Musculoskeletal conditions affect bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and connective tissues that support movement and posture.

They can range from acute injuries like sprains, strains, and fractures, to more long-standing issues such as osteoarthritis, bone stress injuries, tendinopathy, and chronic low back pain. These conditions can result from trauma, repetitive strain, age-related changes, inflammatory diseases, or metabolic factors.

Symptoms can include pain, stiffness, reduced range of motion, weakness, and impaired function that limit daily activities and quality of life.

Early assessment and targeted interventions—including education, movement reconditioning, manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, and progressive load management—help manage symptoms, restore function, and decrease risk of recurrence.

Dancers, actors, singers, musicians put their bodies through unique demands and need to be able to perform pain-free. The most common injuries in these populations occur due to repetitive stress. For performing artists, modifying or avoiding pain is simply not an option. I understand that and will never tell you to stop dancing, singing, playing in order to heal your issue. We have to work within your unique art form’s demands, not against them. My experience in this area includes:

• In clinic and onsite care for professional dance companies, pre-professional dance training programs, musicals, plays, and musicians

• Pre/post season screens for pre-professional and professional dancers

• Pointe Readiness Assessments for individual dancers or groups of dancers

• Injury prevention workshops

• Cross training workshops

• Injury risk assessment and subsequent implementation of action plans for theater companies.

Hypermobility occurs when bodies have excessive movement. This can cause joint instability, muscle weakness, poor body awareness, fatigue, headaches, and chronic pain.

Formal diagnoses may include:

• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), especially hypermobile type (hEDS)

• Marfan Syndrome

• Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD)

However, many live with symptoms of hypermobility without ever having a formal diagnosis.

Typical physical therapy approaches don’t cut it with this population. Everyone’s experience with hypermobility is unique. I have extensive experience treating patients with hypermobility and have the skill and tools to work with you and empower you to take charge of your body.