Creak, creak, creak…. Ouch! What’s that the sound of? Yep your beloved knees in pain. We put our knees through so much pressure when we dance. Everytime you hop and jump your knees are receiving the impact of the shock. Unlike in some forms of dance like ballet and contemporary dance, irish dancers land from jumps with straight knees, which is far from forgiving on the joints.
How can we combat injuries? Two words: strengthen and lengthen. Yep that’s right we need to build up the muscles that support our knee as well as stretch those muscles and surrounding ligaments. Let’s talk about the “lengthening” part of this duo today.
