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Pilates for Teenagers? Even now I remember the feeling of a heavy school bag on my shoulders and tired, achey muscles after a football match. Teenage bodies undergo stresses from changes in posture and growing as well as the demands of school and sports. I wish I had known about Pilates rather than being told to hurry on and stop complaining!! Was I truly a lazy, grumpy teenager or was my back really sore after the soccer blitz? Would I have tidied my room if my legs didn't ache from football...

Ah yes, the sun has started to shine, the kids are outside on the trampoline with dad. And the moms? Safely sitting inside with an eye on the nearest loo. The secret reason us moms like to sit and chat rather than bounce around in our Sunday best is to avoid the dreaded leaking. Most women have experienced some form of urinary incontinence over their lifetime. No incontinence is normal and almost all incontinence will improve with a little physio. Our bladder and internal organs are supported...

Attention Farmers Now that the cattle are indoors and the cows are dried off, it's a great opportunity for farmers to look after themselves. It's a great time to start feeling better and getting fit in the process. Farmers exercise often gets neglected when times are hectic. Now is an ideal time to start exercising. After all.. it's only 10 weeks to the first of February. Springtime Madness It's only 10 weeks until the first of February. This is when dairy farmers in particular get very very...

No need to see your doctor first The first question many people ringing the clinic for an appointment ask is 'Do I need to see the doctor first before  attending the physiotherapist'. The answer is no. Chartered Physiotherapists are trained to assess and treat a wide variety of complaints. At Cahir Physiotherapy Clinic we specialise in musculoskeletal complaints. These are injuries and symptoms coming from the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and bones. A doctor's referral is helpful as it...

What’s the first thing you think of doing when you get injured? Most would say ice the injury, whether it’s a ligament sprain or a pulled muscle or a twisted knee or ankle. The next thing people tend to do is put a bandage over the area to compress it. Should you be doing all this? The simple answer is yes- but there’s a bit more to it than that. The old PRICE regime for new injuries (Protect, Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation ) has been improved with clinical research to become POLICE-...

It's March- the Tipperary GAA county football league and Under-21 championship have started. It's a great time to remind you about the importance of a good warm up to prevent injuries in hurling and football. There is lots of evidence from sports science and medicine research that a well planned warm up reduces the number of injuries in a squad. So from a success and a costs point of view it's worth doing! Gone, hopefully, are the days of lads and lassies running straight out of the dressing...

Frozen shoulder is a condition that affects both men and women in which the shoulder becomes painful initially and then very stiff. It affects normal daily activities, like brushing hair and getting dressed and driving. It mostly occurs in patients between the ages of 40 and 65 years of age and it usually lasts 1- 2 years. What causes frozen shoulder? When a patient arrives at the clinic, they usually say that they can't remember 'hurting it' and say that the pain started for no particular...

Cruciate Ligament tears Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears of the knee are back in the news recently with Colm 'Gooch' Cooper's injury and subsequent surgery making the headlines. Born and reared in Co. Cork, I can't say that I shed any tears for the consequences for Kerry football myself. But, for those Kerry folk hoping for a quick return to play later on in the year for the star footballer, they would be better off if he delays his return to matches until much later in the year or even...

  For the past two weeks the main topic of conversation in the clinic with patients has been the bad storm. Electricity blackouts, trees down and no exercise done. In fact, since Christmas, anyone who 'depends' on the outdoors for exercise has been admitting to the lack of routine of walking/ running/cycling because of the bad weather and feeling worse for it. Now this week things are not as bad- with the odd sunny spell it's time to get back to your usual exercise regime. Take advantage...

Welcome to the first post of our blog for Cahir Physiotherapy Clinic in Co. Tipperary. Here we hope to keep you updated regularly on the latest in injury prevention advice, cutting edge physiotherapy and exercise research and what we're up to in our working week in Co. Tipperary. In spite of, or maybe because of, the awful weather we've been really busy with new injuries in the clinic over the past 2 weeks. Lots of people locally have been overdoing it with cutting trees and clearing gardens...