Prevention of Injuries in the Young Dancer

Ruth Solomon, BA, Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Theater Arts, Soquel, CA, USA, John Solomon, PhD, Professor , University of California, Santa Cruz, Soquel, CA, USA, Lyle J. Micheli, MD, Director, Division of Sports Medicine, O’Donnell Family Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

• Epidemiology of Injury in the Young Dancer.- Screening the Young Dancer: Summarizing Thirty Years of Screening.- A Screening Program for the Young Dancer: Perspectives on What and Why to Include in a Screen.- Physical Therapy Rehabilitation for the Young Dancer.- Resistance Training for Pediatric Female Dancers.- Spine Conditions in the Young Dancer.- Hip Injuries in the Young Dancer.- Knee Problems in the Young Dancer.- Foot and Ankle Injuries in the Adolescent Dancer.- The Use of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Treating and Preventing Injuries in the Young Dancer.- Nutrition, Bone Health, and the Young Dancer.- Psychological Issues Facing the Injured Adolescent Dancer.- Preventing Degenerative Hip Injuries from a Dance Technique Perspective.

“The intended audience of the book is dance educators, but it is relevant to dance students, their parents, and those who treat and work with dance students in the medical profession. … the book’s user-friendly approaches to assessment of structure, form, and technique as they relate to injury prevention make it a useful resource for the dance educator in the dance classroom.” (E. E. Lobel, Journal of Dance Education, Vol. 19 (1), 2019)