My Dance Injury Needs to be Seen by a Doctor. What Type of Doctor should I See?

So, you’ve decided that you need to see a physician for your dance injury (or your injury that’s affecting your ability to dance). Here are some things to keep in mind.  There are a few options for selecting a type of physician to see for your dance-related injury:

• Your family practice physician/primary care provider
• A sports medicine physician
• An orthopedic surgeon (sports medicine and orthopedics may be in the same clinic or department)

Cross-Friction Massage

If you have ever been treated by an athletic trainer, physical therapist, or other manual therapy practitioner for a subacute musculotendinous injury (like chronic tendinitis…which is technically tendinosis…), you may have had cross-friction massage performed on your injury. But you may not know exactly what it is or why your therapy provider chose that particular treatment for you.

Meniscus Injuries

Within the knee, there are two fibrocartilaginous crescents that sit on top of the tibia (the shin bone). These are the menisci. Their outer rims are thicker than their inner borders. They help to create a sort of seat on top of the tibia for the condyles of the femur. The medial meniscus is C-shaped while the lateral meniscus forms more of an “O”.

10 Rules of Stretching

Stretching, both static stretching and dynamic movement, can be very helpful for a variety of reasons, as long as it is done properly. To ensure that you’re correctly performing static stretching to improve overall flexibility in the long-term, here are the 10 rules of stretching.