{"id":342,"date":"2023-01-30T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multiplemta.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2024-08-10T00:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:27:18","slug":"are-dancers-getting-injured-more-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiplemta.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/are-dancers-getting-injured-more-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Are dancers getting injured more? Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"
A big leap, a multiple turn, an intricate phrase of choreography \u2013 and, pop<\/em>. There goes an injury. Alternatively, other dancer injuries are quieter, yet no less debilitating \u2014 building up over time from misalignments or simply the physical demands of a certain style. Injuries have always been an unfortunate phenomenon in the dance field. Dancers are athletes, after all (and more!).\u00a0<\/p>\n Post-COVID lockdowns, however, teaching artists and dance medicine specialists are (anecdotally speaking) seeing a concerning rise in injuries.<\/a> Why might this be? One factor could be more and more dancers looking to social media and other internet sources (with no guarantee of expertise, or of working from evidence-based guidelines) for guidance on stretching, conditioning and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n