The 5 Key Factors
These are the five main categories dancers must manage to prevent injuries.
What are Alignment, Conditioning, Environment, Fatigue, and Physical/Mental Health?
This type of injury happens suddenly on the spot and is highly centralized to one specific area.
What is a traumatic injury?
This percentage of dance-related traumatic injuries is caused specifically by fatigue.
What is 85%?
This is the very first step you should take when you or a classmate gets a traumatic injury.
What is identifying the injured area?
Bone structure, body type, and muscular imbalances all directly affect this key factor.
What is Alignment?
This type of injury is caused by overuse and develops slowly over a long period of time.
What is a chronic injury?
This is the total number of "most common dance injuries" listed in your guide.
What is six?
This is the final step of the 6-step injury response, meant to safely get a dancer back on their feet.
What is recondition and re-strengthen?
Warm-ups, strengthening, stretching, cardio, and cool-downs all fall under this key factor.
What is Conditioning?
Bruises, concussions, cuts, and dislocations are examples of this injury type.
What is a traumatic injury?
This common ankle injury happens when the ligaments are stretched or torn, often from twisting the foot.
What is an ankle sprain?
In the famous acronym R.I.C.E., the letters R and I stand for these two recovery actions.
What are Rest and Ice?
Temperature, altitude, flooring, class size, and clothing are part of this key factor.
What is Environment?
Stress fractures, shin splints, and arthritis are examples of this injury type.
What is a chronic injury?
This injury affects the front of the lower leg bones/muscles and is a highly common chronic issue for dancers.
What are shin splints?
In the acronym R.I.C.E., the letters C and E stand for these two recovery actions.
What are Compress and Elevate?
Sleep deprivation, nutrient deficiency, and overexertion are the three main causes of this factor.
What is Fatigue?
Unlike traumatic injuries, chronic injuries are usually evident over this kind of space.
What is a larger area?
Name 4 of the 6 most common dance injuries.
What are Muscle Strain, Stress Fracture, Achilles Tendonitis/Shin Splints, Patellofemoral Syndrome, Ankle Sprain, or Low Back Disorders?
These are the two assessment steps you take right after identifying the injured area and injury type, but before treating it.
What is determining how severe it is and if medical attention is required?
These five everyday habits and lifestyle choices dictate a dancer's overall Physical and Emotional Health.
What are nutrition, sleep, drug/alcohol choices, deficiencies, and stress?