Tag: ballet
Dance Anatomy at Artists en Pointe Dance Studio
What muscles are you using during a plie? A releve? If you know what a plie and a releve are… this talk is for you! Suitable for dancers of all ages, their family members and teachers. Even if you don’t know what these French terms mean, you’re invited to join dancer and rehabilitation medicine physician […]
Experiential Learning with Adult Ballet Class
PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine tries out ballet for experiential learning, hosted by NFJ Ballet Alabang (the studio is now called Artists En Pointe) at their adult ballet class last weekend. Here we are on their website. We are grateful for the experience and now we understand our dancer patients much better now. During class, […]
Ballet Weekend and Dance Medicine with ABAP
Thank you very much to the Association of Ballet Academies, Philippines, Inc. (ABAP) for having us at their first Dance Convention held at St. Paul College Pasig! We had a session on dance injury and prevention (so much to discuss… we ran overtime) and another on first aid/emergency preparedness for ballet studios. Then we learned […]
15. After the First Chemotherapy Session
June 1, 2022 Update for days 1 and 2 after first chemotherapy session. So far I have enough energy to do stuff at a leisurely pace – read a little, cleaned out a drawer (it wasn’t much), listened to a webinar, did some light cardio exercise from The Lazy Dancer Tips youtube channel. I choose […]
7. Exercise: Range of Motion, No Weights
April 27, 2022 Doreen watches me exercise with the guidance of Youtube channel Lazy Dancer Tips. While I am unable to do any exercises with weights post-operatively, I have to work on the range of motion of my upper limbs… therefore a ballet-inspired arms workout (with bonus core strengthening) would be the way to go. […]
