Continuing the COVID Conversation

09/10/20 • 54 min

On this week’s episode Dr. Kat PT, and Dr. Davenport MD take a look back over our past COVID-19 episodes and update information based on what we now know about the virus, what we have seen work as dancers return to the studio, and what we may need to still consider. We also revisit return to studio conditioning as we are hearing more and more about stress injuries during return to dance.

Previous Episode

Avoid Jumping Into Injury

In some recent interviews with dancers Dr. Davenport MD and Dr. Kat PT realized that dancers have been limiting and modifying their movement much more than we expected. Whether it was due to space, floor surface or just some extra time off dancers have decreased their jumping, and big movement across the floor. This is something that many dance medicine professionals were concerned about when we realized the length of time dancers would be out of the studios due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As dancers begin to transition back into the studios whether it’s a professional dancer returning for rehearsals, a collegiate level dancer returning for the fall semester, or a studio dancer ramping up their training for the year; there is a high risk for stress injuries. Dr Davenport and I discuss two stress related injuries that we are concerned about seeing, how they develop, and how to progress back in a safe manner to avoid them.

Next Episode

Strengthening Your Season

On this weeks episode of The Dance Docs Dr. Kat Bower PT sits down with Dr. Emily Noe PT out of Oakland CA to discuss how to incorporate and tailor a conditioning plan that will incorporate strength, endurance and power. We hope that this information will spark your thought process in developing your cross conditioning program and help to progress you back to your pre pandemic dance level injury free.