Dance medicine program

At the initial visit, your child will be evaluated by our clinical team - including a medical provider and a licensed athletic trainer. Your child's evaluation begins with a comprehensive history and medical exam with a licensed athletic trainer and a sports medicine provider. The team will gather information about your child's style(s) of dance, dance shoe wear, training volume, competition schedule, injury history and current medical concerns. Depending on the current injury, imaging may be ordered. We will educate you and your child on the best treatment plan based on their diagnosis.

Subsequent visits will take place with one of our physical therapists who specialize in working with dancers. Your child's physical therapist will assess their flexibility, strength, balance and movement patterns. The physical therapist will then prescribe a treatment program tailored to your child to facilitate their return to dance. Additional goals of the physical therapy plan of care include: addressing possible contributing factors to your child's current injury and teaching injury prevention strategies.

Additionally, we can coordinate visits with our sports psychologist or one of our sports nutritionists if we need to address the mental and nutritional aspects of recovery to optimize dance performance.

Following visits will take place with one of our physical therapists who specialize in working with dancers. Your child’s physical therapist will assess their flexibility, strength, balance, and movement patterns further. The physical therapist will then prescribe a treatment program tailored to your child to facilitate their return to dance. Additional goals of the physical therapy plan of care include: addressing possible contributing factors to your child’s current injury and teaching injury prevention strategies.

Additionally, we can coordinate visits with our sports psychologist or one of our sports nutritionist if we need to address the mental and nutritional aspects of recovery to optimize dance performance.

If there is an injury concern for your competitive dancer, please feel free to reach out to our team in the Sports Medicine Program. A staff of licensed athletic trainers and providers can help answer questions and address concerns. This can be done by calling our Sports Line at (414) 604-7512 and select option 3.

Locations

• Greenfield Clinic
• Mequon Clinic
• Delafield Clinic

Our Specialists

• Kevin Walter, MD
• Kim Hornbeck, MD
• Shayne Fehr, MD
• Patrick Lehman, MD
• Erin Meyer, DPT
• Tammy Buteyn, MPT, ATC, CSCS
• Caitlin Murphy, PT, DPT, ATC
• Erin Fifrick, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS
• Matt Myrvik, PhD, CMPC