You poor thing!!
Yeah, strength in one area and weakness in another always can contribute to injuries. In ballet, we were supposed to ALWAYS work out and work certain groups of muscles to balance out the ones we tended to overuse. (Of course that never happened, and as a result we ended up with weaknesses and injuries.)
Get the book DANCING LONGER DANCING STRONGER by Watkins and Clarkson. It's a MUST. It will give you exercises to do to strengthen your weak areas, and has a series of questions to help you figure out what exercises you need to do.
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Originally Posted by jenc
I was thinking I would develop the american shimmy as I have worked the waist muscles.
I think that my particular knee probs are more likely to be the result of not enough exercise - not too much of any kind!!!
About 4 years ago, my right knee started to dislocate sideways. Whe I tried to get out of car, my thighs moved sideways and my foot remained stationary!! OUCH!! had to stand up and kick foot out hard to get leg back. Eventually I lost some weight and I don't remember how but it went away.
Apart from doing straight leg shimmy drill without warming up - the other probs i have with that leg are:
1 Hip is hypermobile and turns out unless I control it
2 Foot pronates (rolls inwards and flattens) This is acerbated by
3 Weakness in ankle due to break in 2005.
This means that unless vI concentrate very hard (or keep muscles very well-exercised) the weight does not travel down my leg in a straight line. I need to find some exercises to strengthen leg to straighten it up. Otherwise any time I bend my leg, or shift my weight, my knee is twisted in one plane or another and therefore uneven stress causes pain.
I know, I should see a physio and I should go private to avoid 6 month NHS waiting list!!
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