Ankle Pain – Physiotherapy Can Help Introduction Common ankle injuries are caused by a sudden traumatic event where someone might ‘go over’ on their ankle, also known as an ankle sprain. This usually occurs on the outside (lateral side) of the ankle. Ankle sprains are less common on the inside (medial side) of the ankle…
Why Staying Active is Crucial for Ireland’s Older Generation Age Friendly Ireland have recently stated that the number of people aged 65 or over in Ireland will double by 2040. They state this to highlight how crucial local and national health services are to cater to this older demographic. Speaker from Age Friendly Ireland Hugh…
Running Injuries and Prevention With the marathon season upon us . . . . . . it is important to make sure you finish the race injury free. Running can place high demands on the body leading to stressed tissues resulting in injuries. Common injuries encountered during running include overuse injuries, muscle tears, plantar fascitis…
Running and Knee Pain – We Can Help With the Dublin City marathon only two weeks away, all of the hard training you have done will be coming to an end. You’re probably heading into your tapering stages and beginning to prepare from a nutritional point of view. With all the miles of training you…
‘Carbo-loading’ or carbohydrate loading is a phrase that most runners will have heard of and for a lot of novice runners this may translate as a pasta party the night before your race. Have you ever really considered exactly why it is so important to load up on complex carbohydrates before a long distance run?…
Older People’s Day 2016 October 1st marks older peoples day 2016 and an initiative by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy to “celebrate the achievements of and contribution older people make to society” and highlight “the role of physiotherapy in enabling older people to remain healthy and independent.” Indeed both statements are true. The older generation…
World Physiotherapy Day 2016 – Add Life to Years World Physiotherapy Day 2016 takes place on Thursday 8th September and the theme this year is ‘Add Life to Years.’ This theme means to highlight how Physiotherapy Treatment and Exercise Therapy can add to the quality of life of the older patient by keeping them active and…
If you have a fitness goal in mind whether it be to lose weight, tone up, gain muscle, rehabilitate an injury or even just to be more active; then Personal Training is for you. Meet your goal one-on-one with your PhysioCare personal trainer in our private and spacious PhysioGym. Your sessions last for an hour…
Research and evidence has proven that exercise therapy helps you get and feel better if you are suffering from a wide range of injures and conditions such as back, hip and neck pain. But if exercises are completed incorrectly with poor form and poor posture, you will not receive the full benefit from them and…
A Neurofen ad was recently banned over misleading claims that the painkiller could specifically target back and joint pain. After complains about this misleading nature were made, the UK Advertising Standards Authority banned the ad and were in agreement “Because the ad implied the product had a special mechanism which meant it specifically targeted back…