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Adult Irish dancers are more likely to get injured than their younger counterparts. But all dancers can benefit by taking action to prevent injury and increase their muscle strength. This article is the third in a series focusing on what adult dancers can do to maintain a healthy body.

I rolled my ankle in a solo near the end of the Shelley Irish Dance Company show last Monday. It was my right ankle, of course. The same ankle that I sprained three years ago.

Adult Irish dancers are more likely to get injured than their younger counterparts.  But all dancers can benefit by taking action to prevent injury and increase their muscle strength.  This article is the second in a series focusing on what adult dancers can do to maintain a healthy body.
By Christy Dorrity
Every Irish dancer complains of shin splints at one time or another.  This painful injury, characterized by pain and sometimes swelling in the front part of the lower leg, is common among those adult dancers who have just begun taking …

A world championship bronze medalist has revealed that Irish dancing may have been the secret behind her success in athletics. Shannon Rowbury, from the USA, began dancing after some wise words from her Grandmother. “When I was in kindergarten I tripped over a basketball and fractured my tibia. My grandmother, who is Irish, said I should do Irish dancing to help strengthen my leg.”
She notes a number of benefits of Irish dancing that helped her become a world beating star in athletics magazine ‘Spikes’.
Physical development – “I feel that [doing …