getting questions from student dancers! Thanks, A. for writing to me. I’m sure your teacher will be guiding you on how to break in your shoes and giving you […]
The last newsletter looked at plantar fasciitis from different perspectives. Click here to read if you missed it. Today’s newsletter is about treatment considerations and suggestions. You’ve got a diagnosis from the doctor or physical therapist, and hopefully also had a good alignment analysis to see if there are any biomechanics issues at play. […]
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