Sprinters, dancers suffer different kinds of acute hamstring...

Family Practice News;  February 15, 2006 ;     336 words ......sprinters and 15 professional dancers. Carl Askling, Ph.D., and...monitored the sprinters and dancers for 42 days after their initial injury and then conducted follow-...sprinters than they were in dancers. At 21 and 42 days after injury, sprinters, but not dancers, still had ...

After the fall: reflections of injured classical ballet dancers.

Journal of Sport Behavior;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......first step in helping dancers cope with the impact of their injury (Kruger, 1994; Pederson...1992) found that injury among dancers was pervasive; of...determine what impact injury had on the lives...professionally trained ballet dancers. Method Subjects...

Arthroscopic debridement of hip labral tears in dancers.

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......population, most dancers with this injury can anticipate...working around the injury (practitioners...arthroscopy on 32 dancers with labral tears...healthy hips to dancers, hip labral tears...labral tears in dancers. Two of these...about the cause of injury. Both point ...

The night girls of the Paris Lido kicked up a fuss The dancers complained...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 24, 2002 ;     673 words ......feathered headdresses and bare breasts. Backstage, the dancers, including the famous Bluebell Girls, were preening...something was missing from the evening's spectacular - 16 dancers to be precise, nine of whom were standing on the Champs-Elyse...was short, swift and dramatic but intended, say the ...

Show of unity After year of unrest, Colorado Ballet dancers join union

Rocky Mountain News;  December 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......dance. If you join (AGMA) we will support you.' " The dancers assured that their desire to unionize is not solely...contention that money typically isn't the top priority. "Most dancers come to us because the companies they work for have...most injuries occur toward the end of rehearsals, when dancers ...

Show of unity After year of unrest, Colorado Ballet dancers join...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......dance. If you join (AGMA) we will support you.' The dancers assured that their desire to unionize is not solely...contention that money typically isn't the top priority. Most dancers come to us because the companies they work for have...most injuries occur toward the end of rehearsals, when dancers ...

Catastrophizing and pain perception in recreational ballet dancers.

Journal of Sport Behavior;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......characteristics, stresses, and injury patterns of dancers in national ballet...perseverance puts dancers at risk for injury and long-term pain...al., 2001). Ballet dancers will often not seek medical attention for injury, leading to possible...

Yoga for dancers

Dance Teacher;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......singing." Other dancers praise yoga's...healing from a back injury after being hit by a car-an injury she thought would...physical therapy for dancers that can help...awareness and injury prevention, yoga...what you do." Dancers looking to improve...

For these dancers, the beat is their ticket to Florida

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  October 8, 2006 ;     361 words ......trip, or about $750 for each of the 16 members. The dancers will bag groceries, teach lessons to elementary students...and to raise money." To qualify for the nationals, the dancers had to measureup at a National Dance Association competition...this summer at Illinois State University. Each of the ...

Do professional dancers have medical insurance? Company-provided medical...

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......have confirmed that dancers, particularly at...sustain frequent injury. These studies report...available to all dancers. Since 1979, the...semi-professional dancers performing in a variety...for dance-related injury (although perhaps...

Dancers present with unique injuries.

Family Practice News;  November 1, 2006 ;     529 words ......tibial and metatarsal fractures are injuries unique to dancers, Dr. Craig C. Young said at the annual meeting of the...often associated with high heel throws. One myth is that dancers aren't athletes. Some are in better shape than my ballplayers...Young of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. ...

Getting horizontal.(Elizabeth Streb/Ringside dancers are suspended in...

Newsweek;  September 4, 1995 ;     700+ words ......your muscles. It takes some getting used to. Two of the dancers display a kind of swing-your-partner move: he grips...Streb and the eight human projectiles she calls her dancers. Her performance space is the huge main gallery, and...repertoire. The piece features an eight-foot wall: the dancers race to ...

Preseason to postseason changes in body composition of professional ballet...

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......percentage of body weight as fat was found in the female dancers [Fat %, Pre: 12.8 [+ or -] 2.7; Post: 11.5 [+ or...body composition are necessary in order to screen for dancers who require further medical assessment and nutritional...success at the professional level. Professional ballet dancers are ...

British dancers at the bottom of the fitness pile

The Independent - London;  September 29, 1996 ;     546 words ......exercising at the barre. Some dancers are only marginally fitter...all kinds of professional dancers, from classical ballet, contemporary...revealed that of the 658 dancers questioned, 82 per cent had suffered an injury in the previous 12 months...poor levels of fitness among dancers. The ...

New Michigan bill will make it hard for exotic dancers to cover tuition

University Wire;  December 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ......and at least a six-foot distance must remain between dancers and customers at all times. This legislation would bar...business. "This hurts us quite a bit. We get a lot of dancers through girls who start out as waitresses. A lot of...get used to the atmosphere, they can decide to become dancers," ...