I am a ballet dancer, what could cause my knees to ache really badly?
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tutushaker
ANSWERS: 17
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Trying too hard to get a part in Swan Lake. Oh yeah, I went there!
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All the presure and concussion on your knees from the jumps and the spins.
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Excluding medical reasons.. It may be due to lack of appropriate warm up time, overdoing the exercises or pushing yourself to do moves that you're not ready for.
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Forced Stretching. Go to your Doctor. In the meantime Ibuprofen for pain and a Calcium Tablet every day to keep bones & joints strong. Do lots of warm up exercises & stretching first prior to your Ballet Workout. Hope you feel better soon. 1 cup or purple garpe juice with two teaspoons of fruit pectin mix really well drink it all including anything left in cup for best effect, Fruit Pectin is the white powder they use to make jelly with. This is excellent for joint pain.
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My knees hurt when I'm forced to do modified push-ups. If you do those I would stop.
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did you perhaps go on pointe too soon?
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all the sitting down you do.
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not enough warm up time would be my guess?
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going on point to soon and overstretching/overworking your knees. thats what happened to me.
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Have you considered you may need to change your technique, enabling as little stress as possible on the joints?
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The fact that you do ballet. It could be that your legs aren't strong enough. I know that there is less pressure on the joints when the respective muscles are stronger. You should also heavily ice even if there is only a light swelling. That is what my trainer told me to do when I played football.
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if you let your feet "roll in" when standing in your positions it will hurt your knees. try putting your little toes on the floor when you stand and lift your arches up.
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If you're turning out from your knees instead of your hips, that could be causing problems. I'm paying for that now... I talked to a physical therapist who recommended doing strengthening exercises with a theraband, as well as stretching out all the muscles in the thighs and calves to make sure everything is warm before you dance.
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In addition to other answers, which seem pretty smart, you could try nutritional supplements like chondroitin, MSM, glucosamine, blue grape juice with fruit pectin, and getting the upper parts of a pair of large men's socks, letting castor oil soak into them, and wearing them for half an hour or more each day when they hurt. All of the above help my arthritic fingers. Of course, you may not have arthritis, but for all I know they might help rheumatism too.
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Don't lock your knees when doing bar exercises. My teacher goes into great detail about knee replacements every week if we do.
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Warm up is important, improper alignment or locking your knees could be the cause. It could even be the flooring you are dancing on. Make sure it is sprung or floating, preferably with a marley covering. Not seeing you, it is hard to tell. You should see a dance physical therapist. If it is not the flooring, you are obviously doing something wrong. Make sure you are turned out from your rotators. Ask your teacher to check your alignment. Ballet when done correctly should not make your knees ache.
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