LINDA LEE
BPhty (Otago), MHSci (Hons) (AUT), PGDip Sports and Exercise Medicine (Otago), PGCert MSK Physio (Otago)
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Linda has over 25 years experience as a Physiotherapist (working in both NZ and UK) with Post Graduate Qualifications in Sports and Exercise Medicine and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. She completed her Masters Thesis on Dance Injuries and Screening for Injury Prevention with her research published and presented both in NZ and Internationally. Linda has also been a peer reviewer for the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science.
Linda has a strong interest not only in injury management but also prevention. Linda's focus is to provide patients with evidenced based rehabilitation programmes and hands on treatment; with an emphasis on education and optimising clients own self-efficacy in managing their injury. Having also trained in Acupuncture (PPANZ), Real Time Ultrasound (RTUS) and Pilates (with Polestar and Dance Medicine Australia), she is able to incorporate the benefits of these into the treatment plan to further optimise recovery. |
Linda Lee
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Linda has a special interest in injury prevention and rehabilitation of young adolescent dancers and athletes, including undertaking screening to develop individualised conditioning programmes for both rehabilitation and injury prevention. Linda has worked with young dancers for the past 12 years and also provides Dance Physiotherapy to international companies touring Auckland, including the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB). She has been also provided physiotherapy to the Sydney Dance Company, Cedar Lake Ballet, Red Bull Flying Bach, Hofesh Shechter Company and the Ballet Preljocaj when they have toured Auckland.
Regularly attending Sports and Dance medicine/physiotherapy conferences keeps her up to date with the most current clinical practice.
Contact: [email protected]
Regularly attending Sports and Dance medicine/physiotherapy conferences keeps her up to date with the most current clinical practice.
Contact: [email protected]
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Elysa Watson
BHSci, MOT (Prac), APPI
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Elysa, or commonly known as El, has always been a keen Pilates enthusiast and advocate after being introduced at a young age after sustaining a lower back injury. Motivated by her own love for Pilates and with a curiosity for anatomy and rehabilitation, she undertook comprehensive Pilates training through APPI (Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute) which she completed in 2021. El holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Master of Occupational Therapy Practice and in addition to instructing Pilates, works in outpatient Mental Health in Auckland.
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Erin Bowerman - Dance Strength NZ
Erin is a qualified strength and conditioning coach with a background in dance, having trained in RAD ballet up to Advanced 2 level. She holds a Bachelor of Dance and a Master of Sport & Exercise from AUT University where she carried out her research at the Australian Ballet School in conjunction with High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) looking at the risk factors for overuse injuries in elite adolescent ballet dancers.
From 2016-2018 Erin was based in London where she worked as a strength and conditioning coach at the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and the National Centre for Circus Arts. In both roles Erin had the privilege of being at the forefront of developing and implementing the strength and conditioning service.
Erin is also a qualified personal trainer and has had several articles from her Masters thesis published. She is an experienced strength and conditioning coach and is incredibly passionate about improving dancers’ health, wellbeing and performance.
Erin takes sessions at The Sandringham Physio Room and can be contacted directly for appointments
Contact: [email protected]
From 2016-2018 Erin was based in London where she worked as a strength and conditioning coach at the Royal Ballet School White Lodge and the National Centre for Circus Arts. In both roles Erin had the privilege of being at the forefront of developing and implementing the strength and conditioning service.
Erin is also a qualified personal trainer and has had several articles from her Masters thesis published. She is an experienced strength and conditioning coach and is incredibly passionate about improving dancers’ health, wellbeing and performance.
Erin takes sessions at The Sandringham Physio Room and can be contacted directly for appointments
Contact: [email protected]