How to treat chorea

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In today's life, more and more people begin to pay attention to the treatment of chorea patients. Recently, it was reported that all five members of the family suffered from chorea, which attracted a lot of attention. So how to treat patients with chorea? Next, I will give you a detailed introduction. I hope you can learn more about it.

How to treat chorea

First: ankle sprains. Few dancers have never twisted their ankles. Dr. William Hamilton, an orthopedic consultant for the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet, and the American Ballet School, said ankle sprains are the most common acute injuries in dance. What many people don't know is that it's a recurrent injury. Megan lecrone is a promising young contract dancer who had her ankle twisted three times when she joined the New York City Dance Company three years ago. The latest sprain occurred on an afternoon during a nutcracker rehearsal, when she said she "slipped and felt the crisp sound of squatting in the snow." Fatigue may be a factor. Because of the back-to-back rehearsal, lecrone recalled feeling tired before he slipped. The injury was not known because "her ankle looked like the size of a balloon!" Later, through a series of standard treatment of acute injury, the swelling gradually subsided: rest, ice, bandage pressure, elevation, referred to as rice. The next step in recovery is to rate the injury. Marika Molnar, director of dance physiotherapy on the west coast in Manhattan, said that the first grade ankle sprains are characterized by finger cleft or ligament overstretching, while the second grade ankle sprains are more severe, accompanied by crisp sounds, and some may be unstable. The third level refers to the ligament is completely open and there is obvious instability. "My first injury was so serious that my foot almost swung under my leg," lecrone recalled It's not that serious this time, probably because of the strength of the ankle from daily physical training. If the ankle is still weak, painful, or swollen after a period of treatment, surgery is needed. Dr. Hamilton believes that surgery can recover a professional dancer's grade 3 sprain faster and better.

Second: knee injury: the knee joint is easy to be injured, including meniscus and cartilage cracking, and the degree is light and heavy. In addition to the usual joint and cartilage strain, Dr. Douglas Padgett of the hip and knee center at the New York Special Surgery Hospital believes that some knee problems are caused by dancers who can't open their hips. Twisting the knee to help open the meniscus has a big impact. Deep squats and explosive squats in choreography can damage the cartilage of the knee. "It's like squeezing your hand through the door," says Katy Keller, director of the Juilliard School physiotherapy clinic. Johary Ramos, a former dancer of fox's national tour, recalls a performance in which he was asked to jump on a trampoline from a backstage ladder and then onto the stage to appear in a squat position. He performed many times. Once, Ramos said, "I feel weak, but I don't realize there's something wrong with my body's tissues. Then I did nine more performances until the back of my knee was so swollen that I couldn't walk At first, it's difficult to distinguish between mild, moderate or severe injuries. Especially for dancers, they don't bow to the pain easily. So, unless the knee joint is locked and has to be operated on, the average person will deal with the knee injury like an ankle sprain: rice and recovery training, including massage therapy and active training. Other methods such as electric shock can also be used to speed up the cure time. If your knee is still immobile or sore, your doctor may ask you to have an MRI to make a further diagnosis. Surgeons on dancers usually use an endoscope, a device that looks like a drink straw, removing bone fragments and trimming the meniscus.

Third: rope muscle injury, muscle strain is generally not very serious, unless it is pulled in a particularly weak place, such as rope muscle. Dr Hamilton explained that the muscle straddles between the two joints (hip and knee), "because of the large blood supply in this area, when the muscle tears, there will be inflammation and scars." Almost every lower limb movement of the dancer needs to use the rope muscle load. Although Keller believes that factors such as body asymmetry, pelvic tilt, muscle imbalance can cause injuries, but the body can not open is the main cause of injuries. Many young actors in the process of training and growth have a temporary feeling of inflexibility, lack of strength, loss of balance and other discordant experience. What should I do? Most good dancers will redouble their efforts to practice. That's what happened to Sylvie rood, a student at an American Ballet School. When she stretched the bone, her muscles and tendons didn't keep up and couldn't do the trick. Rood said that when she decided to "lift pass with her hips, I felt pain. I thought the Lala ligament would help, but it's worse She now understood that she had to take it slowly, not harder, until her body was stable. For her injured hamstring muscles, recuperation and gradual stretching and stretching plan will help her recover. We don't recommend stretching this muscle a lot to try to jump back to its original state.

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Although dance injuries are a lifestyle, there are many things you can do to reduce the incidence of serious injuries. These include reducing fatigue, taking care in adolescence, correctly diagnosing, recovering other injuries and preventing secondary injuries. Your body will be very grateful!