Category Archives: Wellness
Pain in the sole of your foot is no fun. Why it happens and ways to deal. Foot pain is…a pain (duh) but can be especially worrying when you’re a dancer. Pain in the plantar (or bottom) surface of your foot can range from mild soreness to highly uncomfortable, and can potentially put you on [...]
Every once in a while a dancer is faced with with many weeks or months without a day off. Whether that is rehearsing, performing, teaching or all three it can be pretty draining on the mind and body. There are a few ways that you can make sure to take care of all of you. [...]
Every dancer has that time when the skin on the bottom of their feet splits. Usually it’s pretty uncomfortable and often can be downright painful. There aren’t too many things you can do to prevent such a split, but there are some things you can do to help the healing process . . . Keep [...]
Be kind to your feet and they will treat you well. Work Those Feet A strong foot is a happy foot-and less prone to injury. Ergo, happy feet make happy (and less injured) dancers. Unfortunately, I often find that dancers don’t really know how to accomplish this-habits develop, feet sickle, and…no need to finish this [...]
Looking for something substantial and sustaining or refreshing and light? A quick snack or on the go meal? Smoothies fit the bill. The typical dancer schedule doesn’t lend it self to long sit down meals (though I firmly believe it should be made a priority to have as many of these as possible). Most dancers [...]
For many years, “cleanses” have been in the media as something to do in order to flush out your system to “start over”. However, if you really look into many of these great bodily cleanses you see that most of the time you can’t do anything else while doing them, and they often last around [...]
Work out your brain with a good book (or two). Dancers and books? We’re focused on working out our bodies, not our intellect, right? WRONG. You should be reading! I. Love. Books. I confess that I feel slightly anxious if I don’t have a book in my house to read. In my opinion [...]
The big day is tomorrow and every year I think that I am going to not over stuff myself on some of the best food all year, and every year I’m on the couch a few hours later sleeping off my food coma. Well, this yes is going to be different with these few helpful [...]
