by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 29, 2025 | Health, Health & Body, Pointe+, Wellness
In college, I was diagnosed with a labral tear in my right hip. My labrum, the protective tissue covering my femur head, had been shredded from an impingement and overstretching. The doctor gave me two options: 1) Stop dancing, and manage pain through physical...
by Katie Slattery | Nov 20, 2019 | Career, Health & Body
In fall 2012, New York City Ballet associate artistic director Wendy Whelan, then a company principal, was taking morning class when her foot slid out from under her, causing her to pull the very top of what felt like her right hamstring muscle. “It shocked me...