Ballet is an athletic activity with a marked artistic component, that need a highest technical requirement and repetitive movements. In this way, Overuse injuries, as we have been able to demonstrate in our studies, will be the most frequent injuries in ballet. En dehors, points, plié or portée, between others, are some of the most representative technical gesture of ballet. Related to Ballet disciplines, Classical ballet, Contemporary ballet, Neoclassical ballet, and the Spanish ballet in Spain, are the most important ballet disciplines. The Lower limbs and lumbar spine, are the most frequent anatomical location involved in this injuries, having differences between ballet disciplines, age, profesional seniority, and gender. The patellofemoral Syndrome is the most frequent overuse injuries in ballet, being also frequent the Snapping Hip, Achilles tendinopathy, the mechanical low back pain, or the Os trigonum Syndrome. It will be very important to know about, the biomechanic and pathomechanic of the Ballet specific technical gesture, the intrinsecal and environmental risk factors involved in ballet injuries, the injury-based differences among ballet disciplines as well as the most important preventive measures in ballet.

Francisco Sobrino Serrano is a Medical Doctor and Medical specialist at FREMAP Traumatology and Orthopedic surgery, developing the professional career in the field of Sports & Dance Traumatology, Labor Traumatology, Arthroscopic surgery and musculoskeletal injuries Prevention. Doctor´s degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Madrid Complutense University of Madrid with the qualification of Outstanding Cum laude. More than 20 articles published in national and international books and Scientific Journals. Member of the International Dance Council UNESCO. Member of the Spanish Scientific Society of Traumotology and Orthopedic Surgery, Spanish Society of Sports Traumatology, Spanish Society of Labor Traumotology. He is an External Consultant in Surgery and Sports and Dance Traumatology at the Anglo-American Medical Unit in Madrid, as well as Consultant and Traumotology Advisor of Dance at the Royal Academy of Dance in Spain, and for the professional dancers of the main Spanish Ballet companies.