Pointe Shoe Pain

Tonight I had a taste of a tiny portion of the amount of pain a ballet dancer experiences. They spend 8 hours a day in pointe shoes.

I spent a mere hour and a half yesterday and today in pointe shoes and I can hardly walk. When I first rose up on my toes today I almost panicked when I felt the sharp ache. Can you imagine what its like to realize you have to spend the next hour and a half in agony?

Tomorrow I have two and a half hours of rehearsal. I'm not sure how many will be on pointe. I'm terrified.

I soaked my feet in cold water, and put a band aid and neosporin on my open blister, but I don't know how much it will help. Before school tomorrow I'll soak my poor feet again in cold water and then again before class with both cold and hot water. I need to buy some new wool pads too. I may even get gel pads...something so I can survive.

It's impossible for me to dance well under such pain. I just can't focus on anything else. How will I go on like this?