The Manifesto 10#
I’m wondering what the first thing is you do when you feel a niggle or pain in your shoulder, knee or back? Do you get some ice on it straight away, panic a little, get curious and try and assess how bad it is and make an appointment with a physiotherapist or osteopath? This is the tried and true pathway most acrobats & crew have been taught by others, or learnt for ourselves. It’s self care and it’s a professional approach to a very real issue we face as physical performers and stage crew. Some of you may even avoid it for a little while and when it doesn’t go away you eventually seek some form of treatment. If we’re lucky, the cost of this self care is covered by the organisation we work for or workers compensation. We rarely question this pathway.