 the male dancer
written by Todd at on 12.09. at 19:36:58 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? Answers to this message:
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