Bio-individuality in Street Dance: A guide to injury prevention and performance enhancement

Class Description: This course will explore how your past and present dance experiences have influenced your posture and affected your freedom of movement in dance, eventually causing injury. We will identify some patterns of weakness and strength that have restricted your movement and provide corrective exercises to re- align and restore your body’s natural bio-individuality.

BIO: Paula Webster PT is a registered physical therapist specializing in adolescents, young adult, and adult athletes and dancers since 2004. She is currently the Director at Canton Physical Therapy in 3 locations. She established the DANSE Approach program in 2014 which focuses on dynamic and static posture and how it improves movement, conserves energy during performance and utilizes a kinetic chain approach to injury prevention. Dance medicine program incorporates a bio-individual plan to create more stable results in performance. She has been successful in treating Connecticut dancers at the high school, college, and professional…