Focus on Prevention

VBG – Statutory Accident Insurance

A statutory accident insurer's own dance-prevention training module

VBG, the statutory accident insurer for the stage and studio sector, provides teachers at musical and dance schools, as well as multipliers in theatre, with a complete, free training module on accident and injury prevention: a brochure, teaching slides, and a poster with nutrition tips, built on the „Self Care Orientated Teaching Syllabus" (Scotsy) principle. The background is a sobering figure: around 20 percent of all workplace accidents in the stage and studio sector are performer accidents. For CENIT, this is a concrete example of a statutory insurer already actively driving dance prevention forward – and evidence for what we have long called for: structured, dance-specific prevention instead of leaving it to chance.

Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance, Stuttgart

Health promotion for the independent scene – now with ta.med as a cooperation partner

With funding from the City of Stuttgart's „Entwicklungstreiber Kultur" programme, the Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance launched its „Health Promotion for the Independent Dance and Performance Scene" initiative in 2025: five workshops with experts from dance medicine, sports science, nutrition and psychology, aimed at raising health awareness and building a network. The initiative is now being anchored for the long term – including through a new cooperation with ta.med. Members also receive regular one-on-one dance medicine consultations with an experienced physician, as well as discounted access to the „Zertifikat Tanzmedizin" training. An example of how independent companies outside fixed institutional structures can build their own prevention infrastructure.

Narrative review · Journal of Dance Medicine & Science · Jan. 2026

Musculoskeletal injections in dancers: a practical overview

A narrative review published in January 2026 in the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science by Pasculli, Sheng, Davenport and Gleason (Emory University and others) maps out common injection therapies for dance-related injuries: from corticosteroid injections offering rapid but time-limited anti-inflammatory relief, to regenerative approaches such as hyaluronic acid, prolotherapy, PRP (platelet-rich plasma) and mesenchymal stromal cell therapies, through to peripheral nerve hydrodissection and spinal injections. Regenerative therapies are considered particularly promising for chronic tendinopathies and mild to moderate osteoarthritis. Imaging techniques such as ultrasound and fluoroscopy improve accuracy and safety. For non-physician providers, the review offers a compact orientation on which procedures suit which diagnosis – and when referral is appropriate.

PMID 41592791 · PubMed · Jan. 2026

Scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) · Healthcare · March 2026

Manual therapy, core training and Pilates in dance rehabilitation

A scoping review published in March 2026 in the journal Healthcare, conducted according to the PRISMA-ScR standard, analyses 16 studies on manual therapy, core stability training and the Pilates Method in the rehabilitation of adult dancers. The aim is to lay the groundwork for standardised, evidence-based clinical protocols that support a safe return to full dance performance. Manual therapy remains the most frequently documented rehabilitation approach, while core- and Pilates-based interventions are increasingly appearing in the clinical literature. The evidence base remains methodologically heterogeneous and heavily reliant on case reports – though a shift toward controlled trials is under way. For practice, the review underscores how closely rehabilitation is tied to a structured return-to-dance process (see this month's glossary term).

Healthcare 2026, 14(7), 872 · DOI 10.3390/healthcare14070872 · März 2026