Importance of primary deep stabilizing muscles of dangers: an interactive workshop for Estonian dance school Danza competitive adult team

IMPORTANCE OF PRIMARY DEEP STABILIZING MUSCLES OF DANGERS: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP FOR ESTONIAN DANCE SCHOOL DANZA COMPETITIVE ADULT TEAM

Tomera, Kai-Riin

Degree Programme in Physiotherapy | February 2020 Supervisor: Törne, Mari Number of pages: 66

Keywords: workshop, dance, thoracopelvic canister anatomy, deep abdominal activation, transversus abdominis, pelvic floor, diaphragm, multifidus

Dancing, especially professional and competitive, requests expertise in executing advanced techniques and lays extreme physical demands on the body. Safe dance practice requires an ability to identify risk, not with the intention of reducing the activity, but rather to apply interceding strategies that enable the activity to take place in safe and effective manner. Knowledge and application of physical and psychological components result in increased dancer well-being through reducing risk, promoting enhanced performance and ultimately prolonging dance participation.

Compiled theory of this thesis prospected to support competitive dancers’ intensive training regimen with an interactive workshop event by raising motivation and an awareness of understanding oneself body functioning as a dancer more profoundly through promoting functional body awareness, enhancing knowledge about the basic anatomy and the deep muscle activation.

The thesis is based on a practice-based methodology which is supported by the evidence based theoretical background. The implementation of practical section of the thesis was the workshop which can be considered as a pilot project. In order to evaluate the project importance and outcome written feedback by the participants was inquired.

According to the received feedback from the participants of the workshop the thesis has been serving valuable purpose and has closely met its aim and objectives. Majority of the respondents have rated the held workshop as relevant and essential educational event for them to develop further in the competitive dance careers. Respondents evaluated the workshop content to be understandable and interesting due to the using of visual aids and practical example rich content. Moreover, the feedback reflected the importance of creating more educational events for the population of dancers in the field of mental health and common injuries of dancers.

It can be concluded that providing education about anatomy and functional body awareness to dancers and dance teachers is an important topic to address. For future interaction more similar events could be held and the scope of content of the workshop developed even further.

Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202003304104