Dance Rehabilitation at In Motion

Summer is here, which means that many dancers are doing summer intensives or working summer performance jobs that entail dancing in numerous shows per week. Whether you’re a young dancer learning new techniques or a professional working on staying strong during the off-season, dancing extra hours can often translate into fatigue and injury.

Acute injuries like sprained ankles or ACL injuries require treatment and rest, but dancers are sometimes tempted to keep pushing through more chronic issues. Many dancers think that tendonitis, knee pains, or clicking hip sockets are just a harsh fact of life in the dance world. But these conditions are actually treatable, and while it may seem like you’re being tough by not seeking help for chronic injuries and pain, this can actually set you up for more pain while dancing, a shorter dance career, and continued issues throughout your life.

Dancers may be hesitant to visit physical therapists who focus on “regular” athletes and who may not understand the specific physical and psychological demands of various types of dance. Here at In motion, we have physical therapists on our staff who have professional dance and performing arts experience and who are thoroughly trained to address dance-specific injuries from long hours of classes and rehearsals. So you can work with someone who understands your injury, how it happened, and what it means as a dancer to be injured. These therapists will work with you to relieve your pain and treat your injuries, and they’ll also work on specific exercises and techniques you can use to help prevent similar injuries or issues in the future.

Don’t let injuries ruin your summer or shorten your dance career. Working with In Motion can get you back to class and performing, stronger than ever.

Learn more about Dance rehabilitation with Bon Secours In Motion