Recently I found myself helping a young person with long-standing, incredible pain behaviour which led me to find a sense of balance between a very mild version of the ‘hard medicine’ approach and my personal take on the graded exposure model. In other words, I...
The predominant dysfunction with an ACL injury is knee instability. Successful management must include an accurate assessment of this impairment and establishing realistic and yet specific individual goals...
We work with clients using techniques such as dry needling, heat, joint mobilisation, soft tissue massage, postural and workstation setup advice, stretching and strengthening exercises...
Most people can expect to experience some neck pain (cervicalgia) in their lifetime. Neck pain has many causes ranging from an injury or strain to chronic postural-related...
Carpal tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common condition that causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the hand and forearm...
After some early years with Galway Rovers and Cregmore I first joined Oranmore FC in 1999 when I started at Calasanctius and haven’t missed a season of football since...
Lower back pain is a common problem for people presenting to us in the clinic. However many episodes can have a good prognosis, where considerable improvements can be seen in just a few weeks...
Dry needling involves single-use thin sterile needles being gently inserted into trigger points. Needling is used within a physio session to target trigger points to reduce pain and restore function...
The primary aim of Physiotherapy is to restore movement, strength and function to someone who has been affected by an injury or a disability...
Clinical Pilates is a form of exercise used to assist people suffering from acute or chronic injuries e.g. back pain, general weakness or a reduction in function as well as those recovering from an injury or surgery...
Deep Tissue Massage involves applying sustained pressure using slow, deep strokes to target the inner layers of your muscles and connective tissues...
MWM involves concurrent glides applied by a physio with active movement to the end range by the patient....
Manipulation is a fast, accurate movement applied to an area on the body to provide pain relief and improve the mobility and function of your soft tissues, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments...
Manual Cervical traction is used to treat neck pain. It can help separate the bones, discs, and joints in your neck...
Taping involves placing strips of special tape on your body in specific directions to help support your joints...
Using meditation along with a treatment plan has been scientifically proven to help with pain states, particularly chronic pain...
Exercise rehabilitation is a personally prescribed set of exercises and ongoing,m progressive and changeable plans that range from passive movements to professional strengthening exercises to rehabilitate and recover from surgery or injuries...
Post-surgical rehabilitation is a type of physiotherapy that occurs through the collaboration of patients and their physiotherapists with the aim of getting your desired results e.g. restoring correct function and movement of the joint before returning to enjoy golf...
In order to treat and prevent dysfunction and pain we can perform a thorough biomechanical and postural assessment to determine amongst other things, inactive areas of the body and abnormal load throughout other parts of the body...
The FMS is a great evaluation tool to reveal a movement dysfunction or asymmetry that could be the crack in your exercise foundation...
Physiotherapy plays a role in injury rehabilitation, injury prevention and performance enhancement. Pre-season injury prevention screenings are a vital assessment for every athlete...
Pitch-side physiotherapy incorporates match day preparation, immediate injury assessment and care along with immediate injury management by a professionally registered physiotherapist and followed by post match analysis and injury recovery planning and prevention...
We host workshops discussing pilates, nutrition, yoga, meditation and exercise best practices from our years of experience with physiotherapy and nutritional therapy...
The goal of an ergonomic or workplace assessment is to identify potential risk factors and quantify them so that you can make measurable improvements in the workplace environment...
The slipped disk is a widely feared, misdiagnosed, misunderstood and often very manageable and self-resolving intervertebral disc issue...
Have you ever wondered what conditions can be treated with Physiotherapy? This is a list and a great place to start if you are looking for some info...
We all experience some degree of pain and wear and tear with our bodies as we move through life. If the pain or stiffness you are feeling is affecting your daily life there are many treatment options available to you...
Dry needling is a procedure where a fine needle is inserted into the skin and muscle or soft tissue...