Weekend injury hours: Saturday 9am-2pm, Sunday 10am-2pm, Monday Closed
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.
Dance injuries (all genres)
Rhythmic gymnastic and calisthenic injuries
Pre-Pointe, SACE Dance and Tertiary Dance Council screenings
Tennis injuries
Clinical Pilates
Bachelor of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, 1986
Graduate Diploma Sports Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, 1994
TAE40116 Training and Assessment, ASC, 2019
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
