About Us
Danzenpointe Physiotherapy and Melissa Tattam
Located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, a niche Physiotherapy service tailored specifically to dancers, gymnasts, and athletes. Danzenpointe has treated Olympic Gymnasts, Professional Dancers, as well as elite sporting and non-sporting populations. Everyone is welcome.
Pre-pointe, turnout and scoliosis assessments, as well as tertiary dance screening. In-clinic, home or studio treatments are available, all inclusive of exercise therapy and DMA (Dance Medicine Australia) pilates training.
Also available for ballet coaching, conditioning, yoga and pilates. I ensure my patients play an active role in their recovery to remain pain-free once treatment ends. My goal is to restore your mobility, keep you moving and ensure your rehabilitation is effective, efficient, and stress-free.
Professionally guided treatment after 15 years as a professional ballet dancer and aerialist, I strive for high standards of treatment and patient care, having treated dancers of the Queensland Ballet Company and Academy, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Le Ballet Preljocaj, and Olympic gymnasts. Working with the body for over 15 years, provides much insight into the mechanics of movement and how other people move and function.
If you're a dancer, gymnast, elite and recreational athlete, or non athlete, and located on the Sunshine Coast, book your treatment, pointe assessment, scoliosis or tertiary dance screen with me today. Limited mobile physiotherapy services are available, contact me for details.
MELISSA TATTAM
Melissa graduated in 2015 with Distinction in a Bachelor of Physiotherapy. She has a special interest in dance physiotherapy, which includes pointe and turnout assessments, body conditioning, injury prevention and management. In 2018 Melissa opened this unique mobile physio service for dancers. Melissa is trained in pilates, including DMA clinical pilates and has completed the SEAS level 1 training for Scoliosis therapy and APA Sports Levels 1-2.
Melissa’s background is in professional dance, a ballet career lasting 15 years dancing Soloist and Principal roles with the Queensland Ballet Company, Principal with the Tasmanian Ballet Company and various leading roles for Collusion, Lucid, Majestic Aerial Artists, and Hugo Fernandez Tango. Melissa’s dance career gave the opportunity to perform overseas throughout Europe, Japan, Singapore and China, as well as regional and coastal Queensland and interstate.
In 2015, Melissa was invited to speak on Dance injuries at the Ceccehti Society ballet conference and the Royal Academy of Dance summer workshops. Melissa has treated Olympic Gymnasts, and touring companies such as Le Ballet Preljocaj in 2015, Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2021 as well as being the primary physio for the Brisbane Contemporary Prix, 2018 and 2019. Melissa has also been a physio for the Queensland Ballet Company and Academy since 2019. She has taught body conditioning to the students since 2012, and continues to teach beginner ballet and Dance for Parkinson’s as part of QB’s community dance program. Melissa has also written the Ballet for Seniors and Foundations Syllabus for Queensland Ballet's community program, as well as facilitated many injury prevention workshops on turnout mechanics and safety with pointe work.
Furthermore, she has a certificate 4 in Fitness, Personal Training and Pilates and personally trained many clients within local gyms and outdoor settings, as well as taught a variety of fitness classes that include pilates, power bar, circuit, step and fit ball to name a few.