Team physician #3. The relationship of low back/pelvic somatic dysfunctions to dance injuries

Most dance injuries are the result of faulty technique caused by maladaptive movement patterns. This paper examines the biomechanical relationship of these cumulative microtraumatic injuries (eg, stress fractures, ankle impingement syndromes, Achilles and flexor hallucis longus tendinitis, anterior knee pain syndromes, and some medial collateral ligament and meniscal disease) to lumbopelvic dysfunction and psoas insufficiency.