Director Artistic Health & Principal Physiotherapist, The Australian Ballet

Riddells Creek, Victoria
Joined May 2016
Announcement: Runner's we need you! If you: ✅ Run x 2 per week? ✅ > 18 years of age? ✅ Have foot pain? You may be eligible to participate! All participants receive a FREE clinical assessment & MRI 🤩 Email 👉 [email protected] to register your interest!
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Latest research on dance flooring found with the high stiffness floor, more force was returned to the dancers’ legs, but the low stiffness floor absorbed some of the force, so muscles needed to contribute more tension to maintain the same jump height: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Congrats @JosephShaw_ excellent body of work that will have important impact in ballet.
Great to have an overview of my PhD research now published in @BJSM_BMJ Check it out 👇
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Exciting news: *BACK UP* is finally coming out! It's out in all good bookshops next month. AND we're doing a launch - at the wonderful @ReadingsBooks St Kilda next Thursday, 6.30pm. Come say hi!
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Revisiting Research: Can we use isometrics to ↓ local musculoskeletal pain? @c2bonello & @tendonpain investigate how pain and sensory processing change following isometric muscle contraction⚡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.… #isometrics #pain #exercise
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Announcement: Are you a ballet or contemporary dancer? Do you train, study, or work as a ballet or contemporary dancer? If yes, we need your help to understand problems related to your pelvic floor. Scan the QR code to learn more 🤳 #pelvicfloor #health
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#FactFriday Professional ballet dancers have larger glutes than other athletes, rel to BW. Treating dancers? They may need greater glute capacity than other athletes. Is pain irrelevant? V mild pain in this cohort did not reduce size but still reduced quality in low GMax.
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Calling Australian performing artists to complete this anonymous survey: redcap.latrobe.edu.au/redcap… The research will help us understand if problems related to your pelvic floor impact your performance or daily life @S_Maysey @tendonpain @HelenaFrawley @JodieDakic Katia Ferrar
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100% online conference with all lectures recorded! Accessible anywhere in the world with one of the best line ups of speakers on female football medicine! – at Wollongong, New South Wales
Women's Football: Join @LaTrobeSEM & @FootballAUS to improve the socio-cultural influences that impact women who play football 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Leveling the playing field is a team effort! Register today 🚨 tinyurl.com/s5s76syk #womens #WorldCup2023
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This week's Sportsmith Six... Selecting the right footwear to minimise injury risk and increase performance with @AtholThomson "Over 76% of Academy players reported issues at the heel area, followed by 50% at the hallux and 33% at the 5th metatarsal" sportsmith.co/articles/selec…
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Original Research: Does pain, function & quality of life normalise for people living with Hip Dysplasia following Peri-acetabular Osteotomy? @MikeJMOBrien's newly published systematic review has the answer! It's also open access 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/112070002311… #hip #dysplasia
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"Asymptomatic bone marrow oedema is a highly prevalent and radiographically dynamic entity observed in high-level athletes and military trainees". thieme-connect.com/products/…
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Congratulations to my colleagues Dr Tom Cross and the Sydney Stadium Sports Physiotherapy team on the publishing of the Cross Bracing Protocol in the @BJSM_BMJ. It’s been a privilege successfully guiding a number of patients through the protocol. ➡️ bit.ly/3qQAjbl
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🚨 New Publication 🚨 Does PAO normalise pain, function and quality of life, for patients with #HipDysplasia? Do outcomes vary based on severity of dysplasia? For these answers and more, our new open-access 🔓 publication in Hip International: lnkd.in/eYexcF8B
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Ever wondered how ballet dancers can jump high and hold their legs up near their ears? 👇👊💪 – at Riddells Creek, Victoria
Original Research: Professional ballet dancers demonstrate ↑ GMax & GMed CSA when compared to age & sex-matched athletes! @RachaelMaryMac spotlights the difference between current & retired ballet dancers & athletes in @JDMS_IADMS 🩰 doi.org/10.1177/1089313X2311…
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SABE leadership team members were privileged last night to have a behind the scenes tour of @AusBalletSchool & hear about the great research being done in partnership with @latrobe. Thank you to Ebony Rio @tendonpain for an outstanding tour & insights into her research!
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Calling all young dancers and dreamers! 🩰☁️ Get ready for The Australian Ballet School Holiday Workshops! 📆 4-6 Jul Purchase tickets here geelongartscentre.org.au/wha… #GeelongArtsCentre #RegionalArts #WhereCreativityMeets #FamilyMagic @Creative_Vic @Deakin @TheAusBallet
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#IADMS2023 👏🏼The full programme for @IADMS in Ohio this October is now live 🎉 A great line of topical presentations over 4 days🩰🤸🏾‍♂️🏋🏼‍♀️🎭 Hybrid offered💻 5 years since the last in-person🫂US based event 🇺🇲
Register NOW for the IADMS 33rd Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio from October 12-15, 2023. The conference will take place at the Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel. Early bird deadline is July 31! web.cvent.com/event/894c4dab…
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Patient enquiries mean a lot to me.🙏🏼 Find the exercise manual for high-load strengthening exercise for hypermobile shoulders here: static-content.springer.com/…
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Very grateful to have the opportunity to present this paper - giving voice to women’s experience of playing sport or exercising with pelvic floor symptoms. The paper is published open access here sportsmedicine-open.springer…
Replying to @JodieDakic
@JodieDakic presents her qualitative study on the Experience of playing sport/exercising for women with pelvic floor symptoms, during Concurrent Session 7A at the #NCOIFUS23 joint conference by @AusContinence and @USANZUrology.
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