Instructional programs are
accredited by
the International
Dance
Council
(UNESCO).
In the
Spotlight:
Stephen
M. Apatow
Biomechanics
Specialist
&
Technical
Consultant
Founder,
Director of
Research and
Development
Sports
Medicine &
Science
Institute
Phone: (203)
668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@esportsmedicine.org
Internet:
www.esportsmedicine.org
Pathobiologics
International
Internet: www.pathobiologics.org. .
Sports
Science:
Professional
and Academic
Experience
includes:
- Academic:
Exercise
Physiology,
Sports
Medicine,
Sabbatical
1984.
- 1984-90:
Full
time training
for ultra
distance
running,
ultra-distance
cycling,
national &
international
level
competition in
cross country
skiing and
rowing.
- 1985:
Accepted to
the national
development
camp for
cycling,
Olympic
Training
Center,
Colorado
Springs,
Colorado.
- 1986-89:
Through
the help of
Tony Johnson,
heavyweight
rowing coach
at Yale, began
cross training
sweep rowing
and sculling
with the New
Haven Rowing
Club.
- Studied
modern,
jazz and
ballet
training at
the Lee Lund
Academy from
1985-88 and
the Soviet
System of
Ballet
Training at
the Nutmeg
Conservatory
for the Arts
from 1986-89.
Graduate of
the Nutmeg
Conservatory
for the Arts
Professional
Program in
1989.
- 1987:
Presentation
at Rossignol
Cross Country
Ski Clinic,
speakers
included Bill
Koch and Lyle
Nelson
coordinated by
Mike
Gallagher,
(former
Olympian and
Olympic
Cross-Country
Ski Coach),
Mountain Top
Inn,
Chittenden,
Vermont.
- Martial
Arts:
As a
participant in
the study of
martial arts
for over 20
years,
classical
ballet
training
provided a
scientific
method
(utilizing a
similar
approach used
in eastern
bloc
development
programs) to
optimize
speed,
strength,
leverage
mechanics,
force
generation and
technique.
Current
training
emphasis is
Judo/Jujitsu.
Founder:
JudoSport
International.
- Technical
consultant
for Cheryl
Madeux,
Finalist,
Lausanne
International
Ballet
Competition in
1990.
- Technical
consultant
for U.S.
National Team
athletes from
Harvard
University,
members of
World and
Olympic
Festival
Teams. Sports
applications
include
professional
football,
national level
wrestling,
hockey
cross-country
and downhill
skiing,
skating and
martial
arts.
- Speaker
at
1990 Coaches
Association
Meeting for
Sport Canada
at the Olympic
Complex in
Ottawa,
Canada.
- Upon
request,
applications
of the
analysis
correction and
retraining
procedures to
enhance the
joint
flexibility
and technical
performance
for classical
ballet
training have
been applied
to
musculo-skeletal
disorders that
include
entrapment
neuropathies,
Scoliosis,
Rheumatoid
Arthritis,
Asthma,
Fibromyalgia,
Frederick's
Ataxia and
Multiple
Sclerosis. One
of our cases
with
Rheumatoid
Arthritis was
submitted to
the National
Arthritis
Foundation
Peer Review
Board in 1990.
Analysis and
corrective
procedures
have been
adapted to
help spinal
herniations
for physicians
at Yale
Medical
School.
- Small
animal
veterinary
application of
human
biomechanics
procedures
leads to work
with hundreds
of horses in
dressage,
hunter-jumper
and western
training
programs.
(See:
Expanding
Human to
Veterinary
Biomechanics
Applications)
- 1994-98:
Corrective
procedures
developed to
enhance the
technical
ability of the
international
level dancer
in ballet were
adapted into
dressage and
hunter-jumper
specific
training
programs for
both horse and
rider. This
work was
formally
introduced as
an equestrian
development
program at the
USDF Adult
Camp in Boise,
ID in 1997. In
1998, the USDF
Region V Adult
Camp in
Jackson
Wyoming
provided USDF
University
Credit for the
lecture
presentation
on
"Biomechanics
and Structural
Analysis of
Both Horse and
Rider."
- 1999:
Presenter at
Society of
State
Directors of
Health,
Physical
Education, and
Recreation
Annual
Meeting,
Boston,
Massachusetts.
- 1999
- Present:
Research and
development of
programs
associated
with the
optimization
of classical
ballet
training,
Olympic
development
programs and
specialized
orthopedic
applications.
- 2002
International
Sports Science
Association
Fitness
Therapist
Review: The
Science and
Practice of
Rehabilitative
Exercise
integrate
theory and
practice in
the health
care arena.
This
specialized
field utilizes
information
from the world
of
rehabilitation,
pathology,
functional
anatomy and
physiology and
blends it with
the world of
fitness
training
dealing with
aerobic
conditioning
strength
training,
skill
development,
exercise
progression
and
prescription
for special
population
groups.
- 2003:
"Optimization
of Classical
Ballet and
Sports
Development
Programs"
workshop was
introduced at
the 11 state
American
Alliance for
Health,
Physical
Education,
Recreation and
Dance
(AAHPERD)
Combined
Convention on
February 12,
2003 in
Reno-Sparks,
Nevada.
- Consultancy
work
with all
sports and
Olympic
development
programs
continues
through the
Sports
Medicine &
Science
Institute.
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Armed
Forces
Development
Programs
Sharpening
the
Tactical
Athlete
Armed Forces
Development
Programs:
News, Sports
Medicine
Advisories,
SportScience
Information
Network Sports
Directory.
JudoSport International:
International
classical
biomechanics
based martial
arts training
for Olympic
development
programs.
Url:
www.ijudosport.org
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Equestrian Development Programs
BalletEquestria: Rider
& Equine
Development
Programs,
International
Dancescience
Development
Program. Includes
articles,
information on
rider
development
clinics,
consultations
and
scholarships.
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