Making Circus Smarter through Science

We bring you the newest in circus science to translate research into practice. Gain access to our world-class education and learn from the best in the business. We're here to bring you the knowledge you need to help you stand out, build your career, and achieve your goals.
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The Circus Doc Mission

Bridging science and circus by advancing understanding of circus-specific movement and translating sports science to enhance performance, education, specialized clinical care, and career longevity for artists at every level.

For Clinicians

Fill the gap between what you learned in school and working with artists who touch their buts to theirs heads and fly through the air for a living. Build your confidence with the skills needed to understand the awe inspiring "circus normal".  

For Instructors

Take your circus knowledge to the next level using the most current science of circus, sports, and medicine, so that you can help your students' level up with less effort and injury. 

For Artists 

Understand your circus body from a science backed perspective and fill your brain with the knowledge you need to break through physical barriers and give yourself a professional leg up for a long and healthy circus life.

meet the doc!

Dr. Emily Scherb Emily received her graduate training at Washington University in St. Louis where she focused on learning human movement as a system. She continues to be involved with education as a fellowship mentor and as a provider of continuing medical education. Her focus as an educator is on circus and aerial artists.

As a clinician, Dr. Scherb uses a thorough evaluation process to focus on the underlying cause of symptoms and to recognize patterns of movement that can cause or perpetuate injury. Her unique background in movement as a dancer and aerialist and teacher uniquely prepare her to address all of your aches, pains, and movement questions.

She is comfortable with a challenge and has worked with many patients who have not seen results with traditional physical therapy due to her unique approach centered on patient education and movement training for a long-term solution. 

Dr. Scherb is the author of the book Applied Anatomy of Aerial Artists and works with professional and pre-professional circus artists through her positions as Resident Physical Therapist at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts and as the Company Physical Therapist for Acrobatic Conundrum, a contemporary circus company.

Emily is on the board of Seattle Dance and Performing Arts Medicine and the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators.



Educating Across the Circus World

Bringing circus science knowledge to clinicians, educators, and artists worldwide. 

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BRIDGING THE GAPS

Circus Artists are DIFFERENT. We believe treatment, instruction, and training should be different too. The Circus Doc is committed to developing and spreading circus science everywhere through courses, live events, and sharing the most up to date information that circus science and related fields have to offer. Circus bodies at all levels are exceptional. Your education should be too. 
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COURSES

Join our community and learn from the best any time, any place. We provide a large science backed course catalogue ranging from the FREE Aerial Inversion Explainer to the comprehensive Circus Fusion: Continuing Medicine Education for care providers. This is how you grow your circus smarts! 

LIVE EVENTS

Courses! Retreats! Circus Science Symposium!?! Like the circus community, The Circus Doc audience is global and we love connecting live whether through educational events online or by hitting the road! We host practical live events several times a year dedicated to the education of circus artists, coaches and clinicians on how to best work with circus bodies of all levels. 

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See what artists, instructors, and clinicians say

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Instructor Boost took my knowledge to the next level

Emily is truly helping change the culture of learning recreational circus in a safer, more intentional way, one instructor at a time.

stella Perry, Artist & coach

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celebrating more circus patients!

Since taking the course, growing within the community, and getting fresh tidbits from the calls and presentations, I have continued to grow my practice, including having a rig with silks in my office!

Dr. Coryn Autore, PT

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i found fusion in time to make circus artists the focus of my career

As a dancer and circus artist I saw & participated in a lot of unhealthy, unproductive practices caring for bodies and recovering from injuries. I wanted to learn to be the type of provider I wish that I had all those years...

Sydney Schack-Farnell, PT, DPT

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I was already treating polers and aerialists...

... however, after a discovery call with Emily I decided to join. Despite my background, I gained so much from the course and the community involved in the course!

Dr. Loren Kowal, The Chiro Co.

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