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".
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
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
Hannah Marsh is an Osteopath with a background as a professional dancer. She has experience in working with dancers, actors and musical theatre performers.
Hannah can help with musculoskeletal issues (head to toe), injury treatment, injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, strength and postural guidance and training, and with biopsychosocial aspects of dance training/performing. Her services cover manual therapy, Pilates, rehabilitation and 'prehab' exercises, performance technique and strength training for dancers.
"I understand the pressures of being a performer and the importance of having a support network to facilitate growth, development and peak fitness within the training and performing environment".
Osteopathy, Pilates and Sports Massage practitioner with a particular interest in postural and ergonomic factors that affect the way in which the human spine works, especially in the context of dance and the performance arts. Jenefer has a background in dance and movement, plays piano and sings. She has treated instrumentalists, singers, actors and dancers (ballet, contemporary and musical theatre) and is based at Shoreham Osteopathy Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea. Please ask for Jenefer as this is a group practice. Since November 2023, Jenefer is also practising 9am-1pm at Valentine Voice Care Centre, Lewes.
Linda Dixon is an experienced Pilates teacher, teacher trainer, RAD ballet teacher, former professional dancer and examiner. She has over three decades of experience of movement practice; performing, teaching and examining all over the world. She has been practicing Pilates since the mid 80’s and teaching it since 2002. During this time she has developed her teaching methods producing her own unique approach to movement teaching. This approach incorporates the knowledge skills she has accumulated through a lifetime of structured movement practice. Linda teaches at NRG Pilates, and heads up the treatment and performance enhancement department at ‘The Urdang’ in City University of London’s Department of Performing Arts.
Additionally, Linda is a member of the teacher training team for Body Control Pilates specialising in teaching on the studio equipment courses and the level 4 Pilates courses. She has also played an integral part in course development at Body Control, writing their “Adolescent’s Course” and co writing their “Dancer’s Course” with her husband Nathan Gardner.
Linda is experienced in working with dancers and musical theatre performers.
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.
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.
Royal Opera House Occupational Health Adviser. Works with performers from all fields. Pilates, osteopathy and acupuncture. No appointments are currently available privately.
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.
Advanced neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy and orthopaedic manual therapy. Cranio-mandibular, cranio-cervical and facial pain physiopathology. Very experienced working with dancers and musicians. Works at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Guest lecturer for MSc in Dance Science. Dancer and musician.
Provides physiotherapy, acupuncture and Pilates. Worked with many dancers including Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance Company. Holds BAPAM clinic at University of Leeds School of Music. Very experienced with all performing arts work/study-related musculoskeletal problems.
Experienced sports and exercise physio working with performers including students at RWCMD, based at Agile Therapy, Cardiff.
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.
Mrs Rachel Galvin-Homes is a physiotherapist and massage therapist specialising in adolescent/young adult musculoskeletal injuries. She is also experienced in treating musicians and dancers with issues relating to back pain, painful clicky hips, anterior knee pain, chronic shoulder pain, repetitive strain injury of wrist extensors and back pain. She has also treated dancers after suffering trauma such as inversion sprains and undergoing surgery such as ACL reconstruction.
Rachel works in the NHS as a paediatric/young adult musculoskeletal physiotherapist and can offer detailed assessments. She can also provide manual therapy, sports massage, carefully tailored exercise programs, therapeutic taping and Pilates rehabilitation programs.
Sandie Ennis is an Osteopath with extensive experience in working with dancers. Sandie has followed postgraduate studies including cranial and classical Osteopathy, pain science, rehabilitation, women’s health, and training in paediatrics at the Foundation for Paediatric Osteopathy in London (aka Osteopathic Centre for Children – OCC). Sandie completed her UK training and certification with Body Control Pilates (BCP) in 2000.
Sandie works on performance enhancement and injury support in dancers. She provides manual therapy, splints, equipment modification, exercise and health education.
Sherry has a background as a singer herself and has treated many performers including acrobats, singers, dancers and musicians. She's provided care backstage at events and festivals including Glastonbury. Special Interests: Neck restrictions affecting affecting singing, Lower back and spinal pain, Foot function and the optimisation of foot biomechanics, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Post Operative Orthopaedic, Ergonomic assessment and advice, Feldenkrais Technique.
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.
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.