Helping Dancers Get Back on Their Feet

Acupuncture can help dancers get back on their feet after overuse issues and accidental dancer injuries. It can especially help with injuries involving body tissues with limited blood supplies, such as ligaments, that can lead to long recovery times. Acupuncture also decreases pain from dancer injuries, stimulates metabolic activity, and releases tight muscles. Statistically, foot and ankle dancer injuries account for 57% of all dancer injuries, including sprains, ankle ligaments, plantar fasciitis, and joint pain. Overuse dancer injuries are also common in the leg and lower back. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or "Jumper’s Knee” is among the common injuries. However, something about dancer training and conditioning leads to a very low incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which is common in sports medicine. Many of the traditional Asian Medical techniques adapted for injuries actually originated from the martial arts. In old Chinese martial arts, beginners were required to learn simple healing techniques so that they could treat fighting partners they injured while sparring as well as fixing their own injuries.

Acupuncture By George is located in the Pennsbury Professional Center in Falls Township on the border of Morrisville, PA, near the Morrisville Post Office. Call for free telephone consultation at (610) 662-0755 to see if acupuncture might be right for you.