3rd Edition

Dance Technique and Injury Prevention

By Justin Howse, Shirley Hancock Copyright 2001
    224 Pages 320 Color Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Dance Technique and Injury Prevention has established itself as the key reference for everyone involved in dance injury and treatment, physical therapy, and dance instruction.

    Chapter I Anatomy and Physiology; Chapter II Injuries; Chapter III Specific Injuries; Chapter IV Strengthening Exercises; Chapter V Technical Faults and Anatomical Variations;

    Biography

    Justin Howse is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Royal Ballet Schools, the Royal Academy of Dancing, the English National Ballet Company and School, and the RDC Physiotherapy Clinic, London. He is also Chairman of the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine.

    "This unique and most valuable book provides an exemplary account of how the care of dancers should be pursued and can be strongly recommended to every dance teacher and therapist." -- Dancing Times
    "By the surgeon considered the best injury man in Britain. His physiotherapist Shirley Hancock is equally renowned--Essential reading for any serious dancer." -- City Limits