Past Presentations and Workshops
Educational session presentation at APTA Combined Sections Meeting February 2020.
Poster presentation at APTA Combined Sections Meeting February 2020
Visit to Cirque du Soleil headquarters with Luc Fecteau, Emily Scherb and Joanna Nicholas October 2019
2022
With David Munro & Melanie Stuckey. Development of an International Consensus for Injury Surveillance in Circus Arts. Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare 13th Annual Conference. Nov 26, 2022. Virtual.
WIth Tera McBlaine and Melanie Stuckey. 2022 Injuries in circus arts: A research update. ACE Edcon, Oct 8, 2022. Austin, TX.
Enhancing wellness & performance in a professional circus training program AWOL FlyCo Oct 1, 2022, Portland, OR.
Hypermobility and aesthetic performing artists. The Circus Doc’s Summer Circus Smart Speaker Series, Jul 26, 2022. Virtual and ACE Edcon, Oct 9, 2022. Austin, TX.
Understanding flexibility and stability for the circus artist or dancer. Kinetic Arts Center Summer Circus Celebration August 13, 2022, Oakland, CA.
2021
Breaking down the straddle inversion: A kinematic study of aerial dance movement. IADMS Annual Conference. Lecture presentation. Oct 21, 2021. Virtual.
With Aiko Callahan and Annie Squires. Optimizing health and performance in the hypermobile dancer using a interprofessional approach. IADMS Annual Conference. Lecture presentation. Oct 21, 2021, Virtual.
With David Munro PT, PhdD, Joanna Nicholas PhD, and Melanie Stuckey PhD. Monitoring injuries in circus: an international consensus from the Surveillance of Injuries for Research in Circus (SIRC) working group. ACE Edcon. Oct 9, 2021. Virtual.
Enhancing wellness & performance in a professional circus training program Elements Training Company Workshop Sept 27, and AWOL FlyCo Oct 14, 2021. Virtual
Caring for your creative vessel. Salt City Circus Rustic Retreat Aug 18, 2021.
With Dr. Luc Fecteau. The show must go on: Managing injuries in the circus artist. Hand Therapy Association of California Annual Conference. Educational Session. June 5, 2021, Virtual.
With Evert Verhagen, Luc Fecteau and Dawn Muci. Flying high: interprofessional management of the circus artist from the clinic to the big top. APTA Combined Sections Meeting. Feb 22, 2021. Virtual.
2020
With Dr. Preeti Nair. Breaking down the straddle inversion: A kinematic study in experienced aerialists. American Circus Educators Conference. October 22, 2020. Virtual.
Injury patterns in pre-professional and professional circus artists: A pilot study. American Circus Educators Conference. October 13, 2020. Virtual.
Enhancing wellness & performance in a professional circus training program. Independent Workshop. The Circus Project Training Company, Sep 16, AWOL FlyCo Sep 27, 2020. Virtual.
UCSF CCMBM and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat-Great Performances: Stretching the Limits of Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine. Invited Panelist after Keynote. Sep 22, 2020. Virtual.
A comparison of injury patterns in subgroups of circus artists: A pilot study. Samuel Merritt University Motion Analysis Research Symposium. Platform presentation. Mar 7, 2020. Oakland, CA.
Movement patterns and impairments in circus artists. Samuel Merritt University Motion Analysis Research Symposium. Platform presentation. Mar 7, 2020. Oakland, CA.
With Dr. Jared Vagy and Dr. Duane Scotti. Hanging in thin air: Pushing and pulling in rock climbers’, circus artists’, and gymnasts’ shoulders. APTA Combined Sections Meeting. Educational session. Feb 13, 2020. Denver, CO.
Musculoskeletal Injuries in Pre-Professional and Professional Circus Artists: A Prospective Pilot Study over One Year. APTA Combined Sections Meeting. Poster presentation. Feb 13, 2020. Denver, CO.
2019
Injury patterns and rates in different disciplines within the circus arts. International Association of Dance Medicine & Science Annual Conference. Platform presentation. Oct 24, 2019. Montreal, Canada.
With Dr. Luc Fecteau. The show must go on: collaborative injury management in the circus arts. International Association of Dance Medicine & Science Annual Conference. Platform presentation. Oct 24, 2019. Montreal, Canada.
The role of physical therapy in the circus arts. Keynote presentation. UCSF Spring Symposium: Evidence to clinical practice for physical therapists and colleagues in rehabilitation. Mar 2, 2019. San Francisco, CA.