Want to Help A Friend with Torn Miniscus
I feel bad. I am always that person who wants to help my friends who always say, "I need to be more active," to be more active. I had a best friend of mine die at 26 y/o because of reasons relating to weight and inactivity, so I'm even more annoying about it now with my friends and family. I love dancing, and it is my belief that anyone can enjoy dancing and anyone can learn. I had my friend sign up for a beginner's Cuban salsa class. They are always switching partners, and she is very new to the whole partner dancing aspect. She has refused to let people partner with her, as she has spent the last two classes basically just learning the 1,2,3 ... 5,6,7.... steps, which is totally valid for someone who has never taken a dance class. I've been taking this class for over a year now and still count in my head. Another part of the class that is upsetting is that she can't seem to do the 180 turns like in enchufla. She has a torn meniscus that they refused to operate on because she was "too heavy" (I always feel like this is a cop-out for doctors, because some doctors would have denied me a surgery I recently had for the same reason, but I was able to find a very skilled surgeon who had no issue). She is not able to do the enchufla or any pivoting on her left knee, as it will make it worse. I want to find a way to help her so that she can still do the move or enjoy the dance without exacerbating her injury. Does anyone dance with an injury like this? Have any tips? Or should I just beg for forgiveness and tell her this is probably not the activity for her?