Avoiding stress fractures.I am so grateful for August's health column, "Don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. Stress (Your Bones) Out." Unfortunately, by the time I read it, it was too late; I was already beginning to dance at a summer intensive. In the first week I injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. my back, and it has been hurting ever since. I just found out that it is a stress reaction, the beginnings of a stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. , and I am unable to dance for three months, which means missing out on our company's annual Nutcracker nutcracker, common name for a small crow of the genus Nucifraga in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) is found throughout the colder regions of Europe, including high mountain forests. . It's breaking my heart. It wasn't until reading the column that I realized why I must've gotten the stress reaction. My family has a history of low bone density, and I wasn't taking extra calcium. Moreover, I hadn't had my period in a long time, just like the article warned. We don't realize how much we take dancing for granted until it is taken away from us. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST |
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