LEVEL UP
With the purpose to reduce the differences as well as to facilitate both: the pointe shoes adjustment and the dance performance, Só Dança has created Levelers and Extenders, so all types of feet can fit snugly into the pointe shoes.The Levelers protect your toes where they need more. They also adjust your feet to fit in all the Só Dança pointe shoes.
Fale ConoscoWHY TO USE THE SÓ DANÇA TOES LEVELERS?
Physiotherapist José Luiz Bastos Melo: “The proper use of the Levelers favors impact cushioning and feet alignment when you are on pointes helping to keep your feet healthy, helping to prevent calluses, abrasions and possible deformation.”At the Picture 1 not all the toes touch the pointe shoe bottom, but in Picture 2 they are leveled, as so the support is homogeneous and the body weight is evenly distributed over all the toes, reducing the pressure on the larger toe.This makes all the difference to the dancer, because the Levelers favor impact cushioning and alignment of the feet when on pointe helping to improve the health of the feet and helping to prevent callus formation, abrasions and possible deformation.
Fig. 1: Dedos sem nivelamento | Fig. 2: Dedos perfeitamente nivelados
Dr. José Luiz de Bastos Melo, fisioterapeuta com especialidade na prevenção e tratamento de lesões decorrentes da dança
José Luiz de Bastos Melo, physiotherapist with specialization in prevention and treatment of injuries that came from dance, professor, and consultant for the creation of Só Dança products.
Dancing on the pointe of the toes is a hard and long work. It is important the dancers try to find the pointe shoes best fit. There are some dancers here and we can see what kind of feet they have as well as how to use the Levelers on their toes.
Feet with larger second toe
How to adjust short toes according the vamp length
Feet with larger first toe
How to share pressure over toes
Dance is precision... and Só Dança is with you
Adaptação ao tamanho dos dedos
The elastic nature of the Levelers allows it to adapt to all toes sizes. If your toes are too short and thin, use the leveler indicated for smaller toes.
Conservação dos niveladores
Keep away from perforating materials and after each use baby powder to maintain the elasticity and soft touch.
