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Figure skating is one of the most demanding sports in the world. It combines incredible athleticism with artistry, requiring strength, power, balance, flexibility, endurance, and precision, all while performing on a thin blade moving across the ice.

For many athletes, the idea of taking a day off can feel uncomfortable. Whether you're a dancer, gymnast, cheerleader, figure skater, synchronized swimmer, martial artist, fencer, or another performance athlete, there's often pressure to train harder, practice more, and push through fatigue.

How this recovery technique can help dancers and artistic athletes move and feel better.

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Dance is not just something you do for a season, for many, it’s a lifelong passion. Whether you’re teaching, performing, or returning to dance as an adult, your relationship with movement evolves over time. And with that evolution comes a shift in what your body needs.

Messages like this strongly conflict with what we emphasize here at Performance Pilates & Rehab. We believe in empowering you to do theactivities you love. Plus, we understand that if we want to see injury rates go down in dancers we need to give them MORE support, not LESS!

Ice has long been used by dancers and athletes to recover after any performance related pain. However, ice research hit a new climax in 2014 putting the traditional RICE protocol on trial. It was found that traditional icing is in fact harming rather than helping our healing. Here are some facts about ice that might be surprising.