Video: Foot Problems Related to Ballet

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Common foot problems related to ballet dancing include bunions, ingrown toenails, plantar fasciitis, corns, blisters and callouses. Prevent some foot issues from ballet by keeping the toenails short and massaging the bottom of the feet with help from an experienced dance instructor in this free video ballet lesson.

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Dane Youssef Feb 18, 2011
Foot problems? Oh, dear Christ, There are so many! Oh-so-so many. Baseball, basketball and football players wear sneakers to absorb impact. But in ballet? Oh, buddy boy... there's nothing standing in-between your feet and the impact. Sneakers, tennis shoes and any other sports-footwear usually is loaded with gel inserts, heavy internal padding and those soles that have that spring. Shoes as protective as a tank with soldiers in full-Kevlar body-armor. In ballet, you're pretty much in stockings and slipper socks. Sadly, your own feet pretty much have to take it all in when you jump and land. Have you ever seen a real professional dancer's naked feet--especially a woman's? I got Athlete's Foot, calluses and warts when I started taking up the likes of dance. That's why I went out and bought myself a Ped-Egg. Even though ballet is primarily "the art of the woman," the men have their...
Dane Youssef Feb 18, 2011
FOOT PROBLEMS RELATED TO BALLET by Dane Youssef My friends. My friends in ballet, Lauri Gregoire is as right as the rain. More right. Foot problems? Oh, dear Christ, There are so many! Oh-so-so many. Baseball, basketball and football players wear sneakers to absorb impact. But in ballet? Oh, buddy boy... there's nothing standing in-between your feet and the impact. Sneakers, tennis shoes and any other sports-footwear usually is loaded with gel inserts, heavy internal padding and those soles that have that spring. Shoes as protective as a tank with soldiers in full-Kevlar body-armor. In ballet, you're pretty much in stockings and slipper socks. Sadly, your own feet pretty much have to take it all in when you jump and land. Have you ever seen a real professional dancer's naked feet--especially a woman's? I got Athlete's Foot, calluses and warts when I started taking up...

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Foot problems as related to the ballet dancer. There are several problems that dancers face with their feet during ballet such as bunions, ingrown toenails, Planter's Fascitious in the bottoms of their feet, corns, callouses, so on and so forth. An ingrown toenail can occur when a dancer keeps their toenails too long and the toenail grows into the side of their toe. It is very uncomfortable especially for the dancer who works on point. Bunions occur in a dancer's large toe and on the outside of the baby toe. It feels like an inflammation of the joint of the toe and at some point as they get very bad could need surgery. Corns and callouses actually protect a dancer's feet from blistering when they are working in their point shoes. Planter Fascitious can be aided by massages on the bottom of the foot and bone spurs can also occur which would need the assistance of a medical professional.

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Foot Problems Related to Ballet

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