Indepth Physio

- GRIPPING THE GLUTS TO TRY AND HOLD YOUR TURN OUT??
- Asymmetrical ankle range of motion?
- tucking the pelvis?
- gripping the front of the ankles & over-recruiting Tib Ant?
- poor weight placement in the feet?
- poor turn out control in the hips?
- snapping the knees back?
- rolling the feet in?
- did we mention GRIPPING THE GLUTS?! (**probably the worst of the all!)
These are just A FEW of the most common habits we can spot in just looking at a dancer’s DEMI PLIÉ. Just like the Rises 101 video, you would be AMAZED at how often we need to go back to basics even with the advanced/ intermediate dancers and do some “technique tweaking”. SO many things can go wrong in a plié that can lead to issues down the road....
Check out this week’s SOAPBOX video PLIÉ 101 and see if you can pick out some of these little habits on yourself-or your students!! Link here —-> https://youtu.be/IlY5vVtTNNU
SO GO GRANDE (OR DEMI!) IN THIS WEEK’S PLIÉ SPECIAL!
**AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE STOP GRIPPING YOUR GLUTS TO HOLD TURN OUT (it should be the DEEP hip rotators that do the work!) !! SPREAD THE WORD AND SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!
Enjoy!!

EYE SPY WITH MY LITTLE RISE... Something that is not quite right! It seems so simple to do rises on two feet in parallel right? WRONG! Little do we realize all the little habits that we pick up along the way... Habits- that if not corrected- can lead to some horrible tendonitis’, ankle springs and even stress fractures. Habits that can prevent a lot of people from getting cleared for pointe work.
If it isn’t mastered on Demi pointe, why would we put these same ankles in a pointe shoe- a much smaller, LESS stable base of support?
Perfecting the two foot rise in parallel may seem simple but we challenge you to take a closer look at your own two foot rises and/or your student... you may be surprised by what you see....
ARE YOU...
A WOBBLER?
A SNAPPER?
A TWISTER?
A SCRUNCHER?
A ROCKER OR A ROLLER?
So before you get excited about getting up “on your TOEBOX” (aka your ), join me FIRST ON THE SOAPBOX this week as we look a little closer at some common rise deviations... It seems so simple but THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS WE NEED TO “CLEAN UP” in any or program....
WHICH RISE TYPE ARE YOU??
CHECK IT OUT ON THE SOAPBOX LINK HERE & IN BIO—-> https://youtu.be/bxEuNfFkR_s