As a dancer, you spend hours fine-tuning the strength, coordination, and precision of your feet. Your feet are an important part of dancing your best. But what about when you leave the studio? Most of us slip into traditional sneakers, thinking this is the best way to care for our feet. Unfortunately, even the fancy, expensive shoes can work  against  the very things we train so hard to develop in class. The Problem with Conventional Shoes Most conventional street shoes, espe

Messages like this strongly conflict with what we emphasize here at Performance Pilates & Rehab. We believe in empowering you to do theactivities you love. Plus, we understand that if we want to see injury rates go down in dancers we need to give them MORE support, not LESS!

Ice has long been used by dancers and athletes to recover after any performance related pain. However, ice research hit a new climax in 2014 putting the traditional RICE protocol on trial. It was found that traditional icing is in fact harming rather than helping our healing. Here are some facts about ice that might be surprising.

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Shin Splints are common for dancers. However, as dancers are returning to dance after lock downs we are seeing this condition more than...

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Stress fractures are tiny cracks in a bone. This injury does not happen overnight. A stress fracture starts as a small stress reactions...