Dance Injuries
Dancers frequently have pain and dysfunction in many different joints. This is due to the demands placed on their body which require extremes of flexibility, control, coordination, strength and endurance. If their muscles are not strong and coordinated enough to support their joints a dancer can get pain. If a dancer's joints are not flexible [...]
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis
De Quervain's is an overuse injury of tendons of the thumb, specifically the extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus. There is usually pain with grasping and when moving the thumb away from the rest of the hand. It responds well to deep tissue massage, dry needling and altering activities that aggravate the pain. There [...]
Muscle Weakness
Weakness can occur in muscles after injury or gradually from postural & movement habits. Common muscles affected by weakness are: Deep neck flexors (Longus Capitis & Longus Colli) Shoulder rotator cuff muscles (Infraspinatus, Supraspinatus, Subscapularis), Scapula muscles (Serratus Anterior Spinal core muscles (Transversus Abdominis & Lumbar Multifidus) Hip abductors (Gluteus Minimus & Medius), Hip external [...]