{"id":1176,"date":"2022-04-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:32:49","slug":"begin-again-injuries-gosh-dang-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/begin-again-injuries-gosh-dang-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Begin Again: Injuries\u2014Gosh Dang It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know the clich\u00e9d question: If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? At the moment, I would very much like to go back eight months in time and beg that naive version of myself to meet with a physical therapist&nbsp;<em>before<\/em>&nbsp;diving back into rigorous training. Maybe then I wouldn\u2019t be dealing with an annoying (albeit relatively minor) toe injury that\u2019s stalling some of my progress.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, time travel has not been mastered just yet, and all I can do is share my experience with you. Hopefully you will all be wiser than me and return to your training (or continue it) hiccup-free.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Begin Again&quot; Vlog: Episode 7 - Injuries\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmWwzAG4ZoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Situation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in October 2021, I started to feel a bit of irritation in my right big toe while on relev\u00e9. I only really noticed it while doing left en dehors pirouettes, balancing on my right foot or dancing in my LaDuca heels\u2014and even then, it didn\u2019t bother me too much. So I decided I\u2019d write it off as a normal ache and pain that would go away on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert:&nbsp;It did not go away on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to February 2022: I began taking full ballet classes in my pointe shoes and finished each class with throbbing pain. My podiatrist took an X-ray and determined that the toe isn\u2019t fractured (phew!), but thought that I might have tendinitis. Ice, rest and a cortisone shot did nothing to improve my pain, and he finally recommended that I see a physical therapist. Cue Heidi Green, the magical unicorn therapist in New York City who specializes in dancers. (She even worked as the therapist on the&nbsp;<em>Lion King&nbsp;<\/em>tour at one point!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take much time in Heidi\u2019s office before she knew two things: One, there were many funky things happening in my body that she thought were contributing to my injury; and two, she wanted me to take some time off from relev\u00e9 and jumps. Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked her if I could have done anything differently to prevent this she said, \u201cIf someone is returning to dance after a long break, it is definitely ideal to get a screening or an evaluation by a PT to detect any potential imbalances or precursors to injury.\u201d Of course, that won\u2019t be financially realistic for many people\u2014frankly, I would have put myself in that camp. But I got injured and was forced to go to PT anyway, so I suppose it\u2019s sixes in the end.<\/p>\n<p>The second thing we all know I could have done differently? Say it with me now!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cGET TREATMENT AS SOON AS YOU FEEL UNUSUAL PAIN! WAITING FOR CARE ONLY EXTENDS THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND MAKES YOU FEEL SAD!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Treatment Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though Heidi thinks it\u2019s possible that I have tendinitis, she also thinks there are likely a variety of problems that could be contributing to the problem. Therefore, she is looking at my body holistically and recommending treatments that go beyond my right foot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once a week for the foreseeable future, Heidi wants me to go into her office for a variety of assessments and treatments, including soft-tissue mobilization, joint mobilization, asymmetry corrections and strength training. \u201cAnywhere up the chain of that leg that\u2019s injured, I\u2019m working to correct those asymmetries,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Between visits, she gives me homework. So far that includes massage, TheraBand foot exercises, weightless relev\u00e9s (I sit in a chair with my feet on the ground and a ball between my knees while I raise and lower my heels), clamshells (an exercise where you lie on your side in the fetal position and open and close your top leg) and icing my toe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bad News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heidi doesn\u2019t want me jumping until my toe feels better. Which makes me spiral into an everlasting pit of darkness because I\u2019ve already spent 10 years off of dancing, and any additional time feels like an eternity. Too much? All right, I will tone down the drama.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, addressing and treating the challenges within my entire body will make me a stronger dancer as well as help heal my toe, and it will all be worth it in the end. Everything happens for a reason, right? Man, I hope so!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dancemagazine.com\/haley-hilton-begin-again-injury\/\">Begin Again: Injuries\u2014Gosh Dang It!<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dancemagazine.com\">Dance Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the clich\u00e9d question: If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? 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