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Learning Objectives
- Learn how to classify by type of artist and discipline/art and the physical demands of each.
- Develop an understanding of localised versus generalised joint hypermobility and how this affects performance and injury risk.
- Be able to recognise signs and symptoms of heritable connective tissue disorders, such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
- Understand the current best-practice recommendations for managing concussions.
- Learn how to guide an athlete through progressive rehabilitation following concussion.
- Be able to provide holistic health management with consideration to artist identity, aesthetic demands and workload & recovery.
Classifying Circus Artists
There are so many different forms of circus art! Learn all the different disciplines and artists to give you better context the next time you work with a circus artist.
Common Hypermobility-Related Injuries
Learn how to screen for hypermobility, whether it's a benefit or burden, and how to manage commonly related injuries.
Concussion Management
Understand the latest evidence around concussion management and what progressive rehab & return to sport looks like.
Stephanie Greenspan
DPT | OSC | NCS
Stephanie earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. Her post-graduate training included residencies in orthopedic and neurologic physical therapy, and a fellowship in orthopedic manual therapy. She is a board certified specialist in both orthopedic and neurologic physical therapy, and an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at Samuel Merritt University.
As a clinician she works with recreational to professional dancers and circus artists with a focus on decreasing injury risk and optimising performance. Stephanie brings her background as a dancer, aerialist, aerial coach, and researcher into her clinical practice.
She also offers workshops and wellness screenings for pre-professional and professional training programs including Spire pre-professional program at Kinetic Arts Center in Oakland, FlyCo at AWOL Dance Collective and the Elements Training Company at the Circus Project, both in Portland, Oregon. Her research focuses on the study of injuries and movement in the circus arts.
Dr David Munro
PhD | BPhysio (Hons)
David is a highly qualified physiotherapist with a PhD in Exercise Physiology. This allows him to implement the latest evidence-based therapeutic techniques. With over 27 years of experience, David is the Principal Physiotherapist at Absolute Physiotherapy. During this time he helped establish the Health Care Team at The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in 2001 and has consulted to Circus Oz and Cirque du Soleil. In 2004 David was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to investigate the role of physiotherapy in Circus Arts.
In 2014 David published the world’s first peer-reviewed paper on circus injuries in a student cohort. This has lead to a new and exciting pathway of research and he has been recently collaborating with other clinical leaders in this field to develop a global Circus Arts research platform.
Complimenting his clinical role at Absolute Physiotherapy, David is also a sessional lecturer at Swinburne University and regularly supervises undergraduate and postgraduate Physiotherapy students as part of their clinical placements.
