Originally Recorded April 30, 2024.

MILE HIGH DISTRICT MONTHLY EDUCATION SERIES

Physical Therapy Management of the Dance Athlete

This course will discuss rehabilitation of dancers with application to a variety of performing artists and flexibility athletes. Content will include epidemiology of injuries in dance and the unique demands and movements found in dance and other flexibility sports, and ways to include these in an examination. The course will then describe key treatment techniques including how to address the return to sport phase for these athletes.

Speaker:Allie Nabers PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, Advanced Dry Needling Certified, SFMA
Allie graduated from Northeastern University in 2011 and practiced for 5 years in Boston with a focus on pediatric and adolescent athletes’ sports injuries and concussion. She joined Steadman in 2016 and cofounded the performing arts program and the PT research group, continuing to lead both. She has been an investigator in several research studies to date, with recent work being accepted at ISHA 2023. Allie has been a company PT for the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company and works closely with the CO Ballet. She is a mentor in the orthopedic residency program and has a passion for teaching and academics at all levels. Allie’s career has been focused on treatment of flexibility athletes/performing artists, adolescent athletes, and post-operative rehabilitation particularly of the hip and knee. She is an instructor for dry needling through Evidence in Motion.

CEUs:1.0 

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the course the participant will:

1. Discuss epidemiology of dance injuries and describe common injuries: 10 min
2. Highlight key risk factors for injury in dance: 5  min
3. Describe the unique demands and movements of dancers and other flexibility athletes 5 min
4. Identify key components of an examination of a dancer, both for a generalized examination as well as individual body parts 10 min 
5. Highlight helpful treatment techniques for treating common injuries in dance
6. Address return to sport and late post operative progression in dancers

Course Outline

1. Epidemiology and Common Injuries
2. Risk Factors for Injuries in Dance
3. Movement Demands for dancers and flexibility athletes
4. Examination of the dancer
5. Treatment Techniques for common injuries
6. Return to sport progression

Instructional Methods

Lecture, quizzing, discussion, Q & A.

Course Schedule

Target Audience: PTs, PTAs, SPTs 

Instructional Level:Beginner

Requirements for Successful Completion: Register with APTACO, complete 1 hour course, complete survey and pass post-quiz.

Prerequisites or Recommended Preparation:none

Registration Fee:
APTACO Members - $0
Non Members - $10 

Cancellation Policy: Registration is non-refundable

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