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Article: Performing artists need specialized rehab care.
- Article from:
- Rehab Continuum Report
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Performing artists need specialized rehab care
Musicians and dancers seek specialized care
The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in Detroit provides area musicians, ice skaters, and dancers with rehabilitation care that is designed specifically to help them heal while continuing to pursue their art.
The types of injuries your performing artists are going to have are somewhat different from your average sedentary type of individual, says Kim Dunleavy, PT, MS, OCS, assistant professor at Wayne State University and a clinical associate at the institute.
What any performing artist does is very repetitive, Dunleavy explains. So for both ...