Ballet dancing

Ballet dancing

Ballet dancers have problems with posterior impingement of the ankle and tendinopathy of the flexor hallucis longus tendon when working en pointe (tiptoe). Stress fractures are also found in female dancers as a result of repetitive training and can be more frequent in the female athlete triad (osteoporosis, disordered eating and amenorrhoea) ( Figure 36.9 ).

Third metatarsal bony oedema Figure 36.9 Magnetic resonance imaging short T1 inversion recovery axial sequence showing a stress injury to a metatarsal.

Ballet dancing

Ballet dancers have problems with posterior impingement of the ankle and tendinopathy of the flexor hallucis longus tendon when working en pointe (tiptoe). Stress fractures are also found in female dancers as a result of repetitive training and can be more frequent in the female athlete triad (osteoporosis, disordered eating and amenorrhoea) ( Figure 36.9 ).

Third metatarsal bony oedema Figure 36.9 Magnetic resonance imaging short T1 inversion recovery axial sequence showing a stress injury to a metatarsal.

Ballet dancing

Ballet dancers have problems with posterior impingement of the ankle and tendinopathy of the flexor hallucis longus tendon when working en pointe (tiptoe). Stress fractures are also found in female dancers as a result of repetitive training and can be more frequent in the female athlete triad (osteoporosis, disordered eating and amenorrhoea) ( Figure 36.9 ).

Third metatarsal bony oedema Figure 36.9 Magnetic resonance imaging short T1 inversion recovery axial sequence showing a stress injury to a metatarsal.