I have been dancing around 13 years and have had weak quadriceps, tendinitis in my sesamoid bones basically they are two little bones in the ball of my foot which is very bad for a dancer to have, and torn ligaments in my ankle. I have had people tell me I need to quit dancing, get more confidence, and get stronger and more prepared for a competition. Sometimes, these problems I have go away for a while, because I workout and my muscles get stronger, but then, they start to come back. I had a competition recently where a problem in my sesamoid bones came back and I was limping 5 days before the competition. I realized I should just try to do my best before this competition by taking a break while my sesamoid bones healed. Well, I did very well the first two rounds of my dancing, but then the last round was horrible, because the pain started again and I ended messing up part of the step. Do you think I should quit after all these problems? I did end up qualifying for worlds again.
2006-12-22 22:15:14 · 7 answers · asked by brighid 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
There are other options than quitting or pushing yourself too hard. I know it's hard to slow down if you just qualified for World Championhsips (congratulations!), but you just might have to, temporarily.
If you keep hurting yourself but you really want to continue dancing I suggest you take it very seriously. Go to a foot doctor and sports medicine doctor. (Yeah, people said coach, but coach won't necessarily know, unless she/he had the same problems. My coaches had no idea when I asked them). I really encourage you to go to sports medicine doctor. They will be able to help to reduce the inflammation and they will give you exersise routine that will literally change your feet. They might tell you to wear orthopedic shoes for a while. I know it sounds like a huge turnoff for a dancer, but if all you need is to relieve the pressure from some particular bones in your feet to giv eit a chance to heal than this is what you have to do. Also, take your dance shoes to the sports medicine doctor. They will examine the wear pattern and might be able to tell you how your shoes need to be different. I kept suffering through piercing pains in my foot until I moved to a different model of shoes (my pld shoes were good quality, too). Actually, noone ever figure it out, it happened by itself. I chose different model for my new pair, and that was like magic. It is also possible that 3 months of physial therapy plus 6 weeks brake I had to take finally worked. Anyhow, I hope anything from what I said was useful. I wish you good luck.
2006-12-23 09:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a shame uve hurt urself. my friend was an amazing dancer but had problems with her knee b4 long it became 2 much 4 her and shes not aloud 2 dance anemore. i wud say strengthen ur muscles , try not doing some competition s for a while and try not 2 do much dance , do this 4 a while and slowly start doing more hopefully u will b strong enuff 2 carry on the way u wer . so really just giv urself lots of time to heal or it will only get worse
2006-12-22 22:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really think you should consider what the long term repercussions are know what they are and then consider do you want to spend the rest of your life being OK with the trade off. Isn't that what it really is? What if you came from the perspective of someone without those abilities? I'm pretty sure there are people who haven't gotten where they wanted to be in life or think they could have and never let themselves rest with it.Ultimately you probably have an ultimatum here, but think of it this way too, to-days advances in medicine are really coming up with astounding ways of staving off the inevitable. Coming from a guy who really wanted to be a soccer hero, Go for it!!!! you only live once and congratulations thus far!!
2006-12-22 22:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by JACK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only say a couple of things (i am a ballet dancer), you need to stop pushing yourself! take a break once in a while (after you come back from the gym) take a bath or lie in bed for a while and let yourself cool down! also, you shouldn't work out everyday or be in the gym more than 2 1/2 hours. Also, try pilates (it is great when your jionts tighten and when you move in the same posiotion alot) also it can get you to relax and get you more flexible.
HOPE THIS HELPS
2006-12-23 06:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by zoiy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If indeed you are a "championship" Irish dancer, what do your coach and doctor say? Because if you are what you say you are (and frankly, I doubt it - sorry...) - you will have a coach and a doctor....Why on earth are you asking these sort of profound health questions on Yahoo? Consult a specialist immediately. You need surgery to repair and suture your ligaments and remove the sesamoid bones - of course you should already know this.....
2006-12-23 02:44:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could you get information from a "Sports Medicine" specialty doctor. You may end up with life-time problems. Is it worth it? as the other writer wrote? You may be in your teens or 20s. we do not know, but young bones need to last until you are 70+. BE CAREFUL of your body.
If you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
2006-12-23 01:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi see u r good dancer i am too but in classical .i also had many injuries .according to me u should have lots of practice whenever u r free so that u wont get any injury and one more thing drink lots of milk ok
2006-12-22 23:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by Sweety 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋