This episode of PDACast is brought to you by Sports Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to PDACAST. We are a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of a nationwide children's hospital. We're in

Columbus, Ohio. It's episode 581. We're calling this one Dance Medicine. And welcome all of you to the program. So dance medicine,

it's a thing and it bridges the gap between athletic training and artistic performance.

And this week we're going to share expert insights on injury prevention, readiness for point,

flexibility, footwear, and the importance of a supportive dance environment.

So whether your child or teenager dances for fun or has big stage dreams, this episode is packed with tips for keeping them safe, strong, smiling, and dancing.

Of course, in our usual P.D. cast fashion, we have some terrific guests joining us.

Dr. Megan Liberty is a sports medicine physician at nationwide children's hospital, also a trained dancer and with a professional experience.

Dr. Amy Heslip is also a dancer with professional experience and training, but also a physical therapist in sports and orthopedic medicine at nationwide children.

So they have a lot of expertise, yes, but also practical experience with dancing from a very young age.

And so they're going to be great experts and resources for us as we learn about the field of dance medicine.

We also have Eric Layton with this.

He is an athletic trainer and functional rehab leader for sports medicine at nationwide

children's, and he returns as a guest host to facilitate our conversation.

They'll all be with us shortly, but first, I want to remind you that the information

presented in every episode of our program is for general educational purposes only.

We do not diagnose medical conditions or formulate treatment plans for specific individuals.

If you're concerned about your child's health, be sure to call your health care provider.

Also, your use of this audio program is subject to the Pediacast Terms of Use Agreement, which you can find at pdicast.org.

So let's take a quick break. We'll get our dance experts settled into the studio, and then we will be back to talk about dance medicine.

It's coming up right after this. I'm Oh my I'm

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