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Injury Prevention and Strengthening Workshops
Holly offers dance injury prevention workshops that are geared toward teaching and practicing important exercises dancers need to know to reduce injuries during their dance career. These workshops are 90 minutes long and each attendee will leave the knowledge and the tools necessary to carry out the exercises. These workshops range from general prevention to the mechanics and injury prevention of specific body parts like the hip, foot, ankle, knee, etc. So let Holly know which workshop you would like scheduled in your studio!
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Performance Based Physical Therapy
Holly specializes in hands on manual therapy, including dry needling, for proper joint mobility and muscle flexibility. Holly takes this knowledge and her background as a dancer to develop a treatment session that is geared toward proper technique and activity specific strengthening to reduce stress on the injured area. Every session is 60 minutes and completely one-on-one to ensure complete individualized care with maximum results.
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Technique Coaching
1-on-1 Technique Coaching to Meet Your Needs
Perfect your pirouette before your auditions
Tweak your turnout
Train for going en pointe
Increase your extensions
Get higher jumps
All under the direction and care of a former dancer and Dance Physical Therapist
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Personalized Care
Holly offers personalized, one-on-one physical therapy geared toward performance, health, and recovery. This means that whether a client is currently suffering from an injury or is trying to prevent one, Holly caters to each individual’s needs when developing a plan for physical therapy. This includes an evaluation of each patient’s technique to ensure minimal compensations and adequate strength.
Expertise
Holly graduated from Widener University with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2013. Throughout her dancing career she danced with companies such as Ballet Austin, The Roxey Ballet Company, Joffrey Ballet, and the Nutmeg Conservatory. She has worked with former members of NYC ballet to provide physical therapy to their students as they recover from injuries. She has 16+ years of ballet training and over a decade of experience in orthopedic physical therapy.
Education
Holly aims to educate the dance community about the importance of strengthening and conditioning to improve dancer’s health and reduce the number of injuries they experience throughout their career. Click here to find some of the most important exercises you should be doing as a dancer to stay healthy.
Who should use these services?
Those who are serious about having a pain free and injury free dance career.
- Professional dancers
- Pre-professional dancers
- Dancers training to be en pointe
- Injured dancers
- Dance teachers
- Studio owners
- Dancers going away to a summer intensive
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