How do ballet dancers cope with the pain in their feet?

Firstly, no we don't just push through the pain like many movies make it look. read more

ONe has also silicone padding for the toes. But most dancers tape their toes, uses lambs wool or paper for padding, and allow a certain amount of calloses to protect their feet. Ballet training is extreme and the long years of training also develops a type of masochism in dancers. read more

Women ballet dancers are unbelievable, I have spent much of my life around them and to see them from morning class to afternoon rehearsal or performance tear through shoes over 6-8 hours but keep their feet mostly intact over 4, 5 even 6 days a week is phenomenal and frightening. read more

Some dancers have more eccentric rituals, such as blowing into shoes before putting them on, or covering their feet in glue and other chemicals to make them stick. More dangerously still, many attack their feet with scissors and razor blades. The question of pain management raises a laugh from almost every dancer I speak to. read more