The Rebound Effect For The Disabled Dancer

When we rebound, we go to the other extreme ending up in the same place.

One of the most significant factors in the patient's recovery is family involvement and support. Family acceptance and support can help a patient deal with issues the patient may have during the rehab process. Positive attitudes and reinforcement from loved ones often help the patient work towards recovery. Family contribution, flexibility, and open communication can overcome various barriers. Families who inspire hope can help the patient to adjust and become more confident in his or her own abilities. Finally, family and friends can also offer practical support, such as rides to the doctor or pharmacy, going to the grocery store, and offering to babysit during health care visits. The encouragement of family and friends can motivate people who have been having difficulties in their rehabilitation to take steps to be more active and get back to work more quickly than those who do not have a strong support

Dehydration’s symptoms are tiredness, lethargy, decrease of performance, cramping, fatigue, nausea and vomiting; these symptoms are negative as a dancer has to be healthy. Even if the dancer drinks a smaller amount of water or drinks like Gatorade and it is not enough then it can affect the dancer too so they should drink enough, the way they can know how much water they consume is by weighing themselves during the performance for instance if the dancer has lost 1 kilogram of weight they should replace the loss of fluids by drinking 1 litre of water. Although experts recommend that not only dancers but people in general should consume an average of around two to eight glasses of fluid ( water, tea, coffee, Gatorade etc..) a day; Dancers may need to consume more fluid to replace the amount they have lost, it is also essential for them to drink fluids before, during and after dancing.

Dance injuries are a harmful and increasingly prevalent concern for dancers in the United States. According to Rachael Rettner (2013), "Over a 17 year period, the number of dance related injuries that sent U.S. children ages 3 to 19 to emergency rooms increased 37 percent, from 6." Since ballet is the foundation of all dance techniques, ballet dance schools should be required to provide injury prevention classes so that injuries are prevented, dancers’ careers can be prolonged, and dancers can perform better.

In the article "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" it talks about bouncing back which they use to describe resilience "which belies the struggles and adaptations an individual has to make in order to emerge stronger from a stressful situation and the growth that is part of resilience." (Harrington, 2012, p.28). I can relate to this and it inspires me and allows me to see

Learning about my patient beyond his injury helped me to better understand him as an individual. His joy, his self-expression, came from moving his body, especially dancing with his wife. Now that his wife was

and moving on process, kind of like a second chance. After I finished my conditioning I

Dance is my therapy. Ever since I was a little girl, I have known that I was going to live the rest of my life dancing. Anytime I find myself in a bad mood, I dance, and all of a sudden I feel happy again. My body is completely aware of when I stop dancing for a period of time. Usually, Christmas break is the worst because of the cold and lack of outdoor activities. If I spend the majority of my time relaxing and doing nothing, my body does not like it. I go from constant movement, all day and every day, the demanding, physical toll of dancing my body endures, to complete relaxation is like running a marathon and then going to sleep immediately after crossing the finish line. After I spend the two weeks of Christmas break doing nothing, not only have I lost a lot of strength and flexibility, but I have lost an even larger amount of motivation and passion. Once I start back to dance, I reconnect with the passion and love I have for it.

Data was collected through one-on-one interviews with each study subject. The time and location varied depending on the participant. A very detailed timeline of each participant's dance history was taken into account. Each participant was asked to describe all injuries, both minor and major, indicate a cause, precautions utilized, treatments, and time in between injuries. For the participants who have never reported a dance-related injury, they were asked to describe all precautions taken as well as the reasons as to why they have never endured a dance-related injury.

Proprioception refers to the knowing of where your body lies in time and space in relation to other body parts. Muscle spindle fibers are the primary location of proprioceptors and are sensitive to changes in muscle length, but proprioceptors can also be found in joint capsules and in the inner ear. In relation to motor control and ankle injuries, proprioception is important because it plays a part in knowing how your body moves through space, allowing you to make decisions about future movements. Ankle injuries are commonly related to proprioceptive damage and a lot of research has been done on the topic. Proprioceptive training is a major component in a lot of recovery programs for people

I chose to write my career paper on becoming a Physical Therapist. I’ve always loved how the human body attempts to heal itself due to injury. I’ve always been amazed at how the way the body works and how each organ contributes to the other. Nothing in the human body is without function each part has a specific role to play. I like to think of it as a chain reaction, when one part of the body reacts to something there’s always going to be another organ or muscles etc., to follow. There are so many things to learn about the human anatomy it’s like there is no end to it, it’s like you always have to keep up with it becomes it is always evolving and changing there is always going to be something happening in the human physiology of the body. It’s funny how you never noticed how important your body is; for the most part we take it for granted. We are constantly doing our bodies’ constant harm whether it’s eating the wrong food or not exercising correctly, or if we exercise at all for that matter. We think just because we are young and that we can’t feel or see the damage that is being done to our bodies every second and minute of the day shows that we’re fine. However, in the long run we are soon going to feel and wished we had done something different. Although, it’s not all about eating, you also have to get the proper rest to be able to function correctly every day. That allows us to recharge for the upcoming day so when we as individuals don’t get the right amount of rest

Dancers everywhere are getting injured and ending their careers. Why? Because dance instructors aren’t requiring conditioning classes. Dancers are athletes too, and should be taking classes to strengthen their bodies to protect against injuries and speed recovery. No one’s career should end by something they could’ve prevented.

Many people will argue that dance injuries are caused by people who do not practice correctly. Sometimes they may be correct, however, a lot of times these people are not. If a dancer is trained incorrectly they could be injuring themselves over a long period of time and not even know it. Also, mentally injuring someone can only be stopped if the pressure being put on the dancer is stopped. “Performance anxiety and stress are frequent symptoms among dancers, as well as other performing artists,” (Health Reference Center) As explained in this article, sometimes not all injuries can be prevented. The thought of needing to be a certain weight or look extremely skinny may be brought on by pressure of family, teachers, friends, or competitors.

“Injury Prevention for Dancers- just like elite athletes,” discuss the importance of treating dancers like athletes since artists go through similar rigorous stress on the bones, muscles, joints, and ligaments of the body as would a football player. However, sometimes it starts at an earlier age than athletes. Gulf Coast Physio and Sports Health suggest a “dance assessment [to] provide the dancer with an individualized program to strengthen or lengthen the body (or both) and to fine-tune technique.” It is a forty-five-minute assessment which allows for specialists to point out possible injuries that might occur in the future, and be able to answer dancer-specific questions as to why they are unable to achieve a certain stretch or technique.

(2007). In their analysis of the literature, they identified the core elements of recovery that are essential to the individual in terms of their perception of recovery Onken et al. (2007). These include access, hope, take action in self-determined ways, develop agency, and create meaning and purpose in life pursuits. This furthermore aligns with the previous study as it demonstrates the patient’s view for recovery is a more holistic manner and being able to cope rather than being symptom free Onken et al.