A dancer's lifestyle as a part of dance medicine

This thesis deals with dancer′s lifestyle as a part of the dance medicine. It is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on notions of dance medicine and lifestyle and relationships between them. Lifestyle consists of two main components - nutrition and psychology. These ingredients include between disciplines, which is engaged in dance medicine. The second part focuses on the physical component of lifestyle - nutrition and proper diet. Several chapters described the importance of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, trace elements, vitamins, phytochemicals and fluids in the dancer′s diet. Part of these chapters are also dietary guidelines. A special chapter is devoted to alcohol and energy drinks and their effects on health and performance of the dancer. As conclusion of this part of the thesis describes the Healthy Plate as a tool that can help when the dancers focus on issues of healthy eating. The third part of this work deals with the emotional and psychological component of the dancer′s lifestyle. There is a description of the issues of: stress and burnout in the life of a dancer, Female Athlete Triad (concerning girls and women), sleep and his in/sufficiency, issues of recovery and relaxation