PERFORMING ARTISTS
Treated by someone who knows what a season costs.
Being told to rest for six weeks isn’t a treatment plan when you have a contract, an audition, or a show. The goal is getting you back on stage — safely, but on a timeline that accounts for the fact that you have one.
WHO I WORK WITH
Disciplines.
Ballet and pointe
Contemporary and modern
Commercial, jazz, and hip hop
Musical theatre
Circus and aerial
Figure skating and gymnastics
Instrumentalists and vocalists
WHAT I TREAT
Common injuries.
I’m a board-certified orthopaedic specialist, so I treat every body region and every age — from pre-professional students to career performers to adults returning to a discipline they left decades ago. The list below is what comes up most often, not the limit of it.
Hip impingement and labral irritation
Snapping hip and deep gluteal pain
Ankle instability and recurring sprains
Achilles and posterior ankle pain
Turnout compensation and forced turnout
Pointe readiness and return to pointe
Low back pain from extension work
Overuse and load management across a season
Return to performance after injury
THE APPROACH
Rehab that respects the demands of your art form.
Screen
Movement assessment against the actual demands of your discipline, not a generic protocol.
Load
We manage load rather than removing it. Total rest costs you conditioning you can’t get back quickly.
Rebuild
Strength and control built in the positions you actually work in — including the extreme ones.
Return
A staged return to class, rehearsal, and performance, with clear criteria at each step.
PRE-POINTE
Pre-pointe assessment.
A dedicated 45-minute screening for dancers preparing to go en pointe. I run a battery of performance tests covering ankle and foot range, single-leg strength and control, balance, and trunk stability, and I assess them against the demands pointe work actually places on a young dancer.
You get my professional opinion on readiness, with the specific findings behind it, and a clear picture of what to work on if the answer is not yet. The final decision stays where it belongs — with the dancer’s teacher and parents, who now have objective findings to make it with rather than an estimate based on age or years in class.
Performance, Pre- Post Season, Injury Prevention, Choreographic Risk Assessments
Looking for more?
I offer 30-minute performance profiling for dancers, studios, companies and teams, including pre- and post-season screening. Each profile uses dance-specific, evidence-based testing to show where a dancer is strong and what to train next. In addition, I also provide injury prevention programming and analysis of choreographic risk.
Inquiries are welcome from individual dancers, studio owners and companies.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked.
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Often better than in a clinic, because I can see you working in your own studio or space. You set the camera to the side and I watch you move. For technique-adjacent issues — turnout, alignment, landing mechanics — video is genuinely useful.
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Yes — I work with dancers and performers of any age. For anyone under 18, I need consent from a parent or guardian, handled in Jane when you book and present and available during your session.
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Yes, with your written permission. Getting everyone aligned on what you can and can’t do this week prevents a lot of re-injury.
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No. Kentucky is a direct-access state, so you can come straight to a physical therapist without seeing a physician first. Two things worth knowing. If what you’re dealing with turns out to be outside my scope, I’ll tell you and help you find the right person — that’s part of the discovery call. And if you plan to submit your superbill for out-of-network reimbursement, check with your plan, since some insurers still ask for a referral on their end even though Kentucky doesn’t.
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No. I’m not able to see patients who have Medicare as either a primary or secondary insurance. Federal rules don’t permit physical therapists to treat Medicare beneficiaries on a cash-pay basis, even when that’s what the patient would prefer. If that’s you, get in touch anyway and I’ll point you toward a Medicare-enrolled therapist who does this work.
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No — same appointment, same rate. You don’t book twice and you don’t pay twice. Dancers and performers have a high rate of pelvic floor symptoms and almost nowhere comfortable to raise it. Bring it up on the discovery call and we’ll work out how to cover both.
Book a discovery call.
Bring your season schedule. We’ll work backwards from it.