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Ankle Sprain/injury in Dance can lead to sub-optimal performance

Over the years of working with various levels of dancers, and through different genres, one of the most common injured areas we see are foot and ankle injuries. That is probably no surprise to many of you as dance can be one of the most physically demanding activities, and at the same time very artistic! …

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Do you mouth breathe? It is likely affecting your health!

If you could improve sleep quality, improve your breathing, improve your posture, and improve your body’s ability heal, would you jump at that opportunity? What would that allow you to do? What could you do better? Of course, there are multiple reasons any of these things could be affected, but a big one that has …

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Holistic Treatment for Vocal Cord Dysfunction and the Airway

Vocal artists can be injured as well. What might that look like? Strain to your voice. Soreness in the throat area, hoarseness in the voice, pain, lack of good projection, and more! The question is still the same, “why?” Why did this happen? What caused the vocal cords to take on extra strain? Was it …

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Holistic Treatment for Dance Injuries and other Artistic Athletes

What does treating a performer/dancer holistically look like? Dance injuries are common. Hip injuries such as labral tears or piriformis syndrome are common. Joint stiffness, knee pain, and achilles tendinitis are other common injuries we see. When you seek help, your injury is the initial concern. We need to help you get out of pain …

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Integration of Your Body to the Trunk and Brain: Get to the root

It is a simple analogy, but think of a tree and its trunk. The branches anchor into the trunk of the tree. Without a strong, healthy trunk, the branches will not be able to withstand the elements. An unhealthy tree trunk will cause the branches to not be as healthy. The trunk has the potential …

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A different approach to pain: addressing the pressure systems

In the physical therapy world, it is not often thought about how other systems of the body might affect the muscle pains and joint aches that are felt. It is important to consider the whole person, and how multiple systems of the body are usually involved. One thing to consider is that as we have …

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TheTack Theory: a simple concept for the management of pain

The Tack Theory. It is an amazingly simple concept that relates to chronic pain. Essentially, here is what it says. ⠀ Let’s say you sit on a chair that has a thumb tack in it. After you sit on the tack, you experience pain! Because of the pain, you take pain medications. Maybe the pain …

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