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Is Low Back Pain in Dancers a Major Problem?

In Uncategorized by Seth Peterson, Physical Therapist Oro Valley

How Common is Low Back Pain? Low back pain is the most common cause of disability worldwide, and the number of people in the United States that report having it in the past month is somewhere near 1 out of 4.  Dancing is a rigorous sport. Male dancers often have to lift females over their heads or in awkward positions, and …