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Re: knees pain

Posted by Ellen

2/2/2008 10:12:00 AM

For me, knee pain means I'm not doing something quite right. To prevent it, I try to make sure that I am keeping my toes turned out and allowing my ankle to articulate fully. I find that if my knees hurt, I tend to tense up the whole leg, but if the ankle isn't moving freely, it just transmits all the stress straight to the knee.

Re: knees pain

Posted by CrystalBristol

2/2/2008 2:18:00 PM

Please be extremely careful not to lock your knees with any type of motion. This will and does cause stress on the knees. I stress this to all of my students.

Re: knees pain

Posted by latina7

2/17/2008 6:46:00 AM

This is an extremely helpful thread. So many students complain about their knees. One said, I have a salsa knee! I made a list of all the pointers given here, as a reminder when I practice. I bet my dance technique will become smoother too.

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