"Finding Balance: Fitness, Health, and Training for a Lifetime in Dance "gives an overview of issues faced by all performing dancers: injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management. The text includes both easy-to-read overviews of each topic and "profiles" of well known dancers and how they have coped with these issues.
The new edition includes:
- Updated and new profiles
- Expanded injury and injury treatment information
- Updated dance science and physiology findings, and new references
- Updated diet guidelines
- Expanded and updated "Taking Control" section
It concludes with a list of selected dance/arts medicine clinics, a bibliography, glossary, and text notes.