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How to Choose the Right Performing Arts Medicine Practitioner for You
Learn how setting healthy boundaries as a performing artist can support your wellbeing and help you build a sustainable performing arts career.
BAPAM Research Policy
BAPAM's Research Policy is published in full here: BAPAM Research Policy This Research Policy sets out the standards and requirements that apply to all research involving BAPAM. The aim of this Research Policy is to ensure that any research, evaluation or audit...
Project: Injury Characteristics and Contributing Factors Among Ballet Dancers: A Cross-sectional Survey
Call for participants for a research project on improving understanding of ballet-related injuries and supporting better injury prevention and dancer health. The research by Performing Arts Medicine MSc graduate and PhD candidate Yawen Hu is based at the University of...
Publication: Health promotion in tertiary music institutions: a position paper
A new consensus-based Position Paper on health promotion in tertiary music institutions has been published in Arts Education Policy Review. The paper is open access and available to read here. Abstract Health promotion in tertiary music education lacks shared guidance...
New Research Published on the Impact of Working in Immersive Theatre on Actors’ Health
The first research study to examine the impact of immersive theatre on actor health and wellbeing finds that while actors value the creative aspects of working in immersive theatre, they face serious genre-specific occupational health risks. The research, by...
5 Visualisation Techniques Performing Artists Can Use Before Walking on Stage
Learn how setting healthy boundaries as a performing artist can support your wellbeing and help you build a sustainable performing arts career.
Knowing Your Boundaries While Working in the Performing Arts
Learn how setting healthy boundaries as a performing artist can support your wellbeing and help you build a sustainable performing arts career.
The Performer’s Wellbeing Toolkit
The Summer Solstice on June 21st is near, and it marks a point for performing arts professionals to check in with their health. Learn more now.
Summer Solstice Success: Looking After Yourself This Summer Season
The Summer Solstice on June 21st is near, and it marks a point for performing arts professionals to check in with their health. Learn more now.
Physiotherapy in the Performing Arts
Last month, PhysioFirst's In Touch Journal, a clinical journal for physiotherapists working in private practice, published a special issue dedicated to performing arts medicine. It featured articles on how physiotherapy can help dancers, musicians, circus artists, and...
Inclusive Creative Spaces Support Healthier Performers – May 17th Spotlight
Discover how inclusive creative spaces for LGBTQIA+ artists foster healthier performing professionals. Read more on the BAPAM news feed now.
PPL Running Team Complete Lisbon Superhalf for BAPAM
Thank you to the PPL running team, Peter Leathem OBE (PPL CEO and BAPAM Chair), Mark Douglas, Laurence Oxenbury, Shula Kerr and Ruth Webster, who completed the Lisbon Superhalf Marathon on Sunday 8 March 2026, raising over £15,000 in support of BAPAM. This support...
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