Join us on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 from 8:00 am–5:05 pm at Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education for the Winston-Salem Dance Medicine Conference. Featured Presenter is Antoine Hunter aka Purple Fire Crow an award-winning internationally known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disabled, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, producer, and Deaf advocate.
The Winston-Salem Dance Medicine Conference (WiSDM) is a multi-disciplinary educational opportunity for physicians, allied health professionals, dancers, dance instructors, and students to review (or learn anew) the fundamentals of dance medicine, including unique biomechanics, genre-specific considerations, and social/psychological demands that may influence performance and injury risk. The conference provides both instructional and networking opportunities in order to create an environment conducive to adult learning.
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Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:
- Characterize the initial steps in the identification and reporting of an injured dancer, temporizing measures to increase safety but attempt to permit participation, conduct a genre-specific physical examination, identify useful imaging findings and pitfalls, and explain a differential diagnosis for symptoms that do not resolve.
- Discuss surgical indications for toe pain in a dancer, implement return-to-stage protocols, and discuss company level injury reduction.
- Recognize how to incorporate nutrition and mental health components into assessment, treatment, and performance optimization for dancers.
- Describe how to incorporate a standardized approach to pointe shoe fitting to detect risk factors for injury and make suggestions for performance or risk factor reduction.
- Summarize leading research in various dance genres and incorporate recommendations for injury treatment and prevention.
- Identify opportunities to increase diversity in the dance studio environment and develop proactive strategies to increase inclusivity
