Girls Ballet

Many common foot injuries sustained by ballet dancers can be prevented and treated, by applying some basic knowledge about the structure muscles in the feet. Specific strengthening different muscles can make a huge difference for a career in ballet or other dance discipline others. This article describes the causes and treatment of common foot injuries dancers.
BODY: Most dancers complain of some foot injury at some stage their training and professional ballet dancers will often struggle with chronic foot injuries, from the mildest who are treated for years for serious injuries which are career ending May

The truth is that many common foot and ankle "injury" occur as a result of the poor "intrinsic" foot muscle strength. The "intrinsic foot muscles are tiny little muscles that start and end in the foot, which help control the position of the arch of a ballet dancer, and are responsible for checking their toes in the shoe tip. If these small muscles do not function effectively, the large muscle called the "extrinsic muscles of the foot that comes earlier in the leg become overexploited, then they try to do two roles. This often leads to conditions such as "Anterior Compartment Syndrome", "stress fractures" the tibia (shin), or "medial tibial stress syndrome," commonly called "Shin Splints".

Weakness in the intrinsic foot muscles and overuse of extrinsic muscles will also lead his claws on the toes "in both rising and peak. This is the main cause behind nasty blisters that are often seen in pictures of professional ballet dancers, but this should not be the case. Control of intrinsic value allows the articulation of the middle toes to remain upright while still full of the foot. This does not affect the look of the line up, but does dance much better when it is free of pain!

In many other sports, orthotics may be worn in the shoe needed to help to stabilize the arc and resolve symptoms related to low resistance of the intrinsic muscles. Unfortunately, in ballet slippers these orthotics can be worn (although many researchers have tried that!) so that the dancer is often left to "live with" the symptoms, or who Prolonged repeated breaks from dancing.

With the strengthening combined with proper stretching, however, many of these "chronic" injuries resolve quickly. "The Perfect Pointe Book" is a comprehensive collection of many exercises designed specifically to strengthen the foot muscles necessary in any ballet dancer. Although initially designed to help girls build their feet before going over the edge, this book is essential reading for any dancer, especially if they have had or currently have any foot injuries. The exercises were developed after years to work closely with ballet dancers, and see first hand what is most effective to regain control of these small muscles.

Often ballet teachers find the specifics of training the foot strength needed for a difficult job, because it points came naturally to them. However, for many people, the force required isolated in the feet must be specifically trained, especially nowadays, as many children who grow in cities spend little time bare foot on different surfaces, which form naturally small intrinsic muscles of the feet. Understanding how these muscles must work when the dance is a must in a long, injury free career in dance.

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