Technical Tuesday Calcaneus
The next time you slip your ballet or pointe shoes on over
your heel consider this unique bone called the calcaneus (heel bone). It is
unique.
Its frontal curve makes it possible to accommodate other
bones in the feet, including the talus and tarsal bones – and onward to the
metatarsals and phalanges that make it possible for dancers to go from
demi-pointe to pointe positions. The back of the calcaneus bone is where
critical muscles attach, like the Achilles tendon.
The calcaneus is like the train station of the foot and
ankle: the hub that allows the muscles
and bones of the foot and ankle the ability to come together do what they need
to do in order to produce the beautiful movements that make up the art of
dance.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Anatomical Secret #25q
“Of all the bones in the
feet, the unique calcaneus is the largest.”
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“Success
does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a
second time.”
― George Bernard Shaw
― George Bernard Shaw
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