Physiotherapy Rehabilitation for Dance Injuries

In the following session, the major principles of physiotherapy rehabilitation and treatment will be reviewed, while specific attention will be given to dance injuries and the specific needs of the dancer population. The session will include the different stages of physiotherapy diagnosis and assessment, review of relevant risk factors and the dancers` unique functional movement assessment. Finally, the session will include the different treatment tools available in physiotherapy rehabilitation, the rehabilitation stages, return to dance considerations and the unique dilemmas encountered in dancers` rehabilitation.