Module I: Introductory Concepts in Dance Medicine

Pricing & Discounts

• Registrations made before August 16, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern Time are $580.00 with code EARLYMOD1

• Registrations made after August 16, 2024 are $630.00.

• If you have already taken Module I within the last 5 years and would like to repeat the course, a 50% discount will be available. Please email admin@dancemedei.com with your certificate of completion for Module I attached. You will then be given a code to checkout with the 50% discount.

A student discount of 50% off the regular price is available for current students enrolled in an accredited graduate PT program or who have graduated within 16 months of the course dates. Please send an email to admin@dancemedei.com to receive a special discount code.

Max number of participants: 25

Course Materials: 

1. Pre-course Materials: 

   • Each participant will receive 3 recordings to watch prior to meeting online. Topics will include: 

     • Management of the Dysfunctional Muscle-Tendon Unit 

     • Management of Capsular & Ligamentous Laxity 

     • Influence of the Nervous System 

2. Online/Interactive course materials: 

   • Each participant will receive all materials for the live portion of the course via a shared google drive the week prior to the course start date. 

Recordings: 

• Each participant will receive access to a recording of Module I which will be available for 14 days post the course date. 

• Please note that you will need to either attend this course live or, complete a post-course assignment to receive a course completion certificate and CEU credit. 

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of Module I, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the most clinically relevant findings of dancers that should be considered when evaluating, treating, and training dancers during select major stages of the human life cycle.

• Acquire the most recent updates to the management of injuries to the connective and neural tissues of the body and apply this information to the evaluation and treatment of the most common bony, muscular, capsular, ligament and neural injuries seen in dancers.

• Define and describe the basic foundational movements of ballet technique including optimal alignment, muscular recruitment, and coordination.

• Analyze movement control of the dancer via application of an evaluation framework that includes the basic foundational movements of ballet technique.

• Identify a dancer who needs nutritional support for eating disorders/disordered eating. 

• Improve your management of the dancer with hypermobility via a review of the current diagnostic criteria of this connective tissue disorder and implications for treatment. 

• Identify the specific components of a soft ballet shoe and pointe shoe and apply this information to an analysis of fit including recommendations for modifications based on a dancer’s needs. 

• Improve your competency in how to best return a dancer to full pointe work via instruction in a progressive protocol that can be used as a framework from which a practitioner to build a plan of care for a specific foot/ankle injury.

Guest Presenters:

Mary Carpenter Master pointe shoe fitter, Ballet teacher, certified Pilates and PBT instructor  (Dancewithmarynyc)

Amanda Greene PT, DPT (Johns Hopkins Performing Arts Rehabilitation Program) 

Monika Saigal MS,RD,CEDRD-S,CDN (MS Nutrition) 

Kristen Kurie PT, DPT,LMT (The Healthy Artist)

Kendall Lynch PT,DPT,OCS (Westside Dance Physical Therapy)

Siobhan Mitchell PhD, MRes, MSc (The Adolescent Dancer) 

Certificates/CEU Credits: 

Each course participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course. 

DMEI regularly applies for CEU credit from the New York Physical Therapy Association as well as the the State Board of Maryland for courses taught in conjunction with Johns Hopkins Hospital. Each Module is awarded between 17 and 19 CEU hours from NYPTA and 1.4 CE credits from the State Board of Maryland. 

If you are interested in earning CEU’s from another state board, please email DMEI to discuss options for earning credits for your specific state. 
Application for CEU credit for professions other than physical therapy to be determined based on focus of course and target audience. 

Detailed Schedule: (all times Eastern)

Day 1:

8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration

8:30 am - 9:00 am Introduction: Skill set of a Dance Medicine Practitioner (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT)

9:00 am - 10:15 am Lecture: The Adolescent Dancer: Physiological Perspective (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT)

10:15 am - 10:30 am Break

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Lecture: The Adolescent Dancer: Psychological and Social Perspective (Siobhan Mitchell PhD, MRes, MSc)

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Lecture: The Hypermobile Dancer (Amanda Greene PT, DPT)

3:15 pm - 5:00 pm Lecture: Nutritional Considerations of the Dancer (Monika Saigal MS,RD,CEDRD-S,CDN)

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm Lecture: Pelvic Floor Health and the Dancer (Kendall Lynch PT,DPT,OCS)  

Day 2: 

8:30 am - 10:30 am Lecture: Basic Positions and Elementary Movements in Classical Dance (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT) 

10:30 am -10:45 am Break 

10:45 am - 12:45 pm Discussion/Demonstration: Analysis of Basic Ballet Technique & Movement Patterns in the Dancer  (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT)

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Returning the Dancer to Pointe Work After Injury (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT & Kristen Kurie PT,DPT,OCS,COMT)

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break 

3:45 pm - 5:45 pm Lecture/Demonstration: Pointe Shoe Analysis: History and Guidelines for Fit (Andrea Zujko PT,DPT,OCS,COMT & Mary Carpenter Ballet Teacher, Pilates and PBT Instructor ) 

5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Q&A/Wrap Up 

*please note that the course itinerary is subject to change at the discretion of DMEI

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations made

• After August 30, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern Time - no refunds will be offered

• After August 16, 2024 11:59pm Eastern Time, but before August 30, 2024 at 11:59pm ET - 50% of sales purchase will be refunded, excluding processing fees

• Before August 16, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern Time - 100% refund, excluding processing fees

All course registrants are required to complete the Liability Waivers form. Please, follow the link below and fill out the form as indicated.

To view the DMEI Liability Waiver, please click here.

Please email Andrea Zujko at admin@dancemedei.com with any cancellation requests.