Raise your hand if you’ve experienced some kind of foot or ankle injury (tendonitis, sprain, fracture, etc) as an Irish dancer? Unfortunately, many of you pr...

As dancers, we often struggle with the idea of taking a “rest day.” With your countdown to the next feis or major constantly notifying you how many days ther...

As athletes, we hear a lot about our core - that we should be engaging it, strengthening it, etc. - but what muscles make up the ‘core?’ And what's the purp...

Dr. Carrie Skony is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician® and a Dance Medicine physician who treats dancers throughout the Chicago area. Dr. Skony’s pas...

Are you sidelined with an ankle or foot injury from dancing? Now is the perfect time to take action so that when you return to dance, you have a strong found...

The VMO, Vastus Medialis Oblique, is a muscle in the quadriceps that plays an important role in knee health. If the VMO is weak or inactive, knee pain can d...

Hello, Target Training Family! I had the pleasure of meeting many of you this past weekend at the Lavin-Cassidy Feis in Wisconsin! For those of you I did not...

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It’s the end of dance class and you're mindlessly going through a series of stretches. Bending down into a lunge and holding it for a few seconds, then movi...

Aesthetically, it is desirable for Irish dancers to have "twisty ankles" and to land jumps in relevé. This puts a great deal of stress on a dancer's feet an...