This week I start surveying dance studios around the valley. I am
super excited. I have worked with my internship, school mentor, and dance
instructor to make sure these surveys give informative results. I am hoping I
will see a couple of trends the first being that dance injuries raise when the
students begin rehearsing for long hours. I know at my studio when we have a
performance deadline on the rise we focus on learning the choreography rather
than stretching. I'll admit I am irresponsible and I do not stretch on my own,
but I know I'm not the only dancer who only stretches in class. Rehearsal weeks
are the weeks dancers need to be stretching the most. Our bodies work hours
their not used too and without the proper warm up our muscles get overused and
tense up which leads to more injuries. I also expect that dancers do not tell
their instructors about every injury. Pain is a common aspect in dance as is it
in sports and until a dancers trains to become a professional they do not learn
how to treat minor injuries properly.
I will be
collecting surveys for the next three weeks and are the first step to changing
how injuries are treated in a recreational dance studio.
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