Chiropractic Helping Professional Dancers

An article from the news website the AZcentral.com from Arizona on Feb. 5, 2009 reported on chiropractic care helping professional ballet dancers. This article also follows the history of a former dancer, Paul Frame, who was so impressed with chiropractic care that he became a chiropractor himself.

From 1979 to 1988, Paul Frame was a member of the New York City Ballet. "It was in Balanchine's last days," he says. "It was wonderful to be part of it; I was blessed." Frames career was very promising as New York Times dance critic Jennifer Dunning wrote in 1987 that Frame danced with "special radiance."

Eventually Frame was forced to retire from dancing due to nagging back pains. As he described it, "You get a feeling when it's your time. My body shouted it to me."

Several years after his retirement, Frame decided to go to chiropractic school as he recalled how chiropractic had helped him while he was dancing, "As a dancer, chiropractic helped me immensely." He decided to attend school at the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Not being a big fan of cold weather he described the area as, "It was one of the bleakest places known to man." Immediately after his graduation, he moved to Phoenix for the climate. He stated, "I saw the sky, the sun and the moon. It was very calming for me."

Now Dr. Paul Frame brings his expertise in dancing to his chiropractic care for the dance world. He notes, "Being a past dancer, I know what they are going through," he says. "I know the mind-set of a dancer, I understand the vocabulary."

Sasha Edelman, a dancer who is featured in the article and under the care of Dr. Frame explains that she gets regular chiropractic care, "I don't come every week," Edelman says. "But every other week or so, it releases everything if it feels stuck. You move better after and you really feel a difference."