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Anita Bruce

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About Anita Bruce

APA titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist

Anita has been working as a physiotherapist for over 20 years with extensive experience in the assessment and management of dance and tennis injuries. She has been a physiotherapist at the Australian Open since 2000 and works at various ITF level tournaments throughout the year. She also lectures to dance teachers, dancers and physiotherapists nationally on anatomy, dance technique and injury prevention as required across the many dance genres. She is trained as an equipment based Pilates therapist.

Special Interests

  • Dance injuries (all genres)

  • Rhythmic gymnastic and calisthenic injuries

  • Pre-Pointe, SACE Dance and Tertiary Dance Council screenings

  • Tennis injuries

  • Clinical Pilates

Service Location

Stepney Healthcare Hub
Mitcham

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, 1986

  • Graduate Diploma Sports Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, 1994

  • TAE40116 Training and Assessment, ASC, 2019

Awards & Achievements

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Affiliations:

  • Physiotherapist, Australian Open, 2000-present

  • Physiotherapist, Hopman Cup, 2017-2019

  • Physiotherapist, Tennis Australia, 1997-present

  • Physiotherapist, ITF, 1997-present

  • Physiotherapist providing onsite/offsite management for theatre/musical theatre productions, including Matilda, Wicked, Frozen, Six, Chicago, 1997-present

  • Physiotherapist, Australian Dance Theatre, 1998-2001

  • Author, Tertiary Dance Council Screening, Tertiary Dance Council, Australia

  • Author and head assessor, Anatomy Syllabus, Cecchetti Ballet Inc, 2000-present

  • Lecturer, Dance anatomy, biomechanics, fitness, injury management and psychological resilience, Adelaide College of the Arts, 1998-present

  • Lecturer, Management of the Adolescent Dancer Towards Pre-Pointe Readiness, Australian Physiotherapy Association (nationally), 1998-present

  • Lecturer, Cecchetti Conference (various topics), Adelaide, various years

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