Want to improve your turnout?

Start with the basics of understanding myth vs. fact via this link.

 

Stay tuned as we write more about this topic, tips, and tricks in August!

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Last chance for free admission to MDMF conference

Want to learn about injury prevention, nutrition, common injuries, strengthening exercises, and more just for dancers? Come to the Minnesota Dance Medicine Foundation 6th annual conference at the Cowles in Minneapolis on Sunday, August 18th. You will learn from medical doctors, dance physical therapists, and other allied health dance medicine professionals. The last chance to enter into a drawing for free admission is this Wednesday 7/31!

You can enter into this drawing by liking us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/OSRPTEP) and then sharing the 7/28 post that states: Last chance! MDMF Contest! SHARE this post before July 31st and you will be entered into a drawing for free admission at our 2013 MDMF Conference on SUNDAY 8/18 at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis!

More information on the conference, including the schedule, is available via this link. 

Facebook top picks

As a dancer, keeping your body in great condition is a top priority! Here are two of my top Facebook picks that can offer you credible information to help:

International Association of Dance Medicine and Science

Minnesota Dance Medicine Foundation

The Minnesota Dance Medicine Foundation will be holding their 6th Annual Conference in Minneapolis on August 17th and 18th.

• August 17th: Medical and Allied Health Professionals
• August 18th: Dancers, Parents, Coaches, and Teachers

Click here for more information, including registration. Follow MDMF on Facebook to see what types of things you will learn, ranging from nutrition, to rehab, to performance improvement tips and exercises!


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Hamstring flexibility

As many area dancers head off to camp, we find hamstring and ischial tuberosity injuries to be among the most frequent. Here is a quick tip on how to warm up your hamstring quickly as part of your injury prevention and peak performance program:


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Ice or heat?

With dance camps in full swing, many dancers will experience muscle strains and other aches and pains. This is often at least partially due to a sudden increase in the amount of activity being performed. Once you have pain, you might ask yourself--ice or heat? Here is a link to a WebMD article to help answer this question and more!

As a quick note for teen dancers, if you feel pain in the following areas, please consider having your injury evaluated as soon as possible:

• Where hamstring inserts onto sits bones
• Shins
• Feet
• low back
• Groin
• Deep pain in front of hip

These are locations of dance injuries that are typically NOT from a muscle strain. Prompt correct diagnoses by a Doctor/Physical Therapist familiar with dance injuries can help you successfully get back to dance and stay in dance as fast as possible.