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FEBRUARY | 2025
February 27th | The IADMS Dance for Health Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 8:00AM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Dance for Health Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 27th.
February 28th | The IADMS Clinical Rehabilitative Health Professional Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 10:00 AM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Clinical Rehabilitative Health Professional Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 28th.
February 28th | The IADMS Social Sciences Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 11:00 AM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Social Sciences Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 28th.
February 28th | The IADMS Mental Health Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 1:00 PM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Mental Health Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 28th.
February 28th | The IADMS Hormone Health Matters Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 2:00 PM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Hormone Health Matters Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 28th.
February 28th | The IADMS Physicians Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 7:00 PM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Physicians Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on February 28th.
MARCH | 2025
March 2nd | The IADMS Francophone Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 10:00 AM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Francophone Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on March 2nd.
March 2nd | The IADMS Dance Educator Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 11:00 AM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Dance Educator Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on March 2nd.
March 2nd | The IADMS Student & Early Career Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 1:00 PM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Student & Early Career Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on March 2nd.
March 2nd | The IADMS Intersectionality Special Interest Group Networking Session
ONLINE - 2:00 PM EST
Join the newly formed IADMS Intersectionality Special Interest Group (SIG) for our first virtual networking event. Sign-up is required to become a SIG participant. Sign up for this SIG by January 30 to ensure you receive all pertinent information for the first networking session on March 2nd.
March 9th | Dance PT Summit - Spring Into Action
ONLINE
The Dance PT Summit - Spring Into Action is a dynamic and concentrated two-hour event packed with quality information to maximize your learning experience. The virtual platform further enhances accessibility, allowing participants from around the globe to join from the comfort of their own spaces. Get ready for an immersive journey where every minute is dedicated to providing you with the most impactful knowledge for your practice! In this 2 hour session, you will learn:
| 1. Stability and Mobility Needed for Ballet Partnering with David Lage PT, DPT 2. Collaborating with Nonprofit Dancer Organizations with Elizabeth Cheney, FNP-BC 3. Therapeutic exercises for ankle impingement, heel pain, and achilles tendonitis with Jenna Kantor, PT, DPT |
MAY | 2025
May 10th - 11th | 10th Annual Dance Medicine & Science Research Symposium
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON, WALSALL CAMPUS & ONLINE
Hosted by the University of Wolverhampton's School of Sport, this 2-day dance medicine and science symposium focuses on current research themes and future collaborations. It will allow attendees to hear about contemporary practices and projects, as well as opportunities to network and develop future partnerships.
Abstract submission deadline March 30, 2025
MORE INFORMATION: Email m.wyon@wlv.ac.uk
AUGUST | 2025
August 28th | Gymnastics Training and Treatment: Strength, Flexibility, Physiology, Injury Diagnosis and Rehab Technique Application
ONLINE
The sport of gymnastics requires an immense amount of strength, balance, flexibility, and skill that need to be progressively taught and mastered before advancing. Also, proper treatment for gymnastics-based injuries often includes teasing out acute vs chronic etiology and possible biomechanical contributions. The algorithm of narrowing dozens of possible outcomes per body part to a select few before proper diagnostic imaging needs to be efficient and is supported by both experience and evidence-based practice. Proper primary and secondary diagnoses can determine treatment applications, total rest/ relative rest times, and proper return to sport protocol. Combining sport-specific mechanics of injury knowledge, clinical assessment, movement/video performance analysis, and diagnostics will give practitioners the most accurate diagnosis. Specific knowledge of the mechanism of injury, mechanics of performance, and skill progression in order to treat the primary, secondary, and tertiary effects of acute or chronic diagnosis is also imperative. This course will walk the medical professional through advancing the understanding of body shaping, strength demands for the sport in general and event-specific, flexibility techniques in training and in the clinic as well as periodization suggestions/research summaries. Participants also will get a review of manual therapy techniques and modalities that are effective and culturally accepted within the sport. The topics of injury identification, treatment and sport progression will also be included.
This course is part 2 of a 10-part series which may be taken independently or as a part of Gymnastics Sports Medicine Certification (GSMC) offered by MedGym (For further details regarding the GSMC, please visit https://www.medgym.net/events-and-courses/courses/)
SEPTEMBER | 2025
September 11th | Concussion Care and Management for Gymnasts
ONLINE
Concussion in sport is a topic with a vast array of research in recent decades- most on contact sports and helmet-based activities. Gymnastics has always been a concussion risk due to the accuracy required of skill performance and the slight margin of error often needed for increased risk of landing awkwardly, rotating, or falling. Because of the high velocity of flipping, rotating, and landing, and timing that often hovers in the tenths of seconds realm for decision making, risks for head injury have risen. Air awareness/sense is important for proper hand and foot placement and a sense of verticality for skill performance. When this is compromised, exposure to potential injury increases. Returning to gymnastics requires full multifactorial recovery and restoration of physical, emotional, neurological, mental, and trust components of one’s self. Slow and proper progression with medical monitoring is key to the safest return to sport with decreasing risks involved. Pearls will be given for event and skill-specific progression to include readiness, safety, confidence, and performance.
This course is part 3 of a 10-part series which may be taken independently or as a part of Gymnastics Sports Medicine Certification (GSMC) offered by MedGym (For further details regarding the GSMC, please visit https://www.medgym.net/events-and-courses/courses/).
September 25th - 28th | IADMS 35th Annual Conference
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS: FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Through lectures and interactive sessions, the IADMS 35th Annual Conference is designed to share relevant and innovative research in the field of dance medicine and science. Hear from over 150 world-renowned professionals in orthopedics and sports medicine, dance education and academia, mental health, somatics, dance for health, and more on all aspects of comprehensive wellness as it relates to dance. Over the 4-day conference, there will be a focus on the physiological, sociological, and psychological factors of dance injury, including intrinsic and extrinsic factors specific to the dancer as an athlete and the use of dance in health care.
This continuing medical education (CME) course, now in its thirty-fifth year, looks broadly at the field of dance medicine and science, where it has come from, where it stands, and where it is heading. Submit your abstract here to share your latest clinical and academic research by the February 1 deadline!
OCTOBER | 2026
October 2026 | IADMS 36th Annual Conference
Melbourne, Australia
Through lectures and interactive sessions, the IADMS 36th Annual Conference is designed to share relevant and innovative research in the field of dance medicine and science. Hear from over 150 world-renowned professionals in orthopedics and sports medicine, dance education and academia, mental health, somatics, dance for health, and more on all aspects of comprehensive wellness as it relates to dance. Over the 4-day conference, there will be a focus on the physiological, sociological, and psychological factors of dance injury, including intrinsic and extrinsic factors specific to the dancer as an athlete and the use of dance in health care.
OCTOBER | 2027
October 2027 | IADMS 37th Annual Conference
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Through lectures and interactive sessions, the IADMS 37th Annual Conference is designed to share relevant and innovative research in the field of dance medicine and science. Hear from over 150 world-renowned professionals in orthopedics and sports medicine, dance education and academia, mental health, somatics, dance for health, and more on all aspects of comprehensive wellness as it relates to dance. Over the 4-day conference, there will be a focus on the physiological, sociological, and psychological factors of dance injury, including intrinsic and extrinsic factors specific to the dancer as an athlete and the use of dance in health care.
ON-DEMAND
IADMS Continuing Education for the Dance Medicine & Science Professional
Register now for IADMS CPD courses, provided as online/enduring activities. Each course delves into key topics within dance medicine and science, offering advanced, research-driven insights into health and wellness for both pre-professional and professional dancers. Designed to foster specialized learning, these courses aim to enhance expertise in the expanding field of dance medicine and science.
Register by December 15, 2024 to enjoy a 20% discount. Your registration also includes access to a live online Q&A session with the course presenter.
CPD Courses Now Available:
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Strength & Conditioning Training for Dancers: Bridging the Gap Between Dance Medicine and Team Sports Training. Jason Harrison, CSCS
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Relative Energy Deficiency in Dance. Nicky Keay BA, MA, MB, BChir (Cantab), MRCP
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Supporting Stress Management, Well-being, and Flourishing Among Vocational Dancers. Tracey Davenport PhD
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Programming Strength Training for Dancers - The Untold Fairy-tale. Sefton Clarke, CSCS, CMT, NASM
Continuing Medical Education (CME/CEU) credits are available for participating physicians (ACCME) and Athletic Trainers (BOC).
Dance in Mind: Professional Courses
ONLINE COURSES
(I)For Students (II)For Professionals (III)For Working Parents (coming soon)
Presented by Imogen Aujla, Dance in Mind offers online psychology courses for dance professionals and students to help deal with stress, create a better work-life balance, and cultivate optimism. Drawing on CBT and coaching techniques, the courses are a mix of webinar-style video tutorials and worksheets to help you put what you're learning into practice. Create positive change and enhance your well-being in just a few weeks - each course works brilliantly as a stand-alone but was designed to be taken together, and as a special introductory offer, you can buy all 3 courses for just £50.
Sport Ready Academy: Training as a High-Performing Female Dancer
ONLINE COURSES
Presented by Nicky Keay BA, MA(Cantab), MB BChir, MRCP, these online courses provide dancers, teachers, and parents with the latest professional-level training and medical performance strategies on how young female dancers can reach their full potential in dance. The aim is for every dancer to achieve her personal best in a healthy and sustainable fashion. The online course also has a quiz and links to further resources.
Two courses are available:
Training as a High Performing Female Dancer - Team offers the course for a group of dancers, teachers, or parents. USD$199
Training as a High Performing Female Dancer offers the course for an individual dancer. USD$59
These courses are offered through Sports Ready Academy and are endorsed by the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine.
Optimisation of Health for Performance in Irish Dancers
ONLINE COURSES
Introducing a completely new online post-graduate course offered by the University of Limerick, Ireland for teachers, parents, and older dancers (over 18), focused on all-round health to optimize performance in Irish dancing - injury prevention and management, psychology, nutrition, strength & conditioning, peaking, load management, being a professional dancer, and much more.
Designed for adult learners who are busy people, with bite-size resources and exercises integrated into your dancing and everyday life.
Led by Dr Roisin Cahalan, ADCRG, former Riverdance Lead and the world’s leading researcher on Irish dancing health and performance.
Payment plans available to spread the cost over the year.
ONLINE COURSES
The Science Behind the Sport: Gymnastics History, Physics, Motor Development and Skill Progression
ONLINE COURSES
Gymnastics Medicine: Spine Mechanics, Common Injuries, Prevention, Predisposition, Etiology, and Return to Sport
ONLINE COURSES