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Dr. Heather Brummett is a Board Certified Licensed Physical Therapist who specializes in working with dancers of all levels. She has been working in the Valley with dancers since 2001 so that they can reduce injury and enhance their overall performance as a dancer.
Heather has a unique style in her training sessions with the ability to educate the dancer in ways that they feel movement and alignment in an effective way. She teaches simple ways to help the dancer keep his/her body strong and in control.
Heather educates dancers in "dancer" anatomy, injury prevention and enhances technique and body alignment thru her experience as a physical therapist and extensive education.
She is a native in the Valley with a background in training as a highly competitive dancer in her youth and adolescent years, followed by a professional dance career in Los Angeles. Heather understands the demands of the dancer. While dancing in LA in 1992, at the end of a full day training/taking classes, she injured her ankle which sparked her interest in dance medicine.
Since 2001, she has been sharing the knowledge she has learned along the way to help other dancers, dance instructors, dance parents and dance studio owners learn about the "dancer" anatomy, injury prevention and simple ways to enhance technique and improve performance.
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Dancer Resources
Heather has worked in the past or is currently working with dancers or dance instructors from the following studios, professional companies and performance groups in the greater Phoenix area:
Royal Dance Works
Spisak Dance Academy
Gotta Dance Company
LA Dance
The Dance Project
White Noise Dance Company
Conservatory of Dance
Club Dance Studio
Dance Connection
Master Ballet
Ballet Arizona
Houston Ballet
The Dance Shoppe
On Stage Dance Academy
Arizona School of Classical Ballet
Oasis Gymnastic a d Sports Center
Bender Performing Arts
Xavier College Preparatory
Cortez High School
Central High School
Cesar Chavez High School
Creative Edge Dance
INSPIRE Entertainment
Marilyn’s Academy of Dance
Tempe Dance Academy
Bricks Studio
Physical Therapy for Dancers
Balanced Dance Medicine is focused on helping dancers succeed. Dr. Heather Brummett has been working with dancers since 2001. She established Balanced Dance Medicine in 2007 to work with dancers to help them find the root cause of their pain and symptoms. She highly believes in helping dancers become Strong, Smart and Successful!
Her team of experts work 1-to-1 with each dancer so that each dancer understands their condition, how to best reduce their symptoms, and how to have better alignment and technique with their training. It is important that the dancer works with a highly trained expert that understands the demands of the dancer so that they can return to optimal function as a dancer without symptoms.
We have the following programs that are practical for your time and expense while getting the expertise that you are looking for from a dance medicine expert in physical therapy.
Initial Dancer Assessment 60 min session $200
Initial Dancer Assessment for Established Clients $150
Follow-up Dancer Sessions 60 min $150
Follow-up Dancer Sessions 30min* $80
(Packages of 5 Sessions are offered at 5% discount and 10 Sessions are offered at a 10% discount)
*The 30-min time slots are scheduled at particular times during the week. All other sessions are open to schedule.
Pilates for Dancers
Balanced Dance Medicine is focused on helping dancers succeed. Dr. Heather Brummett has been working with dancers since 2001. She established Balanced Dance Medicine in 2007 to work with dancers and utilize Pilates training to enhance flexibility, strength, power, balance and not to mention body awareness and control – all needed in dance!
Pilates is an amazing benefit for the dancer that offers cues and imagery that helps the dancer “connect to their center” and “ground for control” in their training. She highly believes in helping dancers become Strong, Smart and Successful!
DANCER SOLO PILATES SESSION: $150
(Packages of 5 Sessions are offered at 5% discount and 10 Sessions are offered at a 10% discount)
DANCER GROUP PILATES SESSIONS: The Pilates for Dancers program is offered twice a year. We meet for 4-5 months in the Fall and Winter/Spring, meeting one time per week. This Pilates class series specifically works on strength, conditioning, body alignment/awareness, posture, balance and other effective movement patterns to compliment the dancer’s dance training.
Please inquire as to when the next Pilates for Dancer’s Series will begin. We offer 3 make-ups for all sessions, as we understand dancers may have rehearsals, competitions or other obligations during the year. We offer sessions in summer and winter, depending on the current dancer’s schedules.
Use of the Pilates Equipment helps to strengthen while actively stretching. This combination is very effective!
Dancer
Screen
60 min session $200
Balanced Dance Medicine is focused on helping dancers succeed. Dr. Heather Brummett has been working with dancers since 2001. She established Balanced Dance Medicine in 2007 to work with dancers to help them improve alignment, technique and overall performance. We offer specialized sessions to work together and meet your goals as a dancer. She highly believes in helping dancers become Strong, Smart and Successful!
The Dancer’s Screen is an essential assessment for the dancer 1-2 times per year. It is a 60-min session where our specialists examine body alignment, strength, flexibility, balance and overall control of movement for the dancer.
This is an essential evaluation for all dancers, however even more essential for those dancers that you notice have difficulties with the following: poor posture, scoliosis, decreased turn-out, arches collapsing, popping or snapping hips (non-painful), or other issues that the dancer appears to be struggling with on a consistent basis. This is not a screen for pain, that would be our physical therapy assessment.
The objective of the dancer’s screen is to identify areas of the body that need improvement to overall help to reduce injury in the future, enhance technique, and teach 3-5 home exercises that will help improve overall issues at the moment.
During this session, you will be examined by a dance medicine expert that is a physical therapist. It may be identified that you may need actual physical therapy to allow a more hands-on treatment program with follow-up sessions to meet your goals. This will be determined and advised in the screen if indicated.
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