Causes Of Dancing Injuries
Dance injuries can occur due to overuse or due to trauma, says Cynthia Laportilla, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute.
However, she explains the dance medicine research shows that most injuries are due to overuse rather than trauma.
Some of the risk factors that can cause dance injuries are: type of dance and frequency of classes, duration of training, equipment used, especially shoes, individual dancer's body alignment, prior history of injury and nutritional deficiencies, she describes
