Hi! I began dancing ballet about a year ago... When I started I did not feel any pain, but when I had danced for about six months I started to get severe pains in my feet when I jumped. Now I have what looks like a tendon poping out all across my foot. The curve is not a curve anymore, instead it has a bump. I dont know what it is, but my teacher told me that I should wrap something around it to keep it in place. I already did this, but it still hurts very much. I was wondering if anyone has had this same problem or something like it and what to do... thank you!
I also started pointe today, so I hope I can fix this problem as soon as possible.

What did the doctor say? (You have seen a medical professional, right?)

Hi lasylphide and welcome to CriticalDance - we hope you enjoy your time here. Two points about your post:

- we have a special forum for students' questions and I will move your post there.

- in the introduction to the students' questions forum we state:

As we cannot see the problem, our Moderators cannot give you advice on this matter. But I whole-heartedly support djb's advice - If you haven't done so already, you should see your doctor.

<small>[ 13 May 2004, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>