Dance Medicine & Science
Sports physiotherapy is fairly well-known but dance physiotherapy? This might raise eyebrows but is in fact an area with potential. Many universities in the world offers Masters programmes (and more) in this field called although the structure and content of the courses differ. And yes, the nomenclature also differs. For instance, some universities call is Dance Movement Therapy.
According to the Canterbury Christchurch University, “There is rapidly increasing recognition of the positive impact that art therapies have on people’s health especially within the areas of mental health and dementia. Requests for trained and experienced professionals in Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) are increasing, following the advent of Health Professions Council (HPC) registration for DMT as a state registered profession and the successful integration of Dance Movement Therapists”. The International Association for Dance Medicine and Science has published a document on ‘Educational Opportunities in Dance medicine and Science’
(http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.iadms.org/resource/resmgr/imported/info/educational_opportunities.pdf).
You may visit Dance UK for more information (https://www.danceuk.org/healthier-dancer-programme/hdp-advisory-committees/physiotherapy-advisory-committee/) to understand the potential for what they call chartered physiotherapists or the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science in the UK (http://www.nidms.co.uk/programmes/education/). Or you may visit The Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/).
According to University College London, there is need for training in this specialist area. It says that, “Performing Arts Medicine, based at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH), is a unique specialised field attracting interest from a variety of medical specialists and health practitioners worldwide who wish to include assessment and management of performers in their work”. UCL offers an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine and has collaborated with the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, the Royal College of Music and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance to provide the opportunity for further knowledge and exposure to this broad field of medical practice.
(https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/courses/msc-performing-arts-medicine)
The University of Bedforshire offers an MSc in Dance Science (http://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/courses/postgraduate/dance-science).
The University of Brighton offers an MSc in Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy for qualified physiotherapists (https://www.brighton.ac.uk/courses/study/neuromusculoskeletal-physiotherapy-msc-pgcert-pgdip.aspx).
Canterbury Christchurch University offers an MA in Dance Movement Physiotherapy as well as a Diploma and a Certificate Course (https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/postgraduate/dance-movement-psychotherapy.aspx).
You can find many Masters in Physiotherapy in Europe from http://www.mastersportal.eu/disciplines/105/physiotherapy.html. The NYU Langone Medical Center offers many courses relating to dance medicine and science as a career (http://www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness/students/dance-medicine-science-career/career-overviews).