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Episode 3 | Dr Meghan Critchley | Injury Epidemiology in Pre-Professional Ballet

Season 2, Ep. 4

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Jagera and Turrbul People. We acknowledge their creative and cultural history and pay our respects to their leaders past and present.


Dr. Meghan Critchley is a Postdoctoral Associate with the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC). Her PhD research was about injuries in Pre-Professional Dancers. In this episode we unpack her research and talk about what it means within the ballet studio and physio clinic.


Guests: Dr Meghan Critchley

https://www.ucalgary.ca/sport-injury-prevention-research-centre/people/meghan-critchley (with links to research)


Host: Louise Drysdale @theprepointephysio


Cover Art: @megandesigns


Music: @stefanie.gumienik

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