Aimee Higgs is a chartered physiotherapist who studied ballet at the Royal Ballet School. As a dancer, Aimee battled several very challenging injuries which has motivated her to use her clinical skills to assist others to reach their full potential and personal goals.
Aimee has a special interest in dance-specific injuries and believes in using a client-centred approach, addressing all necessary components of health and wellbeing. Aimee has therefore successfully rehabilitated many different and complex conditions and particularly enjoys treating musculoskeletal/sports injuries, as well as providing post-operative rehabilitation.
Aimee can help with traumatic injuries, overuse injuries, post operative, bone stress, soft tissue injuries, ankle instability and hyper mobility, general MSK injuries. She provides physiotherapy for acute injuries and pain in dancers, strength and conditioning for dancers based on individual needs, technique enhancement and injury prevention guidance and rehab plans, manual therapy and exercise based intervention.
Andrew Steed is an experienced physiotherapist treating musicians referred via the BMI Hendon Hospital Adult Musicians' Upper Limb Clinic. He is also experienced working with actors and dancers. Conditions treated include work related upper limb disorders, rotator cuff injuries, shoulder impingements, scapula dyskinesia, cervical radiculopathies, lumbar radiculopathies, low back pain, lower limb muscular strains and tears, tendinopathies, postural, biomechanical dysfunction and Bells Palsy. Based at Syon Clinic, Brentford. Home and workplace visits also possible. Contact via email or BMI Hospitals.
Based at Performance Physiotherapy, Pontypridd, Ben is an experienced physiotherapist providing injury assessment and diagnosis, injury rehabilitation and pain management to sports and creative professionals.
Bethany is a Chartered Physiotherapist (HCPC MCSP) with a Master's in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL graduating with distinction. She spends most of her time running a Performing Arts Specialist Clinic (Flexibility Matters Physiotherapy) in London where she supports performers through physiotherapy, health education and flexibility training whilst working part-time as a Pain Specialist Physiotherapist in NHS for the last 5 years.
Professionally, she has worked with Team England ParaCheer, Gymnastic Commonwealth Games, and BCA Cheer & Dance. Beth is currently the Circus Health Leading Practitioner for the UK’s National School of Circus Arts, where she delivers lectures on circus medicine, supports circus health research and provides health provisions for students. Beth’s research on “Pain in acrobatic performers and athletes” has won the Mike Shipley Award for Excellence in Research. She has presented her physio knowledge and findings at international conferences such as the PAMA symposium (Performing Arts Medicine Association) and the BCA British Coaches Conference (BCA Cheer & Dance). She is passionate about Performer's Health and longevity and is involved in Sport Cheer England's Medical Committee.
She can help with chronic pain conditions, musculoskeletal and rheumatological conditions, hypermobility, sports injuries, exercise prescription, rehabilitation and flexibility training.
"I want to support you to heal and recover quicker with movements rehab/therapy so you won’t need to Google: how long does it take to recover from [Your condition] ” and struggle with the uncertainty around your pain and injury".
Caitlin Seto is a physiotherapist specialising in hand therapy and upper limb injuries. Caitlin puts her musical training to use when treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions in musicians and creative performers.
Throughout her career as a physiotherapist, Caitlin gained extensive experience working with musicians of all instruments and skill-levels, including work with individuals of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Caitlin assesses injuries/pain, looking at movement, strength, posture, and technique to create an individualized treatment programme for musicians. She uses a variety of techniques such as soft tissue release, exercise, acupuncture and dry needling, splinting, and taping to support musicians in performing to the best of their abilities. She also teaches reformer pilates to help people with posture, mobility, and flexibility, to aid in general health and fitness.
Caitlin studied piano for 10 years and flute for 5 years. She has played in bands and orchestras from a young age and continues to play for leisure. Caitlin’s aim is to provide support and care for musicians and performers to help them master their skills and achieve their goals.
Performing arts and sports specialist physiotherapy, acupuncture, specialist vocal physiotherapy. Has experience working at BAPAM and in her own practice with many creative professionals and students.
Cathy Gordon is a jaw (temporomandibular joint), head and neck and vestibular specialist with experience in the management of all musculoskeletal upper and lower limb and spinal conditions in adults and children. She is experienced treating musicians and singers from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and performance professionals around the North West. Cathy uses manual therapy, acupuncture, and personal exercise programmes to support injury recovery and prevention. She is a keen violinist and pianist and plays in several orchestras and chamber groups in the Manchester area. She is based at Romiley Physio, Stockport.
Cathy is one of the leading physiotherapists treating TMD (jaw pain) in the UK. She works with the Maxillofacial Dept at Stepping Hill Hospital and privately takes referrals from specialist experienced TMD dentists in the Manchester area, although patients travel from all areas of the North West up to the Isle of Man to receive treatment. In 2009, Cathy co-founded ACPTMD (the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Temporomandibular Disorders). Cathy also teaches students and musicians/singers/teachers on the management of jaw / facial pain in singers and musicians
Cathy provides physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitation for dizziness and problems with balance, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). She works with otolaryngologists or ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) consultants in the NHS and have developed a new role in a Balance clinic working with an ENT consultant and the audiology department.
Chloe Rowlatt is a physiotherapist who has also toured as a dancer with the Ballet West Company, Scotland. She has coached the GB contemporary soloist to the World Cup in Portugal and has taught dance workshops in South Africa in less economically developed areas.
Through her dancing, Chloe has a strong understanding of ballet technique and of its demands on the body. As a physio she does specific rehab towards ballet goals and movement, and deals with dance injuries in all genres. She is currently training as a Vocal Physio.
Chloe uses Manual therapy and works with clients on Pointe Shoe Screening, ESWT, Acupuncture, Dry needling, Therapeutic Ultrasound, Cupping, Exercise prescription and rehabilitation, 1-1 Pilates for dancers, Clinical Pilates, Performance technique, Ballet technique, Dance technique, and specific rehab for a return to class.
"I know the pressures on both mind and body and how these both interact as well as how this is sometimes missed in training and working. Having been a dancer quietly carrying injuries, retraining as a physiotherapist has allowed me to full circle back into the industry and enables me to help other dancers have long healthy careers".
Dan Turnell specialises in treating performers including instrumental musicians, singers and dancers. He has expertise in pre-hab injury prevention, rehabilitation, vocal problems (including Laryngeal Manual Therapy), minimising risks in puppetry and physical performance. He has worked with many artists, including as the physiotherapist for touring dance companies and West End productions. His practice is based in Manchester and he sees many RNCM and Northern Ballet School students. Dan also runs a regular, free BAPAM physiotherapy clinic.
"We're an elite physiotherapy clinic with our values rooted in the care of professional performers, and the belief that this should be available to all. We aim to utilise our state of the art facilities and injury, treatment and rehabilitation knowledge and skills to provide each client with a personalised and effective treatment plan, which will ensure that you can return to pain free performance quickly, effectively and confidently."
Physiotherapist Darel Evans is a hands-on manual therapist, utilising adept manual skills in mobilisation of the soft tissues and manipulation of spinal and peripheral joints. He combines manual therapy, advanced clinical & gym based rehabilitation, sport taping, cupping and acupuncture to relieve pain, correct asymmetries, improve functional movement and strength and keep performers on track.
"I value patient empowerment through teaching an in-depth understanding of their condition/injury. I believe this is key to successful treatment and management of symptoms and for return to daily activities and performance".
Darel can assist with advanced clinical and gym based rehabilitation, injury management for musicians - managing pain whilst playing/performing, injury prevention courses - raked stage, tour based, track specific, strength and conditioning for dance workshops and 1:1 coaching. His sessions include dance specific education which will improve dance technique through expert body awareness training. Darel is also experienced at laryngeal manual therapy / vocal massage, dealing with loss of range, increased effort, breathy, husky voice quality, pain on phonation, globus, full body assessment/MOT, postural correction and vocal rehab.
Debbie Wilson is a physiotherapist specialising in performing artists, and the lead musculoskeletal physiotherapist for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She also works with students from local performing arts colleges and universities, and all performance professionals in the Liverpool area, including many dancers.
Debbie treats all acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, postural related dysfunctions, mechanical neck and back pain, overuse/repetitive strain injuries, adverse neural tension, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, rotator cuff related pain, impingements, tendinopathies, overload and underload related pathologies, stress fractures, acute sprains, ligament ruptures. Debbie also offers post-natal physio checks - Mummy MOT (https://www.themummymot.com/) - and is also an APPI trained Pilates teacher.
Based in Penzance, Dominique Royle has built up many years' experience working with musicians and performers.
She is an HCPC and CSP registered chartered phsyiotherapist who trained at Guy’s Hospital, in London. She worked in the NHS for 25 years before going into private practice.
Her specialist areas include:
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Musculoskeletal conditions
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Musicians’ injuries and Performing Arts Injuries
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Post cancer treatments rehabilitation
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Hypermobility spectrum and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Disorders
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Postural dysfunctions
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Women’s Health
Dominique is a member of:
OCPPP : Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice
BAPAM: British Association of Performing Arts Medicine
ACPOPC: Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Oncology & Palliative Care
APPI: Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute
POGP Associate: Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
Dr Moira McCormack is a physiotherapist and former professional classical ballet dancer and teacher of classical ballet. Moira has worked with classical ballet dancers, professional musical theatre dancers, vocational dance students of all ages and contemporary dancers.
Moira can help with returning the dancer to technical class and performance through understanding the cardiovascular, strength and technical demands involved. She tackles issues relating to lower limb (including spine), foot and ankle, shoulder girdle and post surgical rehabilitation. She is experienced working with hypermobile patients. She practises at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) in central London.
Sarah is a Performing Arts Medicine Physiotherapist and Educator, working mainly with instrumental musicians. She has extensive clinical experience in assessing & treating playing-related musculoskeletal injuries in instrumental musicians, and she is passionate about injury prevention, and promoting musculoskeletal well-being in musicians.
Sarah is the physiotherapist at The Purcell School for Young Musicians and well-being lead for the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain. She is an assessing clinician and educator for BAPAM and also works in a thriving private practice near Cambridge (montaguclinic.com).
Additionally, she is in high demand as a teacher and speaker, and has contributed her expertise to school INSET sessions for visiting instrument teachers, INSET sessions at County Music Hubs, the Royal College of Music Junior Department, the Royal Northern College of Music undergraduate and post-graduate wellbeing curriculum, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 'Careers in the Music Industry' Study Day, BAPAM Healthy Practice training sessions, Musicians' Union 'well-being for musicians' activities and the Benedetti Foundation.
She has a Doctorate of Education from the University of Cambridge, and has had her research findings accepted for presentation at National, International and World Conferences (UK National Physiotherapy Conferences (2012, 2017 and 2019), International Society of Music Education World Conference (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2018), Performing Arts Medicine Association International Symposium (New Orleans, 2020).
Elodie Gauthier is a senior performing arts specialist physiotherapist working at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, privately, and as the BAPAM Physiotherapist at our Glasgow clinic. She is also a writer & musician, a yoga teacher and an assistant researcher in psychology. She is also a volunteer postnatal companion with Amma Birth Companions. She enjoys practising and teaching a variety of movement forms, including dance, martial arts, yoga and Pilates. A proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, she offers safer spaces to her patients and students from all walks of life, whether in clinical or educational settings.
Emer Lauchlan is a Physiotherapist and Pilates teacher, combining pilates and hands-on manual therapy to improve patient function and pain. Emer works at multiple West End shows with experience in TV, opera and circus. She specialises in vocal physiotherapy, with a particular interest in altered biomechanics and breathing patterns.
Emer uses a holistic approach to achieve the best patient outcomes, utilising both Reformer and Matwork to address weakness and instability. This treatment approach is particularly effective for those on the hypermobile spectrum. Emer can help with issues relating to TMJ related disorder, vocal disorders e.g. muscle tension dysphonia, MSK related injuries both acute and chronic, pain related to hypermobility disorders inc EDS, biomechanical imbalances, and postural imbalances. Emer also provides manual therapy, advanced dry needling including electro-acupuncture, laryngeal mobilisations, pilates strengthening both matwork and reformer, kinesiology taping and BFR training.
Genevieve Tawiah is an experienced Performance Physiotherapist who uses sports massage, medical acupuncture, taping and more alongside a variety of exercise methods. She has experience teaching matwork and reformer pilates and a background in yoga practice which she often applies in sessions.
My goal is to provide you with the tools you need to optimise your wellbeing; learn more about your body and make a safe and efficient recovery from injury - back to the activities you love where possible.
Services and treatments include:
- Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment for injuries
- Video call consultations
- Sports Massage
- Vocal Physiotherapy
- Jaw (TMJ) Physiotherapy
- Medical Acupuncture
- Dry Cupping
- Shockwave Therapy
- Supportive Taping
- Exercise advice: Pilates/ Yoga/ Strength and Conditioning
- Injury prevention talks and workshops
George Tyros is a highly experienced clinical physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal, sports and geriatric physiotherapy. He has been treating performers extensively since 2016, seeing many musicians from the CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) and performing arts professionals working at venues including Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Utilita Arena Birmingham and Symphony Hall plus touring dancers, strings and brass instrumentalists.
For 10 years George was the lead sports physiotherapist for the Greek Swimming Federation (KOE) and the Greek Olympic team (swimming department) where he overlooked the prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries in elite swimmers. He saw that performers share many of the same attributes and benefit from specialised care from informed health care professionals who understands their specific physical and psychosocial support needs.
He has a special interest in Geriatrics particularly the 80+ group and possesses substantial experience with the pre-and post-operative management of orthopaedic procedures such as joint replacements.
He works with Isaac Tyros (also listed in the BAPAM Directory) at Edgbaston Physiotherapy.
Howard Maxwell Turner is a physiotherapist, highly experienced in working with musicians and dancers. After gaining his degree in physiotherapy from Latrobe University in Melbourne, he worked in Montreal before settling in the UK.
Howard has worked in the NHS, in occupational health, in private practice and as a consultant to a variety of sporting teams and bodies. He has taught on 6 of the UK’s Physiotherapy Masters programmes for 30 years, on clinical reasoning, disorders of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and shoulder problems. He has also taught post-graduate training courses to physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors on the management of low-back pain of pelvic origin and hip and groin pain. He has consulted to British Cycling, UK Athletics, British Swimming, the English Institute of Sport, the LTA and LTAA, the RFU, West Ham, QPR, Sale Sharks and London Irish and has provided training to the Physiotherapy departments of many household name sporting clubs and bodies.
Howard’s specialist interest is in chronic neck and back pain, sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and pelvic pain and disorders, headache, and neuropathic pain.
Isaak Tyros is a highly trained physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, a researcher and a member of faculty at the University of Birmingham where he teaches full-time in the Physiotherapy department. He is a semi-professional musician (bass guitarist) who treats musicians and dancers regularly.
Physiotherapist, Jonny Grimwade, has worked within the performing arts for the last 10 years. He was the Head Therapist of Performance Medicine at Cirque du Soleil 2017-2020, and has also worked with world touring circus shows such as Briefs, circus training centres such as Aircraft Circus and children circus production companies such as Le Petite Cirque.
Specialities include: All musculoskeletal injuries, sports related injuries, manual therapy, performance technique, taping/splinting, advanced rehabilitation programmes, educating/lecturing within performance optimisation, immediate trauma care/side of stage care, workload management/Injury mitigation, injury prevention strategies, performance optimisation.
Kathy Harris is a physiotherapist experienced treating musicians, dancers and performers. Specialising in manual therapy and home exercise programmes, Kathy has worked alongside the Ulster Orchestra for 7 years and has also worked with Highland, Irish and contemporary dancers, choir and solo vocalists, and students and staff at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Kathy has also trained as a classical pianist and oboist.
Katy Chambers is a highly experienced Physiotherapist with a holistic approach to working with performing arts professionals. Katy supports clients with a broad range of conditions, working with performers, elite athletes and the general population. Katy's areas of specialism include hypermobility spectrum conditions, temperomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, cervicogenic headaches and biomechanical analysis for dance, physical performance, sporting and day to day activities.
With a focus on pain management, reduction of dysfunction and optimising of performance, physiotherapy treatment may include:
Manual Therapy
Acupuncture
Tailored Exercise Prescription
Postural Re-education
Katy has worked with many performing artists and is a specialist within the field. She works with Trinity Laban Conservatoire - as part of the National Institute for Dance Medicine and Science - and is involved in injury screening and support for further industry developments. She is also listed on the One Dance UK directory, is a member of IADMS and presents regularly at performing arts medicine conferences, including IADMS, ISPS and PAMA.
Performing arts specialist physiotherapy, specialist vocal physiotherapy, acupuncture. Extensive experience helping performing artists of all different disciplines including many West End performers with musculoskeletal problems. Expert in muscular tension in professional voice users, injury prevention and treatment in dancers, posture and musicians' health operating in The Midlands with Franklin Physiotherapy Ltd.
Lauren Fekete is a physiotherapist with an MSc in Physiotherapy from Aberdeen and a Master’s degree in Dance Science. During this time she assisted and shadowed the lead physiotherapist for Scottish Ballet and began working within the NHS, specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Lauren has since developed her experience in treating a myriad of conditions by also working as a freelance physiotherapist with Scottish Ballet and in a private practice specialising in back/spinal pain.
Recently, Lauren has completed an academic year working as a physiotherapist and lecturer in anatomy at English National Ballet School. She has now begun working as a freelance physiotherapist with Central School of Ballet alongside her role at Pure Sports Medicine, where she has started up a multidisciplinary Dance & Performing Arts Medicine service.
Lauren's experience in dance training and performance together with her educational background has resulted in a deeper understanding of the physical and psychological impacts of high performance demands on the human body. Lauren has also attended conferences worldwide (including IADMS and Physios in Sport’s ‘Hypermobility and Control’) in order to enhance her comprehension of physiotherapy for diverse athletes and performers.
Lauren draws on coaching and interpersonal skills to empower individuals of all fitness levels in achieving their goals through personalised treatment programmes and education. Her special interests lie within injury prevention and rehabilitation of performing artists and athletes, and she utilises astute observational skills to thoroughly assess biomechanical disparities and movement patterns for all manner of clientele. Overall, Lauren aims to utilise her experience in order to approach injury prevention and rehabilitation in a more unique, holistic, and meaningful way.
Lauren provides treatment for muscle sprains/strains, tendon issues (tendinitis, tendinopathy), iImpingement’ (shoulder, hip, ankle, etc.), bony stress response/stress fractures (tibia, metatarsals, neck of femur, vertebral, etc.), post-operative cases, overuse injuries, traumatic injuries (ankle sprains, fractures, etc.), RED-S/RED-D (in conjunction with MDT), generalised joint hyper-mobility, joint instability. She also provides manual therapy (mobilisations, myofascial release, massage), exercise prescription, short and long-term programme planning, motivational interviewing, blood flow restriction training (BFR), and force decks/ force plate testing.
Leanne O'Brien is a Specialist Women's and Men's Health Physiotherapist with experience in treating a wide range of pelvic floor issues and musculoskletelal pain (including pregnancy and post-natal rehab, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction and post-operative rehab). She has over 13 years experience, and has worked in both the NHS and privately, including work in a gait lab, rehabilitating runners and athletes back to sport.
Leanne works closely with dancers, musical theatre and actors. Having studied ballet, tap, contemporary, jazz and street dance, Leanne has great insight into the demands that dance places on the body. This background has allowed her to rehab dancers back to full fitness following injury, surgery or pregnancy. She offers acupuncture, pelvic floor re-education (kegel exercises, real-time ultrasound, biofeedback and muscle stimulation), pelvic floor manual therapy, a return to sport or performing arts postnatally, massage (including scar massage), and reformer pilates training (including pregnancy and postnatal). One of Leanne's specialist interests is the relationship between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor, which is a key area to address in brass players, including throughout pregnancy and into the postnatal period. She also gives hernia advice pre and post operatively, to patients (both men and women) who've had repairs or are trying to treat their issue conservatively.
"My passion for Women’s and Men’s health started when I realised that my female athletes needed a more in-depth level of care. My passion has spiraled from there and I’ve worked as a specialist physiotherapist in both the NHS and private practice. I’m incredibly passionate about returning people back to activity and enabling them to achieve their goals".
Logan Lefler is a specialist performing arts physiotherapist and the Clinic Manager at NEUROTOUR London. He is experienced providing physiotherapy support for Broadway, West End and touring productions and performers. He has worked with musical theatre performers, musicians on tour, ballet dancers, orchestral musicians and vocalists. Conditions treated include vocal strain, low back pain, disc herniation, sacroiliac dysfunction, joint impingement, neurological disorders, post-operation rehabilitation, ligament tears, strains, pains and tension. He has provided backstage physiotherapy care and worked on injury prevention measures, considering factors such as raked stages, heavy costumes, props, demanding choreography and vocal demands. He is a trained Mental Health First Aider.
Lucie Rayner is a Chartered Physiotherapist and assessing clinician for The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and specialises in treating performing artists with a wide range of musculoskeletal problems. She has extensive experience in managing acute and chronic injuries in dancers, musicians, and other performers from amateur to elite level. She currently works freelance in a variety of settings, including supporting West End musical theatre performers.
Lucie initially completed a Sport Science degree before qualifying as a Physiotherapist. She worked in the NHS, school and private sector before starting her own Physiotherapy clinic in 2012. She has been practicing the Pilates Method for over 15 years and gained her teaching qualification through The Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute (APPI). She is also a Level 2 accredited Vocal Health First Aider and has a special interest in hypermobility, injury prevention and health education.
In 2020, she completed an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London (UCL) and was awarded the Dean's Prize for her research related to hypermobility and dancer health screening. Lucie now an honorary lecturer and module lead on the Performing Arts Medicine programme at UCL.
Michael Gale is a highly experienced NHS physiotherapist with a special interest in dance, circus and singing performance. He has a background as a contemporary dancer, having trained at The Place and worked with various choreographers over several years. He combines his insight as a performer with clinical expertise, understanding performers’ need for specialist care and rehab.
Michael provides NHS services at Guy's Hospital - referrals can be made by NHS GPs via eRS for the attention of Michael Gale.
Conditions managed include persistent pain, musculoskeletal injury, post-operative rehabilitation, spinal problems, Upper and lower limb problems.
Michael has expertise in manual therapy, exercise therapy including Pilates, acupuncture and aquatic therapy. For patients with a Lambeth or Southwark GP, imaging, diagnostics and onward referral to medical/orthopaedic services is available.
Brittany Wawryk is performing arts specialist physiotherapist, specialist in vocal and jaw physiotherapist and clinical Pilates teacher. She has over 11 years experience in working with performers, including singers and professional voice users, musicians, dancers and actors. She covers all musculoskeletal injuries sustained by performing artists including but not limited to hand and wrist injuries, knee, hip, shoulder, back, nechk, ankle and foot; she also specialises in jaw and voice related conditions.
Lisa specialises in treating performing artists such as dancers, choreographers, musicians, circus performers, singers, and actors, and has experience working with a wide variety of patients including elite athletes, youngsters and the elderly. Her expertise includes post-operation rehabilitation, overuse injuries, traumatic injuries, advice regarding posture and overuse, environmental effects on pain - stool type/height, music stands, props etc, adapting practice schedule, return to play/performing rehabilitation specific for dancers, musicians and circus performers.
Lisa has experience working with American Ballet Theatre, and Alvin Ailey Dance Company in New York City. She was a dancer for 15 years and has played 7 different instruments throughout her life. She was also the first American to be accepted and to complete the MSc Performing Arts Medicine course at University College London in 2017.
Lead clinician at Metro Physio in Salford. Works with many performers at the highest level - musicians, dancers, actors and athletes, as well as many Royal Northern College of Music students.
Ed Blake is the Director and Lead Physiotherapist at PhysioEd Medical.
Ed founded Physio Ed Medical Ltd in 2004 following a successful stint as a sole clinician in private practice. Prior to this he had completed a BSc in Physiotherapy in Perth Western Australia and an MSc in physiotherapy at University College London. He has pioneered physiotherapy treatments for vocal patients and has vast experience in the management of dance and performance related injuries.
He lectures regularly on the academic circuit on the above topics and has many publications to his name in prestigious medical texts and journals. Ed is also an Honorary UCL lecturer and co-leading MSK module for the MSc in Performing Arts Medicine. His primary area of interest is in the management of spinal pain in addition to his vocal work. Outside of work he is a keen skier, runner and swimmer.
Patrice is a former professional French horn player with much experience in the field of Performing Arts Medicine: all instrumentalists/instrument groups with musculoskeletal disorders. He set up his Performing Arts Clinic in 2002. He is also an MSK Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner in the NHS. He has published and presented research into the evaluation and management of focal dystonia in musicians, and musculoskeletal pain affecting musicians. He developed and validated the Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for Musicians (MPIIQM), which has since been translated and validated in several languages. He is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), and of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP). He works regularly with the all the professional orchestras in Scotland, and with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Clinics are held in Bearsden.
Deep tissue massage, neuromuscular techniques, myofascial release, relaxation. Stretching, body maintenance, posture. Pre and post-performance massage and stretching. Musculoskeletal dysfunction, muscle imbalance, tension, weakness or tightness. Rehabilitating tendinopathies and repetitive strain injuries, assessing the ergonomics of playing a musical instrument. Graded Motor Imagery, Mirror therapy for Focal Dystonia. Plays clarinet and bassoon. Based in Cuffley, Hertfordshire.
Trained as a professional dancer. Student Health Adviser and Physiotherapist for Guildhall School of Music and Drama. BAPAM physiotherapy clinic in London.
Hannah Dsouza is a First Contact Practitioner/Physiotherapist experienced in working with musicians, vocalists, musical theatre, dance and circus artists. She helps performing artists with issues relating to sprains, strains, ligament injuries, fractures, dystonia, soft tissue injuries and vocal tension. She also offers services in strength & conditioning, injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, soft tissue mobilisation, manual therapy, vocal massage and instrument/dance specific rehabilitation. She is based in Hemel Hempstead and is able to arrange home visits/onsite physiotherapy. In her NHS work she is a first contact practitioner, providing specialist physio assessments for patients attending their GP surgery with musculoskeletal conditions.
Hannah is a singer and instrumentalist playing keyboard, guitar and ukulele and is also a freestyle, Bollywood and Kathak dancer. "Being a musician and a member of a musical band, I can very well empathise with fellow performers who perform despite being in pain. I realised that I want to work with performers at a very early stage while studying physiotherapy. I strongly believe in the biopsychosocial framework of management while dealing with any patient, especially performers".
Louise is a specialist musculoskeletal, sports and performing arts physiotherapist. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from Keele University in 2004 and furthered her professional development by completing an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London where she was awarded a distinction in 2015.
She holds a clinic at BAPAM and at her own practice, Rejuven8 Physiotherapy, Louise treats a varied musculoskeletal caseload that includes athletes and performing artists of all ages and levels - dancers, gymnasts, ice skaters, musicians, rugby players, swimmers, vocalists and more.
Louise’s extensive experience and postgraduate studies have provided her with a wealth of knowledge in screening, movement analysis and advanced injury rehabilitation. This experience ideally places Louise to offer effective assistance with queries regarding optimal recovery from injury and surgery, performance enhancement and minimizing future injury risk.
Virginia Whiteley is a highly experienced performance physiotherapist and Pilates teacher, who can assess and treat all performing arts work and study-related musculoskeletal problems. She has worked with musicians and physical performers, and dance companies including Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance Company. Virginia runs the face to face at BAPAM clinic at Music House: Leeds.
Neil treats a variety of performance professionals and students including actors and dancers (including ballet and ice) presenting with problems in areas such as lumbar spine, cervical spine, upper and lower limb. He is based at Step Forward Physiotherapy. Locations include Merthyr, University of South Wales, Cardiff and Abergavenny.
Nicola Cherry is a Chartered Physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal assessment and treatment, with a particular interest in the upper limb. Prior to qualification as a Physiotherapist in 2005, Nicola worked as an Occupational Therapist in hand therapy, qualifying in 1997. She is a keen amateur harpist, and also plays clarinet. She has an interest in treating performance artists, especially musicians. Her post graduate training includes qualifications in Pilates and acupuncture. Nicola is a Registered Practitioner and Assessing Clinician with the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), is a member of the British Association of Hand Therapists and the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists.
Nicole Leow is a performing arts specialist physiotherapist, highly experienced treating dancers, actors, singers and musicians. She has previously held a physiotherapy clinic for performers at BAPAM and currently practises at Mayfair Physiotherapy (Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, and Wilbraham Place, Chelsea).
Nicole has been trained in Pilates, dry needling, rehabilitation and exercise programmes. She has worked in the West End, on touring productions, and in the TV and film industry. She has specialist training in laryngeal physiotherapy, which is used to assist vocal health for those who may be struggling with symptoms such as vocal fatigue, loss of range, or breathy tone among others.
Performing arts specialist physiotherapy, specialist vocal physiotherapy, acupuncture. Extensive experience helping performing artists of all different disciplines including many West End performers with musculoskeletal problems. Expert in muscular tension in professional voice users, injury prevention and treatment in dancers, posture and musicians' health operating in The Midlands with Franklin Physiotherapy Ltd.
Physio Ed Medical was established in 2004 to provide professional physiotherapy services to the general public and entertainment industry. The clinic specialises in manual therapy techniques which optimise and accelerate injury recovery.
A large gym and rehabilitation space are available for specialist rehabilitation needs.
Specialist physiotherapy services are provided for all dance, sport and general musculoskeletal injuries. Physio Ed Medical are renowned for their work with the entertainment industry, particularly stage, music and television, and for vocal physiotherapy for both professional and amateur voice users.
About Companies and Group Practices listed on the BAPAM Directory
Roz Neale is a senior hand therapist and physiotherapist who sees many musicians and creative professionals with hand and upper limb conditions including pain, fractures, soft tissue injuries, nerve problems, posture related pain, focal dystonia, tendonitis, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, hypersensitivity. Physiotherapy practice includes: managing musculoskeletal problems, occupational health advice, sports massage, and acupuncture. Experienced working as part of a multidisciplinary team including orthopaedic hand and upper limb surgeons and other clinicians.
Remote virtual consultations for patients or face to face appointments are available at her private practice in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire. Roz also provides NHS care at Northwick Park Hospital (Hands and Orthopaedics).
Stephen Garvey is a chartered physiotherapist working with performing artists and elite athletes. He holds clinics with performers from the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House, and has insight into the physical and psychological demands placed on professionals in the performing arts. He also supports athletes including the Team GB sailing team, weightlifters and paralifters, and England Hockey underage team.
As a highly skilled practitioner, he treats broad and complex injuries, using evidence based research to guide his assessment and treatment. He strives for results through performance based strength and conditioning principles for patients recovering from injury. He places great emphasis on accurately diagnosing and effective treating his patients. He has a special interest in sports injuries and specialises in lower limb pathologies, where has a particular interest in patella-femoral conditions and ACL rehabilitation.
Stephen is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP) and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM).
Sudhir Daya (he/him) is a physiotherapist experienced in treating athletes, performing artists and office warriors, enabling them to get back to doing the activities that give meaning to their lives. Sudhir believes in a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to health, and his training and practice reflect this belief. Sudhir offers emotional stress assessments (HRV).
After graduating with distinction as a chartered physiotherapist (MCSP), Sudhir turned to acupuncture and ergonomics. Sudhir is a believer in the re-education of healthy movement patterns.
“Clients ask me to fix their bodies – in most cases, their bodies are in fine working order, but they’re not using their bodies correctly. I tell them to think of their body as their car. They don’t need a mechanic, they need driving lessons.” – Sudhir Daya
Sudhir also is a qualified yoga and Pilates teacher and in his spare time, trains in circus arts (flying trapeze, silks, rope, static trapeze), gymnastics (trampolining, tumbling, handstands) and dance (South Asian dance, ballet, contemporary). He is currently training in traditional in the traditional martial art form of Jujitsu and is working towards his black belt.
Sudhir has an interest in equity, diversity and belonging and currently sits on the CSP’s EDB Committee and was the previous chair of its LGBTQIA+ network. He is certified Life Coach (ICF PCC) and uses cutting edge technology to help clients with stress management and performance anxiety. Under his business name of “Integrated Health”, he tried to move away from siloed healthcare to more whole person wellbeing.
Tania Amorim provides advanced neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy and orthopaedic manual therapy. She is a specialist in Pain Management with over 15 years of experience. In addition to her private work, Tania is also part of the multidisciplinary team at Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital treating patients with complex pain conditions.
Her background working with performing artists & musicians has inspired her to a functional approach through movement and self awareness.
Academically she is a guest lecturer at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as well as the British School of Osteopathy. She completed her MSc in Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Kings College London where she further developed her interest in managing chronic pain.
Physiotherapy and acupuncture. Sees musicians from the RNCM and Manchester University. Grew up competing in Irish Dancing and learnt violin for 6 years. Trauma and orthopaedics. TMJ Physiotherapy. Vestibular Physiotherapy. Nowadays, she also practices also an additional specialism in Manual Lymphatic Drainage.
Thanh Thi Tran is a performance specialist physiotherapist with expertise in dance medicine, musicians' musculoskeletal injuries and vocal massage. She has seen many arts professionals and has previously worked at Perform Health (circus specialists), and is familiar with injuries specific to pole dancing. She is familiar with aerial equipment and performance environment considerations. She works with West End performers and students at RADA, and is based at Sông Physiotherapy on Harley Street.
Victoria Reboredo is a senior physiotherapist, first trained in A Coruna in northern Spain, she has specialised in performing arts, paediatrics, sports and respiratory physiotherapy. She currently practises at HCA The Shard, and also works as a Clinical Educator at King’s College London University, supervising trainee physiotherapists, where athletes and performers can obtain free treatment.
Victoria has worked as a physiotherapist with the Royal Academy of Dance and treats performance professionals including dancers, musicians and physical performers, helping manage and overcome all musculoskeletal injuries, including:
She has helped patients with problems including snapping hip syndrome, hip impingement, labral tears, hip flexor tendinopathy, hip bursitis, SIJ dysfunction, achilles tendinopathy, trigger toe, posterior ankle impingement, ankle sprains, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - Runner's Knee (PFPS), stress fracture, arthritis etc both in female and male dancers, musician's focal dystonia.
Victoria has expertise in Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy, scoliosis physiotherapy and respiratory physiotherapy.
Virginia Harvey is a Physiotherapist with over 10 years' experience of working as an Extended Scope Physiotherapy Practitioner in Cardiff and Vale NHS. She also practises privately and is based at Physio AtOne in Cardiff. She has developed expert diagnostic, hands on treatment and in-depth rehabilitation skills in the musculoskeletal setting.
Virginia is experienced in rehabilitation, pre-habilitation, consultant orthopaedic clinics, minor injuries, occupational health and hydrotherapy. She can help performing artists with hypermobility issues, post-fracture or soft tissue rehabilitation, knee and ankle foot pain in dancers, postural pain with string and wind instruments. She offers musculoskeletal assessment, joint mobilisation, soft tissue treatment, strength and conditioning, motivational interviewing and breathing techniques.