Expert: treivilo - 2/27/2011

Question
Hi! Well, I've just recently watched a vidoe on youtube called "the dreaded hooking big toe" and I have what she describes as "a clicking and grinding" at the ankle bone. I'm not on pointes yet, but my teacher is getting someone to look at all our feet to make sure they are ready for pointes, will this grinding stop me from getting my pointes(I really only get the problem on my right foot) and I can't do the exercise she shows on the video by myself, so I try so do it with my thera band, putting it on my big toe and slowly doing that. Is that okay to do? I hope you'll be able to help! thank you so much!
Kiz

Answer
Hello Kiz,

You are perfectly right, Theraband is a very good aid for pointe shoes work but, keep in mind the fact that nothing's better than work, real ballet work, to be ready for pointe.

Also, remember that pointe dancing in not only the shoes by themselves, it also is a combination of strength, posture, ability and will. Once you will have all this together, once your posture will be a ballet dancer's one without the need to think about it, you will know and feel how ready you are !

Happy dancing,

Olivier