| So come on and get your groove on and dance the | | | | them to get back to the activity and often times the |
| pain away! | | | | career they love. |
| It is often your job that actually causes back pain. | | | | This program uses dance to help strengthen the back |
| Think about those who work in construction, health | | | | and improve flexibility. The founder of this program |
| care or even those who dance for a living. Well, those | | | | found she felt so much better physically during the time |
| areas are all prime types of employment that can | | | | she was taking dance lessons preceding her wedding. |
| cause back pain. | | | | After realizing what a difference it made for her, she |
| Most people love their job and aren't willing to give it up | | | | thought perhaps it could be beneficial to others. |
| even if there has been an injury and recurring back | | | | This doctor changed her interests from her current |
| pain as a result. | | | | career path to pain management and then searched |
| Construction workers are quite physical in their every | | | | for a couple of excellent dance instructors who could |
| day work. While health care workers are prone to | | | | help others to achieve the improved feeling of health |
| back pain because of the lifting, pulling or pushing either | | | | that she had achieved prior to her wedding. |
| patients or equipment that is part of their job. | | | | The program begins with a complete medical review |
| Dancers also have a very physical job and much like | | | | of the patient's condition and the reason for their back |
| an elite athlete they can suffer from back pain. Most | | | | pain. The patient is then assigned a unique healthy |
| often this back pain resides in the lower lumbar region. | | | | dance program that includes three sessions a week |
| Research studies have shown that at least twelve | | | | which use both light exercise and one on one dance |
| percent of all dancers will suffer some type of lower | | | | lessons. The thought is that perhaps dance can |
| back pain during their career. Regardless of the job, | | | | provide that little extra boost to help with flexibility and |
| the more spinal movement that is required in order to | | | | movement that many are missing as a result of the |
| adequately complete the job tasks, the more | | | | pain. |
| opportunity there is for injury. | | | | The focus is not simply on the dance steps but rather |
| Strangely enough, a certain portion of dancers' back | | | | on helping the patient to obtain and maintain correct |
| pain is not actually an injury but rather pain from simply | | | | posture. |
| overusing the back and all the muscles. Dancers spend | | | | The instructors work individually with the students to |
| their days either training, practicing or performing and | | | | help correct posture. Often it is something as simple as |
| because of that brutal schedule there just is not | | | | tilting a head or straightening a shoulder just a bit that |
| enough time for the back to rest and recover. Caused | | | | will quickly improve the patient's posture resulting in less |
| without question by overuse, dancers' back pain is | | | | pain and more movement during the class. |
| typically categorized as fractures, inflammation of the | | | | This new program continues to grow and is now being |
| vertebrate, mechanical or disc related. But the | | | | used by not just dancers who are currently suffering |
| challenge becomes if dancing is your career you must | | | | from back pain but also by dancers and just regular |
| determine how to deal with the back pain which has | | | | folks who are looking to use dance as an activity to |
| resulted from the abuse of your career. | | | | reach their back health potential. |
| Currently there is a program in the United States that | | | | So think about it, maybe you too can dance your back |
| is working with back pain in dancers in an effort to help | | | | pain away! |
