Episode Details

Remembering that dance is athletic is really helpful because when you dance, at some point, you’re probably going to experience some kind of pain.

In this episode, I go through the steps of working through what’s happening in your body and figuring out what to do with it.

There are different kinds of pain, different reasons for it, and different ways we need to respond to it. The idea isn’t that you should expect to dance and NEVER have pain. It’s learning how to dance with pain when you can and understanding what your body is actually telling you.

I talk about defining the pain, doing the research to understand what might be going on, and how learning even a little bit about anatomy can be SO helpful when something hurts.

The automatic thought of , “I’m in pain, so I can’t dance" doesnt have to be the only thought, you can have something going on in your body and still find ways to dance.

Maybe something needs to be modified. Maybe you need to move differently. Maybe you need more information about what’s actually hurting before deciding what you can and can’t do.

This episode is about knowing your body better, understanding the pain instead of immediately being afraid of it, and figuring out how dance can still exist while you work through it.

*I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice. I am not a physical therapist and this is not physical therapy advice. Consult your doctor for your pain. This is not a substitute for that. 

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