Welcome to Dance Med Spotlight, where we talk about all things dance medicine. Todays our host, Alyssa Arms, is talking with guest Dr. Kristen Shelley, PT, DPT.

Our Guest: Kristen Shelley

Dr. Kristen Shelley, PT, DPT is a physical therapist specializing in dance medicine, specifically on the East Coast in Delaware and Pennsylvania. She owns her own practice, Delaware Dance Physical Therapy, providing mobile services in homes, or dance studios. She started this business to be able to provide preventative treatments and education to minimize dance injury rate in her community.

Our Topic

Today’s episode covers a variety of topics, including:

• Importance of strengthening in injury prevention but also technique enhancement
• Using weights will not cause “bulkiness” but instead load your tissues enough to execute higher level skills
• Flexibility issues? It may be lack of control/strength especially at the end ranges of movement

Connect

To learn more about Kristen Shelley and what all she does, check her out online:

• Instagram: @delawaredancept
• Facebook: @delawaredancept
• Website

Also be sure to check out her online course, Slay the Stage, available on her site. Use the promo code PODCAST at checkout for a discount!

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