Ask the Dance Docs: Injury prevention, heels to point shoes, and anti-inflammatory supplements

02/27/20 • 44 min

Thank you for tuning in to the initial episode of Ask the Dance Docs, we are excited that you are joining us today. On today’s episode Dr. Kathleen Davenport MD and myself sit down to discuss our top tips for injury prevention, how to transition from heels to pointe shoes, and what are some supplements to help subdue inflammation.

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Welcome to the Dance Docs

Hi, and welcome to the Dance Docs Podcast, I am your podcast host Dr. Kat Bower Physical Therapist. The concept for this podcast was sparked by the thought provoking questions from the dancers that I have worked with over the years. It is my goal is to create a space where dancers, practitioners, teachers and anyone in the dance community can come to ask their questions regarding dancer health and wellness. This space is for you.

Our first series of podcasts will be Ask The Dance Docs where myself and Dr. Kathleen L. Davenport MD will focus on answering your questions on all things musculoskeletal, whether it’s how to get over nagging injuries, what are good cross training methods, how many relevés should I really be doing? We are ready and looking forward to your questions.

I am really excited to welcome you to this space and see how it grows. We look forward to hearing from you and tune in every other week for new episodes!

In Health
Dr. Kat Bower PT

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Coping with COVID-19: Dance Specific recommendations

The world has been inundated with the rapid response in trying to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus over the last week. In this time of great fear and concern it has been wonderful to see communication open up between professionals, organizations, and the world nations. I have experienced first hand how the PT’s from large dance organizations have been e-mailing, calling and sharing current updates and thoughts on how to take care of our dancers during this time. As many large dance organizations have decided to take preventative measures and shut down Dr. Davenport and I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the steps dancers can take to maintain their health and wellness during this time away from the studios. We hope these tips and recommendations will help keep you performance ready for when your companies, colleges, and studios decide it is safe to re-open their doors.