Rehabilitation

For dancers who want to be improve their health, mobility and overall performance.

Virtual Sessions

DPT Fit and Dr. Scott specialize in empowering you to overcome any injury and alleviate pain, no matter how long you’ve been dealing with it or how many practitioners you’ve seen before. With our services, you will have direct access to a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the minute you set up your first appointment. We utilize phone, video, email, and text access 24/7 when working with us. Your body does not stop working to recover, so we don’t stop helping it.

Artistic Athletes are some of the most committed athletes and no matter how careful you are, injuries still happen. The best way to keep injuries from flaring up and keep you dancing your best year round is addressing any pain or injuries, right when they happen!

With the use of our secure app, On Call Virtual Sessions allow us to video chat with you from anywhere. Virtual Sessions provide better availability and quicker access to your dance specialist as well as, lower your costs and eliminate travel time to/from appointments.

Packages

Single 20 min Session

Four 20 min Sessions

Eight 20 min Sessions

In-person sessions

Our rehabilitation services are customized to suit your schedule and needs. This is not your typical rehab where you spend an hour on a matt with theraband.

With a strong knowledge of dance movements and common restrictions, we are better able to assess and understand your specific injury and help you stay in the studio.Instead of restricting you from dance, we modify to allow more participation with class/rehearsal with less discomfort to keep you dancing. Using unique exercises throughout your therapy, we are able to more quickly get you back into the extreme positions and ranges you need.

Initial Evaluation – 55 min

These are your first appointments and include gathering relevant history, assessing mobility/strength/dance technique, to find the underlying root cause of the concern and developing a plan unique to you, your goals, your training, and your schedule.

Single 55 min Treatment

Once the assessments have been completed with your initial evaluation and the plan is set, these appointments are to keep you moving forward. Whether we need to review your exercises/drills, progress to new and more challenging movements, or hands on body work to keep you recovering, we won’t stop until you are at your best!

Packages

Five 55 min Treatments

Ten 55 min Treatments

Note for dancers with minor injuries: some dancers with minor injuries may also benefit from some of our performance training programs. Contact us to learn which program is recommended for you.

Note for dancers living outside of the state of Florida: please contact us before scheduling a virtual or in-person consultation.

Helpful Resources

For dancers

Rehabilitation

Don’t waste time with healthcare providers who don’t specialize in your dance medicine. We provide customized recovery plans for any level of dance.

Performance Training

Take your training to the next level with programs designed to improve your dance performance, reduce your injury risk, lengthen your dance career, and increase your fitness!

For studios

We are your in house team, a resource that only the top programs in the world offer to give your studio an edge over others.​

Group Information and Equipment Guidelines

Review the information below to find out which track is the right one for you. You can also watch this video that walks you through the options.

Once you have chosen your track you can submit the form at the bottom of this page. Select one and only one option, please.

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Group 1:

If you have access to equipment such as free weights, any cardio equipment (rower, stairs, treadmill, bike, etc.), and other things common in a fitness center, “Group 1” is for you!

  • You could also run rather than use cardio equipment
  • Options to include steps, med balls, etc. included, but these are optional

Group 2:

If you’re primarily doing this at home, with resistance bands (though a few small weights can easily be added if you have them), but still can use stairs, bike, run, or have some cardio equipment access, select “Group 2”

Group 3:

Lastly, If you don’t like to run, and don’t have access to any cardio (no stairs, bikes, or lap pools) then the last option is for you! “Group 3”

  • You will still get cardio, but in the form of exercises, you can do in a single room. This option was made specifically for COVID and people who can’t easily get outside.

Group 4:

This program is made specifically for the demands of male dancers, taking into account some extra work for upper body to support partnering, extra stability for the lower back, etc. This option is similar to group 1 in terms of equipment need.

  • If you need a band only option, please consider the co-ed options of group 2 or 3.” If you need a band only option, please consider the co-ed options of group 2 or 3.

No track is better than the other, you will get results regardless. You can find more information about the equipment requirements for each track by scrolling down.

Equipment Guidelines

Group 1: NSNH Full

Required

Weights:

  • Medium to heavy dumbbells (anywhere from 10-50 lbs depending on experience)

Bands:

  • Strong Resistance bands that can be short loops or long for different exercises
  • Plus an anchor to hold it in place
  • Cable machine would also work

Cardio:

  • Either access to equipment (any of the following: pool, bike, treadmill, rower, stair stepper, elliptical)
  • Or space to run, actual stairs, or a bike a safe space to ride it

Recommended

Squat Rack and/or Suspension Trainer

  • Squat Rack and barbell could be used instead of suspension trainer (not just for putting the weight on your back, but also movements where you may hold on the the weight in the rack)
  • If neither available, band alternatives are provided

Misc:

  • Stability Ball
    • Sliders or a towel on smooth floor can work as well
  • Box/Step/Sturdy bench to step or jump on

Optional

Weights:

  • Medicine balls
  • Kettlebells can be used or substituted for other weights
  • Squat rack and barbell for adding increased challenge to some movements

Group 2: NSNH Home + Cardio

Required

Bands:

  • Strong Resistance bands that can be short loops or long for different exercises
    • Plus an anchor to hold it in place
  • Cable machine would also work

Cardio:

  • Either access to equipment (any of the following: pool, bike, treadmill, rower, stair stepper, elliptical)
  • Or space to run, actual stairs, or a bike a safe space to ride it

Recommended

Misc:

  • Stability Ball
    • Sliders or a towel on smooth floor can work as well
  • Box/Step/Sturdy bench to step or jump on

Optional

Weights:

  • If you get dumbbells, barbells, etc. you can easily add them into this program. 
  • Medicine balls

Group 3: NSNH Home Only

Required

Bands:

  • Strong Resistance bands that can be short loops or long for different exercises
  • Plus an anchor to hold it in place
  • Cable machine would also work

Cardio:

  • Due to COVID-19 some people have to space to go outdoors or access to equipment. This program will take away traditional cardio work, and replace it with exercises you can do with a band or just bodyweight in any room. 
  • If you enjoy running, biking, or swimming (and have access to it regularly) we recommend group 2)

Recommended

Misc:

  • Stability Ball
    • Sliders or a towel on smooth floor can work as well
  • Box/Step/Sturdy bench to step or jump on

Optional

Weights:

  • If you get dumbbells, barbells, etc. you can easily add them into this program. 
  • This program is a better option if don’t often have access
  • Medicine balls

Group 4: NSNH Men

Group 4: NSNH Men

Required

Weights:

  • Medium to heavy dumbbells (anywhere from 10-50 lbs depending on experience)

Bands:

  • Strong Resistance bands that can be short loops or long for different exercises
  • Plus an anchor to hold it in place
  • Cable machine would also work

Cardio:

  • Either access to equipment (any of the following: pool, bike, treadmill, rower, stair stepper, elliptical)
  • Or space to run, actual stairs, or a bike a safe space to ride it

Recommended

Squat Rack and/or Suspension Trainer

  • Squat Rack and barbell could be used instead of suspension trainer (not just for putting the weight on your back, but also movements where you may hold on the the weight in the rack)
  • If neither available, band alternatives are provided

Misc:

  • Stability Ball
    • Sliders or a towel on smooth floor can work as well
  • Box/Step/Sturdy bench to step or jump on

Optional

Weights:

  • Medicine balls
  • Kettlebells can be used or substituted for other weights
  • Squat rack and barbell for adding increased challenge to some movements