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Merrion

Milltown at the Merrion Hotel

We had a really enjoyable weekend at The Shoulder Masterclass weekend with ⁦shoulder expert Eoin Ó Conaire from Evidence-Based Therapy Centre based in Galway. Delighted to apply our new knowledge today in our lovely clinic rooms overlooking the pool The 5 Star Merrion Hotel in Dublin

Our physiotherapists Maeve, Sarah, Frank, and Robert are now seeing clients in the clinic rooms The 5 Star Merrion Hotel in Dublin.
Call us now for booking and availability!

⁩See below for some nice takeaways from the course – one being “you can’t damage a frozen shoulder”.

Shoulder Masterclass 1 Shoulder Masterclass 2

 

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World Physiotherapy Day – September 8th

The campaign for World Physiotherapy Day 2019 is focussed around the theme of chronic pain and the role that physiotherapy and physical activity can have in helping people manage chronic pain.

The campaign is focused around the following key messages about the benefits of using exercise to manage chronic pain to:

  • maintain flexibility and movement
  • improve cardiovascular health
  • build and keep muscle tone
  • improve mood and general wellbeing
  • help control pain
  • increase confidence to take part in activities
  • take back control of your life and reduce your fear

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World Physiotherapy Day September 2018

It’s World Physiotherapy Day this Saturday, and the theme this year is Mental Health, Phyisotherapy and Exercise.
Did you know that 20% of people living with osteoarthritis have depression or anxiety?
Exercise improves the quality of life and self-esteem of people experiencing mental health
issues and has a large and significant antidepressant effect in people with depression.

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Improving MH

The Stress of Should – Michael Comyn at Milltown Physiotherapy

Milltown SOS

We were delighted to host an in-service on “The Stress of Should” by Michael Comyn. It was a very enjoyable Friday evening speaking about resilience and giving the staff here lots of tips that hopefully we can pass on to patients in the coming months.

Michael advises to become more resilient we are required to work on sleep, exercise, nutrition, reality checking and meditiation.

A really nice website that we were recommended to look at for further information was www.sixdayreset.com

 

Celebrating 25 years

It is with great pride and excitement that we celebrate 25 years at Milltown Physiotherapy this year.

 

Starting in early 1993 with a small physiotherapy practice and with colleagues Dr Fiona McGoldrick and psychologists Michael Murphy and Terry O’Sullivan we gradually grew into the building as they made space for us to expand. Dentist Sam Clarke joined a short time later taking over the adjoining building.

 

Neighbours tell how they remember horse riding taking place in the fields out the back of the building 40 years ago and so much has changed. Professor Gerard Doyle owned the premises when we first rented there and gradually it changed over the years. We are pleased to share that we were able to buy the building when it most recently changed hands at the end of last year and have been delighted with the encouragement and response of neighbours and patients to our purchase.

 

We would like to thank most sincerely all of our physiotherapists, reception staff, massage therapists and our accounting and book keeping personnel for their ongoing hard work and comradery. We would like to thank all of our patients for coming to us and for placing their trust in us. We have so enjoyed getting to know you over the years.

It is a privilege to be involved in this community and little did we know 25 years ago what we were starting. We look forward to providing many more years of service.

 

 

Thank you!

 

Maeve Whelan & Helen MacDevitt
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Milltown Physiotherapy finish top 10 in Twilight Challenge 5km

The Spirit Motor Group Twilight Team Challenge took place in Sandyford yesterday evening for the 4th year running. This team event has become a focal point of the year in the workplaces of south Dublin. Over 600 runners, joggers and walkers signed for this late evening race under street lights. The night race under street lights certainly added to a great atmosphere. This race was hosted by DSD AC who provided runners with a great night of entertainment and fun running. The title sponsors Spirit Motor Group provided a fabulous HQ where participants were very well looked after with catering and refreshments.

 

Before Run

Helen, Eimear, Frank and Tara represented Milltown Physiotherapy and managed to survive the thundering wind and a few steep hills to come out in 10th place out of nearly 40 teams. It was a great event, and extremely enjoyable.

 

Last min prep

If you are looking to get involved in running, or are just starting out we would recommend speaking to a physiotherapist – the movement specialist to help you avoid common running injuries.

A great timed event held in parks across the country for free is the 5km parkrun. You can find further details on www.parkrun.ie on how to register. The event caters for walkers, joggers and runners. Get out there!

Physical activity

World Physiotherapy Day 8th September

World Physiotherapy Day was on 8th September and a survey to mark the occasion by the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists showed that 2/3 of Irish Adults are not active enough with the shock headline: Sitting is the new smoking.

What does this mean

The main findings were that over 55s are outperforming all younger age groups in time spent at physical activity. However they are not getting it completely right needing to do more resistance exercise to increase quality of life in later years. The survey suggested that 18-24 year olds may be the most physically inactive amongst all adults.

New recommendations on Physical Activity levels (BMJ 2016) demonstrate that the maximum health benefits from physical activity can be achieved by getting between 3000 and 4000 MET mins of activity per week. The MET min is a unit that describes volumes of physical activity. Sixty MET mins equates to the energy consumed by sitting quietly for 1 hour. The 18-24 year olds surveyed were just expending 1496 MET mins per week while the total population was expending 2137 MET mins per week.

Physical inactivity

Physical inactivity is the fourth leading factor in global mortality and is responsible for 6% of deaths around the world. Other health benefits from engaging in more physical activity include decreased risk of:

  • Colon cancer by 30 -40 %
  • Breast cancer by 20- 30%
  • Cardio vascular disease by 20-35%
  • Type 2 Diabetes by 20-30%
  • Stroke by 20%

The suggested target for older adults (>65) is 30 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five times per week in bouts of 10 minutes or more. 30 minutes of brisk walking or the equivalent five days a week is often recommended. In addition, physical activity to improve strength should be done at least two days a week.

Some people can find it difficult to reach this level of activity but making modest increases in your time standing and spending less time sitting can have a positive effective.

There are associations between increased physical activity and reduction in musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and better cognitive acuity and mental health.

Our clinic at the event

Physical activity

On World Physiotherapy Day at Milltown Physiotherapy we set up an information area for everyone passing through that day and gave out a copy of the two WPD infographics to take away. We measured grip strength to promote the idea of needing to do strength training on two days per week. We compared grip strength against norms in age categories and did a draw for free physiotherapy sessions giving prizes to four strong winners. They all had a story to tell as to why their grip was in the ‘strong’ category. We gave a few people frights too!