STA122: ’The Dancer’s Foot’ with special guest Liz Bayley

In Ep.122 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we are joined by special guest Liz Bayley, who will be presenting 'The Dancer's Foot' in the STA Theatre Therapy Expo 2022 November 23rd & 24th  on the Thursday at 10am, and in the Keynote Theatre at 1.50pm.  When it comes to understanding & managing dance performance related injury, Liz Bayley has a wealth of experience. A professional dancer for 15 years including a year in Paris at ‘The Moulin Rouge’, Liz has worked as a sports therapist in the West End on shows such as ‘Wicked’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘Singing in the Rain’, ‘Shrek’, ‘Matilda’, and ‘Jersey Boys’. Liz is currently the senior physio on Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ at the Lyceum Theatre, with the company West End Osteopathy. She is also a specialist performing arts physio with the world renowned ‘Trinity Laban’ in London and currently running here extremely popular ‘Foot and Ankle Fundamentals’ course. Topics discussed include: 8:24 Liz Bayley link to blogs, podcasts, etc: https://linktr.ee/lizbayleyphysio  10:00 Crossover between working with Dancers and other performance athletes. 10:50 Being Head Physio at Disneys 'The Lion King' at The Lyceum 11:50 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance 14:30 Moving from Sports Therapy to Physiotherapy 19:35 Foot & Ankle Fundamental's Course with Liz Bayley & Lizzie Marlow  32:00 "Physio Level" - Sports Therapists: Know Your Worth!  36:00 Foot & Ankle Fundamental Course: working with calves 40:00 Soleus controversy on Twitter 47:00 Ankle Sprain Variations & Alternative Special Tests 59:00 Invitation from Liz to Sports Therapists: What would you like to see on the Foot & Ankle course? Email: [email protected]  60:00 Next week's guest:  Bill Taylor - Male Pelvic Health Red Flags Useful Links   Liz Bayley Website Email Liz Bayley Trinity Laban Health Therapy Expo Website STA Website Our sincere thanks to Liz Bayley for giving up her time to be a guest on the show. Remember, Liz will be presenting 'The Dancer's Foot' in the STA Theatre at Therapy Expo on the Thursday at 10am, and in the Keynote Theatre at 1.50pm. See you there! Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]