The families of five teenaged ballet dancers are begging for help tracking down the suspect of a hit-and-run that left the girls, ages 17 through 18, seriously injured. The crash occurred just after 7 ...

A tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is often associated with a popping sound, a giving way and the nauseating feeling that something really bad just happened to one’s knee. When it happens ...

Background: In Irish dance, the foot and ankle are the structures most commonly affected by pain and injury, but there is scant research examining the potential factors placing Irish dancers at risk ...

Ballet dancing demands a unique combination of artistic expression and exceptional physical prowess, placing significant stress on the musculoskeletal system. Recent studies have underscored both the ...

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Darcy Lei, D.O., focuses on dance and performing arts health care in UC Health’s Department of Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine. A former pre-professional ballerina, she knows the day-to-day injury ...

A TWINKLE-TOED former Billy Elliot ballet star is fighting for almost £600,000 compensation, claiming his dance dreams were shattered when a cop stamped on his foot. Alexander Loxton, who performed at ...