Dr Sarah L. Carter PhD, Dance Podiatrist

06/09/2024

What a privilege it was to be invited to Romeo and Juliet by the Western Australian Ballet. Such a wonderful performance by the dancers and orchestra. It was great to touch base with Issac Campbell, the Head of health performance at the WA ballet.

29/04/2022

Happy , 2022 💃🏼

10/03/2022

Some interesting research!!

"In Pursuit of the Perfect Dancer’s Ballet Foot. The Footprint, Stabilometric, Pedobarographic Parameters of Professional Ballet Dancers"

22/04/2021

Look out for this great local event in Perth, WA.

Integrating the management of the foot and ankle into the Medical Model for Australian Football – WA

All panel members are on the Medical team for the Fremantle Dockers, in addition we have a Female Dockers player joining us, who is also a physiotherapist.

Want to know what goes into managing elite Australian Rules players with a lower limb injury. The unique relationship between the athlete and their medical team. The challenges of managing an elite…

14/04/2021

Great pictorial on calf endurance!

https://australianballet.com.au/behind-ballet/how-to-get-strong-calves

02/02/2021

Young dancers who were preparing to undergo pre-pointe assessments this week, I thought I would give you a heads up on the dynamic assessments we perform to determine your readiness for pointe.

The three main dynamic assessments are 25 single leg heel rises, 5 aeroplane tests each leg, and a the topple test (pirouette en passes in 4th position). This is based on dance research. Below is the link to the article.
https://claytonchiropracticstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Pointe-readiness.pdf

Below are some helpful videos I found online to help you prepare.

Aeroplane Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysXgJNVOnk&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=DoctorsofPhysicalTherapy

Topple test (pirouette en passes in 4th)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDoFnUXd86c&ab_channel=Dance

15/11/2020

Dancers requiring more support for her toes when en pointe may benefit from a custom otoform inshoe device for pointe shoes. It's ideal for dancers with generalised hypermobility syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes or want a more snug fitting pointe shoe. However, the devices are not a substitute for a poor fitting pointe shoe.

10/11/2020

17/10/2020

Learn how to protect your joints at any stage of life from the experts who keep Australia’s elite Ballet dancers their peak performance

Watch the full panel discussion:

Many factors impact the health of our joints over our lives, with some people developing joint pain and conditions like osteoarthritis. There are many different schools of thought on how to effectively treat joint conditions, however one of the most promising preventative treatments is physical acti...

10/09/2020

I caught up with the lovely Sarah Dunjey at Valetudo Health about how dancers can maximise their dance performance, which is especially important due to the disruption COVID-19 has had on everyone's training.

An Exercise Physiologist is an allied health professional who specialises in the benefits of exercise to help patients from paediatrics to geriatrics get fitter for all round good health, or to treat patients with a medical condition through exercise. They are much more than an ordinary personal tra...