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Dance healthy: strategies for avoiding injury, from NYCB's wellness program.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dance healthy: strategies for avoiding injury, from NYCB's wellness program.(New York City Ballet )

Article Excerpt
Injury can sideline dancers for weeks or months, so wellness strategies that cut your risk can mean the difference between a successful season and a frustrating healing period. Dance Magazine advice columnist Dr. Linda Hamilton has worked with New York City Ballet to create a program that lowered the dancers' weeks out by 46 percent. In her new book, The Dancer's Way: The New York City Ballet Guide to Mind, Body, and Nutrition (St. Martin's Griffin, $16.95), she shares the keys to the company's wellness program, which can help all dancers stay--and dance--healthy. Below are a few highlights.

Success--indeed survival--in the current dance scene with its demands on stamina and versatility means knowing how to take care of yourself. It's smart to adjust what you do for exercise,...

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