Meet Jean
Jean started pole dancing in 2018 and was immediately hooked! Without a background in dance or gymnastics, she recognised just how unique and demanding on the body pole dancing is for a beginner - and why physiotherapy for pole dancers is so different.
With Bachelor's degrees in Biomedicine and Physiotherapy, Jean has worked in private practice helping pole dancers, circus artists and dancers with their goals and injuries. She is particularly interested in management of hypermobility syndromes, myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and shoulder injuries in the overhead athlete.
Having seen the results of unsafe practices in dance, aerials and gymnastics, Jean is super passionate about safe and sustainable training and flexibility practices to keep you doing what you love for decades to come. She is a strong believer in education and loves teaching workshops at studios to help both students and teachers understand their bodies and build effective, sustainable practices
Education
Bachelors of Biomedicine, University of Melbourne
Bachelors of Physiotherapy, University of Otago
Level 1 Teacher and Therapist Training (Lisa Howell, The Ballet Blog)
Level 2 Pointe Intensive (Lisa Howell, The Ballet Blog)
Level 3 How to Train Extreme Mobility Safely (Lisa Howell, The Ballet Blog)
Ehlers-Danlos Society ECHO for Health Professionals Unit 1: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
Ehlers-Danlos Society ECHO for Health Professionals Unit 2: Comorbidities in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
Mind the Scap - Shoulder course (Dr Jen Crane, Cirque Physio)
Handstand Diagnostics (Dr Jen Crane, Cirque Physio)
Hanging Analysis of the Shoulder (Dr Emily Scherb, Circus Doc)
The Hips Don’t Lie (Dr Emily Scherb, Circus Doc)
Aerial Inversion Guide (Dr Emily Scherb, Circus Doc)
Learning the Ropes (Dr Emily Scherb, Circus Doc)
