dance physio

[physiobob]

What advice are you after. I work with a neo-classical company based at the Royal Opera House in London

[ankado]

Thanks for replying. My daughter is 12 years old and dances at championship level in Highland dancing. She is very small and slight and has not had a growth spurt. She has overpronated ankles and wears insoles. She can't wear these when she dances. She goes from one injury to the next. This year she has had sinus tarsi syndrome both sides twice. In between she had a left achilles tendonitis and recently a right achilles tendonitis. She also gets a touch of osgood schlatters. I feel she is not suited to Highland which is very hard on her joints but she is desperate to keep going. We are stopping now until january and I want to know what we should do to prepare her for her return. We have a Pilates DVD ( Darcey Bussell) I wondered if her muscles were strenghtened and stretched would she have less trouble. I am a little unsure as the DVD is aimed at adults and I don't want to aggravate anything. She also will hopefully get back to swim training ( The swimming pool had a fire!) However when she was swimming it made no differences to her getting further injury. I would be grateful for any advice even if it it is to give up or wait until she's stopped growing. (This could be several years from now so would amount to giving up)