Workshop for dancers on preventing dance injuries September 5, 2008

Dr Kannan Pugazhendi has been invited to Bangalore for a workshop specially designed for dancers of all dance styles on the prevention of dance injuries. During the workshop, Dr Kannan Pugazhendi will teach dancers corrective and preventive exercises, as well as rehabilitation exercises which address the most common injuries afflicting dancers, including:

• Neck problems
• Shoulder and wrist pain
• Back and buttock complaints
• Groin pain
• Thigh strain
• Knee pain, knee cap dislocation and early or traumatic arthritis
• Calf and heel pain
• Knee/ankle ligament sprains

Dr Kannan Pugazhendi is a Sports Medicine Consultant who heads the SPARRC Institute (Sport Performance Assessment Rehabilitation Research Counselling Institute) in Chennai. He graduated with a Masters in Sports Medicine from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has treated dancers of several dance styles and conducted prevention workshops to dancers and institutes across India, including Nrityagram and Kalakshetra.

Dance Critic Ashish Mohan Khokar is invited as chief guest to inaugurate the workshop.
Places are limited. To register and for more information, contact [email protected] or Tel. 99864 78000.