Whether you participate in elite, sub-elite or amateur sport; whether you are a professional or emerging circus artist; or whether you are a dancer or a musician - consistently producing good performances and results, whilst maintaining high participation rates is of paramount importance. Minimising the risk of injury, undertaking effective rehabilitation and identifying performance enhancement strategies are necessary in order to achieve this. This is where performance medicine can help...

Performance medicine is a relatively new sub-speciality of medicine which looks at techniques used by elite athletes and performers, their coaches and their supporting medical entourage (including sports physiotherapists) to optimise performance.

Services provided:

Pre-season, pre-training screening & injury prevention

Assessment of physical training and performance enhancement needs

Identification of asymmetries in movement patterns that could be detrimental to training

Analysis of movement patterns with respect to functional performance and injury prevention

Identification of conditioning, de-conditioning and overtraining trends

Promotion of an educational program that will help artists/athletes become more self reliant in carrying out their fitness programs, maintenance and rehabilitation.

Making artists/athletes more aware of the different variables that contribute to maintaining good health and reducing risk of injury

Expertise in treating circus artists in the following disciplines: trampoline, trapeze (all types), hand-balancing, hand-to-hand, chinese pole, acrobatics, tightwire, slack rope, juggling, rope, silks, straps, banquine, aerial cradle, aerial hoop, hula-hoop, cyr wheel.

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PERFORMANCE MEDICINE

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