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Health and fitness for life.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Health and fitness for life.(avoiding knee injuries in dance)

Article Excerpt
How accurately can you describe your feet? Most dancers can relate every line and curve; feet demand, and get, plenty of attention. And most dancers know which hip is more flexible, which has better turnout. But most dancers are not familiar enough with their knees. Although the lower extremity in general is reported as the site of most frequent injury for dancers (with the foot area ranked first), the vulnerable knee is a close second.

According to Carol Teitz, MD, one of the biggest concerns with dancers, especially in forms that accentuate the use of turnout, is kneecap,...



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