1 hr 5 min
Ballet soloist to bonafide academic - a career with Ehlers-Danlos feat. Bonnie Southgate STA Women in Sports Therapy Podcast
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Welcome to the ‘Women in Sports Therapy' podcast from the Sports Therapy Association. In this month's episode we are joined by Bonnie Southgate.
Some of you may know Bonnie from her appearances on the Sports Therapy Association weekly podcast with host Matt Phillips. I have known Bonnie for some years now - having met in 2017 while studying with Mike Grice of Movement Therapy Education. It’s been a delight to see her work and projects grow and gain recognition since then, but she has a fascinating back story predating our first meeting, and so I have been very keen to have her as a guest on the podcast.
Bonnie has been working in her field since 2000 using a blend of therapy modalities, which we discuss in this episode in more detail. She currently practices as a Pilates teacher and teacher trainer, and sports therapist, with a specialism in interventions for those who suffer from symptomatic hypermobility. She is also the MSK adviser to the charity sedsconnective, which is a hypermobility and neurodivergent charity.
Her proudest achievements include managing a high-level dance career, having three children and running a successful business with hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She is currently enrolled as a Masters student at Trinity Laban University in London, where she studies Dance Science and has plans to continue researching after her graduation from the programme. Her academic interests draw upon experiences as a dancer, including her time as a ‘Soloist’ in the American Ballet Theatre and a ‘First Soloist’ at Royal Ballet in London.
In this episode we talk about her experience of transitioning from professional dancer to a highly regarded practitioner in hypermobility disorders, as well her plans for the future, which include a new book in her specialist field.
If you enjoy this discussion, find more podcast episodes across all your favourite podcasting platforms, including Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe now to get the latest episodes as soon as they are released. You can also reach us via email: WIST@thesta.co.uk and social media:
Instagram: https://twitter.com/uk_wist
Twitter: @uk_wist
To find out more about the Sports Therapy Association head to the website: thesta.co.uk and please feel welcome to join our active and friendly Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/sportstherapyassociation
Catch you in the next episode!
Fiona :)
RESOURCES
Bonnie Southgate
Website: https://bonniesouthgate.co.uk/
Online Courses; https://movementanatomyessentials.co.uk/
Email: info@pilatestherapy.co.uk
sedsconnective
Website: https://www.sedsconnective.org/
Welcome to the ‘Women in Sports Therapy' podcast from the Sports Therapy Association. In this month's episode we are joined by Bonnie Southgate.
Some of you may know Bonnie from her appearances on the Sports Therapy Association weekly podcast with host Matt Phillips. I have known Bonnie for some years now - having met in 2017 while studying with Mike Grice of Movement Therapy Education. It’s been a delight to see her work and projects grow and gain recognition since then, but she has a fascinating back story predating our first meeting, and so I have been very keen to have her as a guest on the podcast.
Bonnie has been working in her field since 2000 using a blend of therapy modalities, which we discuss in this episode in more detail. She currently practices as a Pilates teacher and teacher trainer, and sports therapist, with a specialism in interventions for those who suffer from symptomatic hypermobility. She is also the MSK adviser to the charity sedsconnective, which is a hypermobility and neurodivergent charity.
Her proudest achievements include managing a high-level dance career, having three children and running a successful business with hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She is currently enrolled as a Masters student at Trinity Laban University in London, where she studies Dance Science and has plans to continue researching after her graduation from the programme. Her academic interests draw upon experiences as a dancer, including her time as a ‘Soloist’ in the American Ballet Theatre and a ‘First Soloist’ at Royal Ballet in London.
In this episode we talk about her experience of transitioning from professional dancer to a highly regarded practitioner in hypermobility disorders, as well her plans for the future, which include a new book in her specialist field.
If you enjoy this discussion, find more podcast episodes across all your favourite podcasting platforms, including Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe now to get the latest episodes as soon as they are released. You can also reach us via email: WIST@thesta.co.uk and social media:
Instagram: https://twitter.com/uk_wist
Twitter: @uk_wist
To find out more about the Sports Therapy Association head to the website: thesta.co.uk and please feel welcome to join our active and friendly Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/sportstherapyassociation
Catch you in the next episode!
Fiona :)
RESOURCES
Bonnie Southgate
Website: https://bonniesouthgate.co.uk/
Online Courses; https://movementanatomyessentials.co.uk/
Email: info@pilatestherapy.co.uk
sedsconnective
Website: https://www.sedsconnective.org/
1 hr 5 min