On this week's episode of The Dance Docs, I sit down with Dr. Scott Leydig PsyD to discuss a listener's question about perfectionism.  Scott and I look a little deeper at what is perfectionism, why it may be common in the dance community, and how to identify and help a dancer who has this kind of mindset.  We round things out with ideas for our teachers and instructors in understanding how to build a supportive environment for the dancer.

On this week's episode of The Dance Docs I sit down with Dr. Jen Davis PT who has transitioned her career into the field of mindset coaching.  We sit down to discuss what is mindset coaching, how this work may be the missing link to your dancer’s injury, how to identify a dancer who would benefit from this work and when to refer out to a mindset coach.

On this week's episode of The Dance Docs I sit down with Dr. James Gallegro PT who practices with HSS in New York, to discuss exercise prescription for tendinopathy.  We dive in to discuss historic treatments for tendinopathies along with some of the current research surrounding PT approaches.  We round this episode out looking at the tricky supraspinatus tendon and how to progress a dancer back to full activity.

On this week's episode of The Dance Docs I am joined by Dr Kathleen Davenport MD to dive a little deeper into those nagging tendon injuries.  Helping you to better understand what may lead to a tendon overuse injury, why many clinicians are using the term tendinopathy over tendonitis and discussing what are the current treatment methods being used in the medical community.  

On this episode of The Dance Docs I sit down with Dr. Kathleen Davenport to discuss information on the two COVID-19 vaccines currently being offered in the US.  We dive into answering some of our listener questions, discuss our experience receiving the Pfizer vaccine, as well as some considerations in returning to class, rehearsals or treating after your first and second dose of a vaccine.  As with all of our episodes we do our best to provide you with the most current information and what we discuss on the show is not considered medical advice, if you have any concerns regarding the vaccine we recommend that you speak directly to your physician.

On this week’s episode of The Dance Docs I sit down with Dr Emily Noe PT to discuss a listener’s question on organizing a conditioning program, we dig bit deeper into why we tend to focus on deep muscle activation before the superficial muscles, and how both concentric and eccentric training do not cause bulky muscles and are a great addition to any conditioning program.  

On this weeks episode of The Dance Docs Dr. Kat Bower PT sits down with Dr. Emily Noe PT out of Oakland CA to discuss how to incorporate and tailor a conditioning plan that will incorporate strength, endurance and power.  We hope that this information will spark your thought process in developing your cross conditioning program and help to progress you back to your pre pandemic dance level injury free.   

On this week’s episode Dr. Kat PT, and Dr. Davenport MD take a look back over our past COVID-19 episodes and update information based on what we now know about the virus, what we have seen work as dancers return to the studio, and what we may need to still consider. We also revisit return to studio conditioning as we are hearing more and more about stress injuries during return to dance.

In some recent interviews with dancers Dr. Davenport MD and Dr. Kat PT realized that dancers have been limiting and modifying their movement much more than we expected. Whether it was due to space, floor surface  or just some extra time off dancers have decreased their jumping, and big movement across the floor. This is something that many dance medicine professionals were concerned about when we realized the length of time dancers would be out of the studios due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  As dancers begin to transition back into the studios whether it’s a professional dancer returning for rehearsals, a collegiate level dancer returning for the fall semester, or a studio dancer ramping up their training for the year; there is a high risk for stress injuries.  Dr Davenport and I discuss two stress related injuries that we are concerned about seeing, how they develop, and how to progress back in a safe manner to avoid them.