Injury Prevention & Recovery

Does resisting against our natural threads of movement create atmospheres in which we are more likely to injure ourselves?

How can we know where our natural tendencies lie and should we embrace or resist them? Where do injuries actually begin? Understanding these questions will help guide dancers in avoiding injury altogether. When injury does happen, what is the best path forward? How much rest versus rehab do we need? Likely everyone is different but often treated exactly the same.

Trigger warning: in injury #3 there is medical imaging of inside the knee

Major Injury #1

My first major injury was discovered in 2021 but likely began years before. Two hernias resulted in pain and discomfort physically and chronic anxiety and stress. Surgery occurred in August 2021, rehab followed for 6 weeks. Discomfort continues to this day despite the surgery.

Major Injury #2

At the end of 2021 I was in a mountain biking accident and suffered a grade 3 AC joint separation. All ligaments were ruptured and my clavicle and scapula no longer connect.