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Bone Stress Management in Dance

  • Date 19 Jul 25
  • Location Royal Ballet and Opera, London
  • Cost £150.00

Date 19 Jul 25

Start Time: 9:30 AM

End Time: 4:00 PM

Event Capacity: 15

Cost: £150.00

Workshop content:

Enhance your physiotherapy skills and knowledge with this in-depth workshop from Shane Kelly and Jonathan Bucke from the Ballet Healthcare team at The Royal Ballet. This comprehensive and practical day will focus on the management of bone stress injury (BSI) in elite dancers including sessions on epidemiology, aetiology, RED-D, diagnosis, assessment, management and working in dance.

 

The learning aims for the day are;

  • Understand the burden on bone stress injuries (BSI) in dancers
  • Understand the causes and risk factors of BSI specific to a dance environment
  • Upskill diagnostic knowledge and application
  • Upskill clinical assessment related to BSI
  • Upskill management and rehab practice
  • Learn about the Ballet Healthcare best practice guidelines for bone stress management
  • Appreciate the contextual factors of working in dance and how this can affect management of BSI

 

9.30

Introduction & Welcome

9.45

Working in Dance

The role of the Healthcare Department in Dance

Bone Stress Pathway

10.00

 

 

Aetiology and Risk Factors of Bone Stress Injuries in dance

  • Pathophysiology & Stages of bone stress
  • High risk/low risk sites
  • Risk factors
  • RED-D considerations for bone stress injury

10.30

COFFEE BREAK

10.45

Diagnostics lecture

  • Subjective
  • Physical examination
  • Imaging
  • Additional bone related assessment
  • Diagnostic flowchart

11.15

Diagnostics practical

Physical examination practical

12.00

LUNCH

Staff Café/External

13.00

Management Lecture

  • Intro to RB BSI Pathway
  • Rehab phases
  • Return to jump pathway
  • Return to pointe pathway
  • Milestones & markers

14.00

Management Practical

  • Phase 1 – rehab exercises & tests
  • Phase 2 – rehab exercises & tests

15.00

BREAK

15.15

Management Practical

  • Phase 3 – rehab exercises & tests
  • Phase 4 – rehab exercises & tests

16.00

Questions, Conclusion and Depart

 

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