I’ve seen doctors notes and scientific studies of dampening and resiliency, but I have yet to know of something that will guarantee no injuries when dancing on a floating subfloor. Virtually everybody thinks it’s the way to go. I and most people can feel the difference. A test I do to feel the shock absorbency on a floor is to go up on my toes and drop my body weight on my heels. If you do this on concrete, and then immediately step onto a FloatFloor panel, instantly you will feel the results. The concrete sends a bit of a shock up your spine. The FloatFloor also does but very little.
From my years of working with dancers, I know that they all like some cushion to be easier on their joints. You might think that some cushioning is easier on your joints. However, a certain amount of shock absorbency may affect a heavy person differently than a lightweight person. Also, it’s logical to assume that the floating floor will take away the height of a jump as some of the energy will be sent downward into the floating subfloor.
