Musculoskeletal

Amy Hunter studied at the British School of Osteopathy and graduated in 2009 with Distinction. She is registered with the General Osteopathic Council and has practised as an Osteopath in various multidisciplinary clinics in Sussex since graduating. Amy also has a first class Anatomy degree from Edinburgh University and until recently, lectured in anatomy to the undergraduate students at the European School of Osteopathy.

Amy has recently undertaken extra training to specialise treating women in their perimenopausal and postmenopausal years, and the extra challenges that this period in their life brings. She has also volunteered with an arthritis charity delivering chronic pain management courses. She is also trained in Dry needling and has a Sports massage qualification. Amy demonstrates anatomy to other Osteopaths and manual therapists at Brighton and Sussex Medical School every now and then, gives talks at Brighton Natural Health Centre to other movement therapists, and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Amy's holistic approach to treatment uses a combination of gentle osteopathic techniques to help ease pain and restore normal movement and function, as well as discussing lifestyle, diet and exercise, and helping people to understand how their body works and what they can do to help themselves.

Amy is experienced in working with musicians and dancers and can help with musculoskeletal issues - joints and tendon problems, muscle tension or weakness, nerve pain or irritation - sympathetic overload (stress), breathing, pelvic floor issues. headaches and jaw problems. She also offers clinical musculoskeletal assessment (standing/ sitting/ lying, active and passive) basic clinical testing (nerve provocation, reflexes etc), massage, manipulation, MET, strapping, exercise advice, lifestyle advice and basic nutritional advice.

Andrew Miles is an experienced chiropractor particularly interested in diagnosing and treating more tricky conditions that haven’t responded to other therapies and approaches. He works with patients of all ages. Whilst practising chiropractic in Cardiff, he has successfully treated many Welsh and international athletes, footballers, rugby players, actors, musicians, martial artists, skiers, snowboarders and has previously worked in conjunction with the occupational health department at the BBC when it was in Llandaff.

Andrew can help with issued related to musculoskeletal problems, acute and chronic back pain, disc injuries, sciatica, trapped nerves, neck pain, headaches, migraines, joint pain, muscle spasm and cramp, sports injuries, shoulder pain and complaints, elbow pain and complaints, ankle sprains and injuries, plantar fasciitis, symptoms arising from tension and inability to relax.

Andrew feels that often "patients have put up with an underlying problem for a long period of time and have developed compensation coping strategies but never get rid of the condition. With accurate diagnosis I aim to treat the main cause of the condition and give advice including exercises to reduce reoccurrence."

In 2021, Andrew was appointed to the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC). He has served on the National Council of the Royal College of Chiropractors from 2001-2010 and has been Chair of the South Wales CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Faculty from 2001-2012.

As a dancer and clinician, Ann Coxhead has many years experience of the mechanics of the body, working with singers, actors, dancers and musicians. Her services for performance professionals include Osteopathy, laryngeal manipulation to treat muscle tension dysphonia in singers and professional voice users, breathing techniques, and Floor-Barre work.

Osteopathic diagnosis and treatment is available for a wide range of medical conditions including the spine and all peripheral joints. Treatments are tailored to your specific injuries. Observing and accessing anatomical and postural technique. Including hip knee and ankle alignment at the barre for Dancers. Making tissue specific diagnosis. Hypermobility, scoliosis and differences in speed of growth in young dancers can all be managed. Integrating the injury into the dynamics of the whole body and building self confidence. Using deep soft tissue and muscle energy techniques, facial release, articulation and manipulation if required.  Rectifying bio-mechanical faults helps to increase circulation, venous supply and lymphatic drainage speeding up healing time.

Ann sees patients in Brighton, Parsons Green, and monthly at the English National Opera. She is a member of the Osteopathic Performing Arts Care Association (OPACA), the British Voice Association and One Dance UK.

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".

Dr Catherine Bevington is an experienced NHS Consultant Rheumatologist who sees patients including musicians and performers with musculoskeletal injuries and issues at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmonds. Patients in the local area can be referred to her by their NHS GP. She is used to working in multidisciplinary teams, liaising closely with physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other therapy colleagues. She is a keen choral singer and is a graduate of the Performing Arts Medicine postgraduate programme at UCL.

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 Spencer graduated from the University College of Osteopathy (formerly the British School of Osteopathy) with a Masters in Osteopathy (MOst). With a background in singing, both in teaching and performance, she specialises in care of the voice, and is a member of two local choirs. She is also a member of OPACA - the Osteopathic Performing Arts Care Association.

Chloe can help in all musculoskeletal disorders, muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) & any physical-based voice issues.

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."

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.

Dr Alison Loram is an Alexander Technique teacher working extensively with musicians and performers. She has a great deal of experience helping student and professional violinists/viola players with their set up i.e. the interface of the instrument in relation to supporting/playing it. She teaches at Birmingham Conservatoire, RNCM and privately in both Crewe and Birmingham.

Alison qualified as a teaching member of PAAT in 1992 and has been a part-time lecturer in the Alexander Technique at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire since 1993 and a guest-lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music since 2016.

Trained originally as a professional violinist at the Royal College of Music, Alison was drawn to the Alexander Technique by a persistent musculoskeletal problem specific to violin playing.  Much of her teaching involves helping student and professional musicians prevent and overcome performance-related difficulties, and improve their performance and practise.

Following her Alexander Technique training, Alison has been a registered practitioner with the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine since 2008 and has given numerous talks and seminars at conferences and meetings, and in music colleges and university departments, to academics, healthcare professionals and performers alike.  With a BSc and PhD in Biological Sciences and a number of years working as a post-doctoral researcher, in 2013, Alison gained an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine from University College London. Her research thesis “Chronic profession-limiting problems in musicians; Underlying mechanisms and neuroplastic routes to recovery”, undertaken with PAAT colleagues and movement scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University, can be found here.

Alison returned to violin playing ten years ago and, based in Crewe, performs as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and freelance orchestral player in the Midlands and the North West of England.  She teaches the Alexander Technique to individuals and groups, in person and online.

Details of Alison’s Thesis (“Chronic profession-limiting problems in musicians: Underlying mechanisms and neuroplastic routes to recovery”) can be viewed here.

Her 2017 presentation to the UCL Institute of Education (“Explaining the Alexander Technique to clinicians and scientists”) can be viewed here.

Dr Anne Mitchener is a highly experienced Spinal Neurosurgeon and executive coach (work performance). She practises privately at the Schoen Clinic, Wigmore Street, London and at the BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital where NHS patients can be referred by their NHS GP using the Choose & Book eReferral system.

Dr Mitchener sees performing artists for assessment, advice and conservative treatment measures for back and spinal pain, sciatica, degenerative spinal conditions, pain management, carpal tunnel syndrome. She performs spinal surgery for NHS and private patients offering a complete outpatient and inpatient service. She is a member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons, Society of British Neurological Surgeons with over twenty years’ experience of spinal surgery.

Clinical Interests

• Cervical Spine microdiscectomy and fusion
• Cervical Disc replacement
• Cervical laminectomy/foraminotomy
• Lumbar Spinal laminectomy/foraminotomy
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• All spine degenerative conditions - operative and injection
• Carpal Tunnel Decompression

Dr Hara Trouli is a highly experienced musculoskeletal doctor who has worked extensively with professionals and student performers. She offers diagnostic assessments and advice for all musculoskeletal performance-related problems. A keen piano player,

In 2011 Hara joined the first Masters degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London and graduated with distinction in 2012. Her MSc  Research Thesis focused on the Muscular Contraction in the Arms of Pianists. Since 2015 she  is appointed by UCL as the Course Lead where she runs and develops the Masters, Diploma and Certificate postgraduate studies. She is involved in multiple academic activities and she also organises the PAM DAY once every year at UCL.

She is a clinician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine and has developed a Musicians' Clinic in London where she works together with of a multidisciplinary team looking after musicians' injuries.

Alexander Technique teacher with experience helping people avoid and manage musculoskeletal injuries and pain. Rehabilitation. Hypermobility. Maintaining stable practice regimes. Woodwind instruments. Guitar. Special interest in performance anxiety and pre-performance nerves. Works at the RWCMD, Cardiff and privately in Bristol.

Dr Rick Seah is an experienced consultant in Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine (SEMM). He has previously worked as a BAPAM Assessing Clinician helping performing artists with a range of musculoskeletal problems. He works with artists from dance, musical theatre and circus, and he specialises in Dance medicine, Sports injuries; Musculoskeletal injuries; Exercise-induced leg pain; Paediatric & Adolescent SEM; Bone stress injuries; Muscle, tendon & ligament soft tissue injuries; Injection therapies; Musculoskeletal rehabilitation; Physical activity and exercise prescription.

His NHS clinic is at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, where he works closely with surgeons, physiotherapists and allied health professionals. Imaging such as x-ray, MRI and ultrasound is available. Patients can be referred by their NHS GP using the eRS system.

Dr Seah was sports physician at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), treating GB athletes at their elite multi-sport clinics in University College Hospital centrally and Lee Valley Athletics Centre in east London. Rick worked as a sports medicine doctor at both London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. He qualified in medicine from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, University of London, in 1999. He is an accredited musculoskeletal sonographer. He has an interest in medical education and is an accredited member of the Academy of Medical Educators (MAcadMEd).

Ross trained in music from the age of 8 playing the clarinet, continuing on to degree level before working in commercial radio production. Since training as a chiropractor, he has helped dancers, actors and musicians, including piano players, guitarists, and multi-instrumentalists. They have mostly presented with low back or neck pain from overuse or poor posture.

Elodie Frati is an Osteopath with clinical interests in dance injuries and hypermobility syndromes. Before becoming an Osteopath Elodie studied to be a contemporary dancer and graduated from Contemporary Dance: BPA (Hons) from Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Elodie is experienced in treating dancers, musical theatre performers and circus artists. She can help with issues relating to musculoskeletal injuries, post op rehab, ongoing rehabilitation for return to stage, and vocal fatigue. Elodie offers services in manual therapy, rehabilitation and K-tape.

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

Helen Wither is a registered Osteopath who has been in family practice for over 16 years. Helen has a first class BSc Honours degree in Osteopathy from the College of Osteopaths and has been registered with the General Osteopathic Council since 2007. Helen was the winner of the Reg Oakes Prize for "First in Class" in 2007.  She is a member of the Institute of Osteopathy and the Osteopathic Obstetric, Pelvic, Abdominal and Respiratory Association. Since 2009 Helen has been a member of the Cheshire Osteopaths Group and continues to meet regularly with other osteopaths and professionals, both in Cheshire and North Wales, for training and research.  Helen has completed Breastfeeding Support certification for Health Professionals through the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and has worked for a number of years as part of a network of professionals supporting babies and new parents - Cheshire "Pregnancy, Baby and You".  Helen has special interests in treating babies, children and during pregnancy; and in treating performing artists (dancers, musicians, vocalists).  She continues to provide specialist osteopathic treatment for young dancers and teachers at a ballet school in Cheshire.

Helen can help with issues relating to back and hip pain and restrictions in achieving optimum technique, ankle and foot issues, pointe work issues, postural and technique problems for dancers (including arm placement, breathing, turnout, flexibility, use of the foot), vocal and throat problems, postural problems and pain in musicians.

Ian Nicholas is a Soft Tissue Therapist and highly experienced singer and singing teacher with a special interest in voice rehabilitation and vocal massage. As an experienced Estill Master Trainer (EMT), Ian was the first practitioner in the UK to hold both the EMT and the UK’s highest qualification in Soft Tissue Therapy. Ian combines voice training exercises and Laryngeal Manual Therapy (LMT), pioneering an integrated model for the treatment and rehabilitation of Muscle Tension Dysphonia and other issues. He works as part of a Multidisciplinary Voice Clinic team in South Wales, and also works closely with senior laryngeal surgeons in London.

He lectures in Singing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and was formerly a Vocal Tutor at the Faculty of Musical Theatre at Mountview, London. He has been a visiting or guest lecturer at Arts Ed, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Ian holds an Honours Degree in Music from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Ian is extensively involved with the recording industry, preparing singers for major tours, and coaching in the recording studio. His clients work within Musical Theatre and in Contemporary Commercial Music.  He works at How The Voice Works, and supports individual singers in productions at the Helsinki City Theatre.  As an experienced choral performer and conductor, Ian has outstanding ensemble teaching skills and gives workshops and classes to theatre companies and choirs including recently working with Theatre Vanemuise, Estonia on their production of Sister Act.

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.

Jessica Lee Morgan is an Alexander Technique teacher and singer songwriter and recording artist. Jessica has worked with vocalists and instrumentalists on posture training and psychophysical improvement. She can help with issues relating to voice use, preventing performance related pain and overuse/RSI-related problems, stress and anxiety management, and performance wellbeing.

Jonathan Dave is a senior physiotherapist with over 13 years experience. He graduated from Manchester University and began his career in the NHS, working in Outpatients, orthopaedics, stroke unit, intensive care, respiratory wards and most recently in a private North London practice.

Jonathan has worked with a range of professionals, including tennis coaches, cyclists, distance runners, classical singers, actors and dancers. "My aim when rehabilitating these clients is to return them safely to their sport and their profession to prevent the re-occurrence of their problem".

Jonathan's specialty is MSK physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal). He has spent the last 10 years treating a wide range of muscle and joint conditions and he employs a variety of advanced clinical assessment and diagnosis methods. He specialises in various physiotherapy techniques, namely Maitlands, joint manipulation, soft tissue techniques, muscle stretching, pilates, acupuncture and sports massage.

As a Laryngeal Massage Therapist, Jonathan is able to identify and treat any areas of restriction affecting vocal performance. He has worked with numerous classical singers and vocal ensembles. Using non-invasive techniques, he works to address the areas of concern and ensure faults are corrected in a safe and supportive way.

Jonathan can help with overuse injuries and stress fractures, muscle tears, tendon and ligament sprains, knee, ankle and foot injuries, shoulder injuries, tennis/golfer elbow, hand and wrist pain. He can also help with Laryngeal Manual Therapy (LMT) - partial or total voice loss, loss of vocal range, muscle tension dysphonia, decreased vocal stamina and vocal fatigue, increased recovery time after performing, TMJ, globus pharyngeus, pain and soreness. Jonathan offers services in manual therapy, acupuncture, kinesiology taping, exercise rehabilitation and laryngeal manual therapy.

I am an Osteopath inspired by the voice and experienced helping professional voice users overcome issues related to misuse and injuries. As an Osteopath with nearly thirty years of experience, as well as being a trained opera singer, I have the skill, insight and understanding to help performing artists including singers, actors and dancers. I can help with voice problems including hoarseness, loss of vocal range, vocal fatigue and muscle tension dysphonia. I am experienced with shoulder issues as well as more typical issues such as back and neck pain, knee injuries, foot injuries, ACL injuries, mobility issues that osteopaths are trained to treat. I also have special interests in hypermobility and in hip impingement issues (cam and pincer) and have worked in facilitating diagnosis of labral tears and rehabilitating patients post operatively following hip arthroscopy intervention. Labral tears are often missed, especially in the hypermobile population, who may be more likely to experience impingement due to their increased range of movement, especially if they are dancers or acrobats and routinely flex their hip joints to the extreme.

Kate Valentine is a Sports Massage Therapist who works extensively with singers and professional voice users, specialising in vocal massage, laryngeal manual therapy, vocal health, and injury prevention. Whilst enjoying a successful career as a principal artist on the international operatic stage Kate sustained a vocal injury which defined her career and sparked her fascination with vocal health, rehabilitation, and the long-term benefits of manual therapy for voice.

Kate runs her own practice in Seaford, East Sussex and manages a busy client list including English National Opera, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and The Dunedin Consort. She also works with two multidisciplinary teams: the Voice Care Centre (London) and Clyde Consulting Rooms (Glasgow).

Kate is a passionate ambassador for vocal health. "It is my mission to help remove the mystery and stigma surrounding vocal wellbeing and injury, and to provide a safe space to help you with your journey – whichever part of that journey you are on".

Kate offers services in Vocal Massage, Manual Therapy for Voice & Swallowing disorders, Laryngeal Manipulation, Myofascial Therapy, VoiceRelease Massage and Sports Massage Therapy. She can help with issues relating to relieving postoperative and post viral tension, globus pharyngeus/globus hystericus (a sense of a ‘lump’ in the throat), muscle tension dysphonia, improving vocal function, alleviating acid reflux symptoms, releasing emotional tension, improving vocal stamina, range and flexibility, freeing up the breathing mechanism, jaw and tongue root tension, releasing muscles which have been overcompensating, performance anxiety, vocal pacing, vocal health advice and injury prevention.

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.

Korina has taught Alexander Technique to many performing arts clients. Teaches at drama colleges including RADA, and works with musicians including Hampshire County Youth Orchestra. Worked with musicians such as pianists and violinists presenting with aches and pains, tension when using voices, and performance anxiety. Several practice locations in Hove and East Sussex.

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".

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.

Mairead Haswell is a physiotherapist experienced in manual therapy, movement assessment and exercise prescription. She works with musicians, dancers and actors, including students and staff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD), treating them for musculoskeletal conditions such as joint, muscular or neural pain and dysfunction. Mairead supports performers in caring for themselves and their bodies, enabling them to enjoy long careers.

Mairead has experience in managing a range of musculoskeletal conditions from acute and traumatic injuries, orthopaedic conditions and chronic or degenerative conditions. Mairead has been integral in the delivery of virtual self-management courses developed for osteoarthritis. Mairead has a particular interest in treating shoulder pain and dysfunction as well as in advanced rehabilitation for the return to performance and high level activities.

She also has considerable experience as a sports physiotherapist, including at Cardiff City FC, where her focus was on young people and women. In the NHS, she worked as a Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist for Cardiff and Vale UHB where she gained further experience in treating trauma patients, occupational health patients and in the use of hydrotherapy and rehabilitation treatments. During this time, Mairead qualified in acupuncture therapy which she uses as an adjunct to her extensive rehabilitation exercise programmes to optimise patient care.

Mary Monro is an Osteopath registered with the General Osteopathic Council with over twenty years experience in treating musicians, actors and crew with all sorts of health problems. "I use gentle, hands-on techniques, including cranial osteopathy to help you achieve better health". 

Mary offers osteopathy, cranial osteopathy, vocal osteopathy and paediatric osteopathy, and she can help with issues relating to difficulties or limitations with the voice e.g. jaw, sinuses, palate, neck, diaphragm issues, physical aches and pains related to performance and anxiety and stress related issues.

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.

Sophie is a Specialist Performing Arts and Sport Physiotherapist, who has been providing Physio management to film, production and the performing arts since 2013. She has worked with professional performers based in the West End (inc. War Horse, Matilda, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Wicked and Billy Elliot), on Tour with Dirty Dancing and The Lion King, and for Strictly Come Dancing, the TV series. She spent 2 months at the beginning of 2017 in Austria with channel 4's 'The Jump'. Before this she worked alongside Saracens Academy RFC, and set up a Physiotherapy practice up in the 'Portes Du Soleil, Switzerland' where she worked during the winter season, with skiers/snowboarders. In private practice, Sophie can be found working at The Centre of Health and Human Performance on Harley Street, London. She also lectures at University College London (UCL) on the MSc programme in Performing Arts Medicine.

Charles Ward is a former professional session singer who trained as a Massage Therapist who continues to be a keen songwriter, guitarist and singer. He has a special interest in working with voice users including singers, actors and public speakers. He has been treating high profile singers since 2014 and has treated artists on tour at music venues around the UK. Charles provides vocal massage and Laryngeal Manual Therapy (LMT), and has helped many performers with problems including vocal fatigue, muscle tension dysphonia, physical symptoms of stress and anxiety, poor breathing and technique, as well as general maintenance and injury prevention. Charles has published articles for the Voice Council and presented for various Music Colleges and Universities, as well as for The British Voice Association in relation to LMT. He understands the importance of vocal health, how precious and essential the voice is, and the impact that it can have when things go wrong. Charles is also expert at diagnosing and treating sports and musculoskeletal injuries and is a keen cyclist.

Martial artist, pianist, french horn and guitar player. Works with performers - musicians, actors, dancers, singers - presenting with musculoskeletal pains linked to performance activities. Has a grounding in posture and biomechanics, pain physiology and stress.

Mr. James Chan is a Consultant Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Outside surgery, Mr. Chan enjoys playing the violin and piano. Clinical interests include hand surgery, trauma and elective conditions including arthritis, nerve compression (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel syndromes), tendon problems, ganglions, trigger fingers, Dupuytren’s disease, musicians' hands. Reduced fee private appointments are available to BAPAM patients and NHS referrals can be seen at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wycombe General Hospital and the National Spinal Injuries Centre of the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Mr. Chan believes in delivering the best evidence-based care tailored to the individual needs of his patients, whether this is surgical or non-surgical, to enable them to get on with their lives.

Following his medical qualification from Cambridge University in 2004 and junior posts in East Anglia and London, Mr. Chan completed his Higher Surgical Training in Plastic Surgery on the Oxford rotation. Subsequently, he was awarded a Travelling Bursary by BAPRAS to undertake further subspecialty training in Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, one of the foremost plastic surgery centres worldwide. This comprehensive training has provided him with the skillset to deal with common as well as complex surgical problems.

Mr. Chan holds a Clinical Lecturership at Oxford University where he was Senior Scholar and awarded a PhD. He has worked as Fellow at Cochrane UK where he focused on the synthesis and dissemination of Evidence-based Medicine. He has published widely in medical journals as well as the standard plastic surgery textbooks and contributed to national guidance on traumatic limb reconstruction. He has held awards and grants from institutions including the Wellcome Trust, Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and BAPRAS.

Dedicated to the next generation of surgeons, Mr. Chan is a GMC-recognised trainer and member of the Education and Training Committee of BSSH, and interviews for National Selection for entry into higher specialty training in Plastic Surgery in the UK. He serves as a peer-reviewer for the top plastic surgery journals, runs a national microsurgery training course for surgical trainees, presents at national and international conferences and hosts ‘Stoke Mandeville Plastics’, a popular international webinar series for plastic surgeons which focuses on cutting edge Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.

Lazarus trained as a classical dancer before becoming an Osteopath in 1997, and is very experienced working with dancers and all performance professionals. Can help with dance technique advice from an anatomical point of view to rehabilitation. Discussion and planning on performance optimization strategies. Lecturer at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. Completed the UCL Masters in Performing Arts Medicine. Practices at Shades Clinic, Ealing is a BAPAM Assessing Clinician at our London clinic.

Osteopath and Pilates Rehabilitation Instructor. Clinician at BAPAM and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Very experienced treating singers, musicians, actors and dancers. Expertise includes movement, jaw issues, neck and laryngeal tension affecting singers, exercise, injury prevention and rehabilitation. Private practice at Hermes Health, Chiswell Street, London.

Patrice is a former professional French horn player with much experience in the field of Performing Arts Medicine: all instrumentalists/instrument groups, and singers 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.

Richmond Stace is a Specialist Pain Physiotherapist who works with performance professionals and others who are struggling to overcome persistent and chronic pain and movement problems or disorders. He is experienced working with multidisciplinary colleagues to address complex physical and psychological support needs. His approach combines coaching and clinical care to support clients through a pain management programme tailored to their needs. Richmond's practice is most relevant to people who:

• have had pain and problems for a long time
• have seen many doctors and therapists
• can’t live the life that they want - home, work, play
• have pain that they don’t understand
• are not getting better
• have pain that won’t go away
• are scared of their pain
• feel stuck and miserable

His aim is to help people:

• understand their pain
• know how to get better
• focus on the ways of overcoming pain
• learn the skills of well-being
• perform in life - at home, at work, at play
• get better and live meaningfully

Richmond is a Chartered Physiotherapist and registered with the HCPC. Originally training as a Registered General Nurse (Brighton University) in the early 90’s, he developed an interest in pain whilst observing the varying responses in recovery after operations. He continued to train as a physiotherapist (Kings College London), and has a further degree in Sport Rehabilitation (University of Surrey) and a Masters Degree in Pain Science (Kings College London).

Zoltan Zavody is a musician and martial artist who understands the range of injuries, impediments to joyful play(ing), and pain that can result from soft tissue conditions and muscular imbalances. He specialises in helping performers with pain and tension release, injury rehabilitation, pre- and post-performance MOT, and structural alignment. Zoltan sees clients in Central and South-East London – Monument, Rotherhithe, Canada Water and Clapham.

"I'm a fully qualified, professional Clinical Massage Therapist. I am a member of the Institute of Sport and Remedial Massage (ISRM), the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM).

I treat muscles, tendons, ligaments, and the connective tissue that binds these all together. Treatment may be to address a specific pain or injury; an area of tightness or inflexibility; or a more structural issue of constriction or misalignment. It may also be in preparation for an event or performance, for example to ensure that muscles are all working smoothly; or after such an event, quickly to flush out waste products and relax stressed muscles, for rapid recovery.

Through an understanding of the daily reality of trying to train and perform with pain or injury,  I can support you with a realistic rehabilitation programme to return you to performing at your best.

I believe in continuity of professional healthcare. So we will not just give you a massage and send you on your way "hoping it worked". First we will look at the cause of any muscular or structural imbalance, and afterwards we will develop a potential rehabilitation programme that may involve exercises, stretching, or just subtly different ways of moving. I will support you with any rehabilitation work in between sessions. And where massage alone is not enough, we will discuss other treatments you might usefully explore."

Alison Judah is a consultant osteopath who practices in Hammersmith, West London and in Hove East Sussex. She qualified in 1992  from the London School of Osteopathy with a Diploma in Osteopathic Medicine and then from Kingston University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Osteopathy. She undertook a Post-Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Osteopath at the Osteopathic Centre for Children. Alison has undertaken further training in the specialist area of caring for performing artists including the voice.

SPECIALIST OSTEOPATH TO THE PERFORMING ARTS

MUSICIANS
Alison helps many musicians by diagnosing the cause of their injuries, assessing them with their instrument  rehabilitating them back to fitness and advising on furture injury prevention.  Where it is possible musicians should bring their instrument with them to the appointment. Ergonomic assessments can also be carried out in a performance space. Musicians have busy schedules and she can arrange private MRI  scans and xrays where necessary so as to get a diagnosis quickly and get them back to performing as soon as possible.

OSTEOPATHY FOR THE VOICE 

Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy experienced working with performers and creative practitioners.

Hidemi Hatada is a professional soprano singer and harpsichord player, and experienced Alexander Technique teacher working with instrumentalists, singers, actors and dancers. Since 1996 has taught professional and student performers, privately and at institutions in both the UK and Japan. Hidemi teaches at various locations including Pimlico Centre for the Alexander Technique, and the Haelan Centre in Crouch End. She also practices in London N4.

Holistic Massage Therapist with professional experience as a stage manager and arts administrator. Has worked with actors, comedians, dancers, musicians, singers, stage managers, props makers and wardrobe personnel. Helps with conditions including carpal tunnel, RSI, muscle fatigue, frozen shoulder, arthritis, postural issues, back pain, sciatica, joint problems, knee & hip issues, stress, anxiety, insomnia, pregnancy. Jennie is also a meditation practitioner and works holistically to 'help reduce stress levels, generate both physical and mental balance – and enable you to lead a relaxed and more productive life'.

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.

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.

Nicky trained at the Arts Educational School, Tring Park and the London Contemporary Dance School. She performed professionally for 15 years with many leading international choreographers including Aletta Collins, Charles Linehan, Martin Lawrance and Jasmin Vardimon. Nicky performed at Sadlers Wells’ first ever Breakin’ Convention, and appeared in BBC2’s Dance for Camera film, The Lift. During her professional dance career she was described as ‘mesmeric and fascinating’ by the London Evening Standard, and ‘powerful and stately’ by The Times.

Nicky has taught at many of Britain’s leading dance institutions including The Royal Ballet School (White Lodge), Central School of Ballet and Elmhurst Ballet School. She led the Contemporary and Choreography courses at English National Ballet School between 2005 and 2009, with her students winning several international contemporary dance prizes under her tutelage, including The Prix de Lusanne & Beijing International Ballet Competition. The Dancing Times declared her a ‘superb teacher’.

In 2005 Nicky qualified as an osteopath at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating Nicky accepted the job of Anatomy Lecturer at the London Contemporary Dance School, a post she held for seven years, and she continued to be their in house osteopath for a decade. As well as running a busy osteopathy practice Nicky is also regularly in demand by international dance and theatre companies; she was lead therapist on both series of the BBC’s So You Think You Can Dance and ITV’s Let’s Get Gold, and is Richard Alston Dance Company’s osteopath. In March 2016 Nicky had the honour of being invited to be part of a group of ‘Inspiring Women in Dance’ at Sadlers Wells theatre.

Aside from dance, Nicky has experience in martial arts, circus skills, climbing, running and gymnastics. She has a vested interest in optimal biomechanical functioning and myofascial release techniques (including myofascial dry needling) and always focuses on identifying the cause of pain opposed to simply treating symptoms. Nicky is also part of the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) team at the London Contemporary Dance School where she has been instrumental in devising screening protocols, training and treatment for elite level adolescent dancers.

Watch an interview with Nicky about hypermobility at Dance UK’s The Future: New Inspirations conference 2015, here.

Nicola Goldsmith is a specialist Hand Therapist who has been working in the field of trauma, orthopaedics, plastics and rheumatology since 1991. She has expertise in the management of complex hand and arm problems, musicians' hands, arthritis, rehabilitation following trauma such as finger and wrist fractures, and working with persistent pain. Thorough assessment guides the use of manual methods of treatment for musculoskeletal issues (exercises, taping, splinting, massage etc), coping strategies and mind changing methods for pain, postural analysis, and techniques to recognise neck to fingertip connection.

Nicola is highly experienced in coordinating teams of Hand Therapists and other colleagues, managing service development for large hospital groups, teaching and clinical leadership. She works closely with Orthopaedic Hand Surgeons including BAPAM clinician, Mr Mark Phillips, and helped to establish the Musicians' Upper Limb Clinic for BMI. Nicola runs workshops on injury awareness and prevention for musicians (as delivered at RAM).

“My philosophy is to empower my patients with knowledge and skills to be able to self manage and therefore see me as little as possible!”

Nicola is registered with the HCPC and a member of the British Association of Hand Therapists.

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.

Paul Carter is a physiotherapist with experience helping with performers and crew with musculoskeletal conditions caused by or affecting their work. As a physiotherapist he provides manual therapy, acupuncture, exercise and rehabilitation. He has significant experience treating dancers and has provided support to productions including Dancing on Ice, Starlight Express and Strictly Come Dancing. He is part of the multidisciplinary team at Agile Therapy in Cardiff.

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

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.

Sam Matheson is a physiotherapist working with elite sports athletes, dancers and actors. He is experienced in manual therapy, acupuncture, exercise, musculoskeletal problems and rehabilitation.

Musicians' physiotherapy: Sam has several years experience working with professional and student musicians from the West End, touring musical productions, freelance players, the Halle, BBC philharmonic and the Royal Northern College of Music. Together with his clinical work, he has provided lectures on posture and playing, alongside conducting specialist musician injury assessments, providing specific diagnosis and treatment plans.

Dance physiotherapy: Sam has accumulated several years of physiotherapy experience across all genres of dance, having previously managed the company of ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake' and some of the largest shows in the West End and UK tours, such as ‘Wicked’, ‘Kinky Boots’ and ‘Matilda’. Sam also treats a range of students at Performing Arts colleges in London and the North West.

Serena Morgan is a massage therapist with over 10 years' professional experience in dance and performance. Her own experiences of massage treatment while touring as a performer taught her the importance of tailoring treatment to each individual's specific physical, emotional and psychological needs. She has experience working with dancers, singers, musical theatre, circus, musicians and stage technicians. She can help with Soft tissue Therapy/Manual Therapy and tackles issues relating to hypermobility, tendonitis, joint mobility, strains, sprains, chronic pain, acute pain and exercise rehabilitation.

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.

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).

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.

Trevor England is an Osteopath and member of the Institute of Osteopathy and the Osteopathic Performing Arts Care Association (OPACA).  He has worked with the body all of his life, firstly as a performing artist. In 2004 he retrained in Sports and Remedial massage, Orthopaedic/Medical Acupuncture, Pilates and Osteopathy. Since then he has helped many people who have experienced pain, joint and mobility problems.

Along with his clinical practice, Trevor is a qualified teacher, mentor and coach. He teaches Sports Massage, Sports Rehabilitation and other CPD workshops for manual therapists at a variety of colleges, private institutions and at an Osteopathic University in London.

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.