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Enhancing health & performance of artistic athletes through research, education & physical therapy.

08/10/2025

*Research opportunity*

Researchers at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and University of New South Wales are collaborating with the Royal Academy of Dance Australia to develop a digital resource to promote health literacy and awareness of low energy availability in the dance community.

The research team are seeking members of the dance community to provide feedback on our digital resource 🩰🕺🏽🍽️🤸🏻‍♂️🏋🏽‍♀️

Focus groups will take place online in August 2025.

To find out more contact Caitlin Attwell c.attwell@ecu.edu.au

Ethics Approval Number: 2023-04854-NICHOLAS

06/19/2025

It’s a privilege to spend a lot of my time helping dancers and circus artists prepare to perform. I also love to take class from and alongside these artists, which I’m lucky to do on a regular basis.

It’s rare these days I get the chance to perform between work and mom life. Thanks to and for creating this opportunity!

05/27/2025

🧠 We are so happy to finally share the first published guideline for the management of concussion in the circus arts! It is freely available thanks to Samuel Merritt University!

🎪 This publication is another project by the Surveillance of Injuries in Research on Circus (SIRC) consensus working group including David Munro, Artletic Science, Dr Joanna Nicholas & Melanie Irene Stuckey.

It was externally reviewed by 9 other clinicians and researchers with expertise in the circus arts and concussion.

⭐️The aim of this guideline is to assist circus training centers and professional companies to develop policies and procedures around concussion management and healthcare providers to deliver circus-specific post-concussion rehabilitation.

04/08/2025

If you are looking for an excellent read to go with your ☕️, I highly recommend this new book by !

✏️In an age that black and native history are being erased in this country, works like this are incredibly important.

📖This book is meticulously researched, which of course I love, and Dr. Hughes masterfully weaves together the history of politics, music, and circus at the turn of the 20th century.

🙏🏼Thanks to the for hosting a session to introduce this new book and for all the amazing work you are doing to document black history in American circus!

02/05/2025

🎪I am looking forward to amplifying the health and wellness needs of circus artists with and sharing the work of the Surveillance of Injuries for Research on Circus (SIRC) working group along with and Janine Stubbe of .

We will be sharing the work of our working group that also includes , David Munro of and Roger van Rijn. This includes our consensus statements on injury surveillance and concussion management in circus arts, as well as our narrative review on mental health also with and Veronique Richard. The last 2 projects we hope to publish this year as well!

Thank you to for letting us share our work with the international performing arts medicine community!

01/28/2025

🤸🏻‍♀️Join us for this fun and free workshop on Saturday, February 22nd 3:00-4:00pm as part of Month for Dancers’ Health.

This workshop provides dancers, dance educators, and healthcare professionals with strategies to enhance safety while teaching and practicing ground-based inversions and acrobatics in dance.

We’ll begin with a brief discussion of injuries related to inversions and acrobatics in dance including important safety considerations for teaching them. This will be followed by a movement session starting with warm-up exercises to prepare dancers for dancing on their hands with attention to the spine and extremities.

We will share our expertise from gymnastics, circus arts, dance, and rehabilitation by demonstrating skill progressions for introducing handstand-based inversions and basic tumbling with an opportunity for participants to experience the movements.

Come get upside down with us! 🤸🏿‍♀️

ASL interpretation will be available.

01/13/2025

🩰🕺🏿February is time for Month for Dancer’s Health, annual offering of free dancer screenings and educational workshops.

💻 My first free workshop is “Concussion in Dance” and will be offered online Saturday, February 8th 9:30-10:15am followed by a Q & A. Closed captions will be available.

🧠 A concussion is an injury to the brain that can have negative consequences on physical and mental health, especially if not managed appropriately. Concussions in dance typically result from a fall or sudden impact to a dancer’s head, neck, or body. In this session we will discuss what happens to the brain when a concussion occurs, how teachers or family members can recognize signs of a concussion, and best practices for concussion management. In addition, we will talk about how rehabilitation of dancers after concussion needs to account for the specific physical and environmental demands of dance.

Sign up at: odc.dance/monthfordancershealth

01/11/2025

Like many of you my heart has been breaking while watching the news around the fires in Los Angeles. I went to physical therapy school so I have many colleagues there as well as friends from my dance and circus communities. The devastation is unbelievable.

My clinic at will be a drop off location for this donation drive coordinated by the amazing . If you are in San Francisco you can also drop off at or . And for those closer to Richmond .

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SMU, Peralta Pavilion, 450 30th Street
Oakland, CA
94609

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http://artleticscience.com/

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