Services

Specialist Physical Therapy for Professional Performance

Andrew provides physical therapy for people whose bodies and voices are central to their work.

His care is shaped around the demands of professional performance—including rehearsals, recording, filming, concerts, touring, recovery schedules and the need to return to work reliably.

Andrew works with singers, actors, recording artists, professional speakers, dancers, musicians, acrobats and other high-demand performers. He also works with production teams, arts organizations and physical therapists developing their expertise in performing-arts care.

VOCAL PHYSICAL THERAPY - Voice and Jaw.

Vocal physical therapy is one of Andrew’s principal areas of specialization.

He works with singers, actors, recording artists, professional speakers, presenters and other professional voice users where physical restrictions are affecting vocal function, recovery, stamina or reliability.

People may seek Andrew’s help for:

• Jaw, neck or throat tension

• Physical tension associated with vocal fatigue

• Reduced vocal stamina or reliability

• Musculoskeletal factors affecting resonance or range

• Muscle tension dysphonia

• Rib, thoracic or breathing-related restrictions

• Recovery following an intense performance or recording schedule

• Recurring physical issues affecting voice use

Care may include detailed physical assessment, manual therapy, movement and postural assessment, breathing-related mechanics, progressive exercise, clinical conditioning and practical strategies for rehearsing, recording, speaking or performing.

Where appropriate, Andrew’s work can complement care from voice clinicians, ENT specialists, speech-language pathologists and vocal coaches.

DANCE, MOVEMENT AND PERFORMING-ARTS MEDICINE

Andrew has more than two decades of experience working with dancers, musical-theatre performers, actors, musicians, acrobats, gymnasts and other high-level movement artists.

Treatment and rehabilitation are designed around what the performer needs to do—not only what hurts.

This may include:

• Dance and performance-related injuries

• Hypermobility-related problems

• Recurring strains and overuse injuries

• Complex movement patterns

• Performance-specific strength and conditioning

• Clinical Pilates

• Post-surgical rehabilitation

• Return to rehearsal and performance

• Injury-prevention planning

Andrew considers the movement vocabulary, role, instrument, production schedule and performance environment involved when planning care.

COMPLEX AND RECURRING INJURIES

Many performers come to Andrew with problems that have persisted for months or years, returned repeatedly or involve several connected areas of the body.

These cases require more than a generic exercise sheet or short-term symptom relief.

Andrew’s approach may draw on manual and manipulative therapy, movement analysis, clinical conditioning, functional training, Clinical Pilates and progressive performance-specific rehabilitation.

The aim is to understand what is contributing to the problem, improve the performer’s physical capacity and develop a realistic route back to work.

PERFORMANCE PREPARATION AND RECOVERY

Performers do not always seek care because of a single injury. They may need help preparing for a demanding role, recovering between performances or managing physical load through rehearsals, filming, concerts and travel.

Andrew provides support with:

• Clinical conditioning

• Return-to-performance planning

• Injury prevention

• Recovery between performances

• Preparation for rehearsals, filming and performance seasons

• Managing physical load during intensive schedules

• Maintaining capacity through touring and travel

The plan is built around the performer’s actual working demands and the time available before the next rehearsal, recording session or performance.

TOURING, BACKSTAGE AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Andrew understands the practical demands placed on casts, artists and production teams working within fixed schedules.

Support can be discussed for:

• Touring artists and bands

• Theatre and musical-theatre productions

• Film and television environments

• Recording and concert schedules

• Cast injury-prevention and conditioning

• Backstage physical-therapy support

• Production-specific recovery planning

• Consultation with production and artist-support teams

Care can be tailored to an individual artist, cast or wider production requirement.

WORKSHOPS, EDUCATION AND CLINICAL MENTORSHIP

Andrew teaches performers, clinicians, educators and arts organizations across the areas of vocal health, performing-arts medicine and professional performance.

His teaching experience includes lecturing in anatomy, physiology and dance health and training and mentoring U.S.-based physical therapists preparing to support Broadway and national touring productions.

Workshop and presentation topics can include:

• Vocal health and physical therapy

• The physical demands of professional voice use

• Performer injury prevention

• Dance health and hypermobility

• Clinical conditioning

• Touring-performer care

• Anatomy and physiology for performers

• Return-to-performance rehabilitation

• Developing performing-arts expertise within physical therapy

Presentations can be tailored for performers, vocal coaches, physical therapists, conservatories, universities, production companies and arts organizations.

COMMON REASONS PEOPLE CONTACT ANDREW

• Vocal tension, fatigue or physical strain

• Jaw, neck and throat tension

• Neck, shoulder, rib and thoracic pain

• Low-back pain

• Elbow, wrist and hand problems

• Hip and groin pain

• Knee, ankle and foot injuries

• Tendon and overuse conditions

• Muscle strains and tears

• Hypermobility-related issues

• Post-surgical rehabilitation