the male dancer all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 149 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]Hi guys. I was somewhat disturbed to recently hear that the stresses on a dancers joints when landing from something like an entrechat can be up to fifteen times his own weight. This is incredible. I would imagine that training strengthens the muscles but can't do much for knee and ankle joints. Is injury therefore inevitable? People who run for exercise will spend a fortune on expensive running shoes to absorb the impact, but ballet shoes offer, I would say, virtually no protection. Can joint damage be avoided or is it something all dancers should expect? [/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]