Injuries Among Dancers
Common Spine Injuries
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Kissing Spine-Interspinous Sprain:
Kissing Spine is a spinous process of adjacent vertebra touching. This is casues by trauma or degenerative factors, like forceful flexion of the spine. This affects cervical vertebrae and for Dancers it is commonly affected by limber vertebrae. Dancers will notice pain and limitions with both extensions and flexion motions.Spondylolysis:
Spondylolysis is when pain occurs when arching the back. This is a stress fracture in one or more vertebrae of limbar spine. Dancers put great stress on their lower backs and are requied to over stretch or hyperextension of spine. Dancers wont notice the pain unless there is trauma. The pain occurs in port de bras or cambre backwards and also when initially dancing.