Ennis Physiotherapy Clinic

My phone line is up and running again thankfully. Call and leave a message if necessary when I'm not able to answer

Just to let everyone know that my phone landline is faulty at present so if struggling to make contact email to [email protected]

Glad to be able to announce that it is intended to reopen the clinic next week on the 18th May subject to COVID restrictions and with some alteration in in working practices. In the meantime if you are working from home the following may be useful to consider, especially if using a laptop for work -

Posture Ennis Physiotherapy Clinic can provide advice and information about posture, how to recognise poor posture and how to correct it where necessary. This page outlines normal posture for standing, sitting, working and also as it relates yo using portable digital devices like phones and tablets.

Just a quick note to say I am still operating but in a limited way. For those of you still keen to remain active a chartered Physio colleague has posted some beginners Yoga sessions on Youtube - check them out a 'Beat the Bug yoga' or at Yogaphysio Zone. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yDicdgyZj0FHMb3oobgaQ Well done Sinead

Yogaphysio Zone

I hope you all stay safe and healthy during this time of increased concern around the coronavirus pandemic. One of the simplest things we can all do is to wash our hands reegularly as recommended by the HSE at https://youtu.be/IsgLivAD2FE . Have a Happy St Patricks Day too - get outdoors and do some exercise!!

What a weekend of sport!! Well done to Ireland's Ladies Hockey on their momentous breakthrough in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics - but not easy on the heart to watch it from the sidelines!! Such is the toughness of sport that the men's team came ever so close once more to also qualifying last weekend, coming out the wrong side of similar close finish.

Added Time: The Irish Times Sports Podcast Every Monday, Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent talk sport - GAA, rugby, football and more - with their Irish Times colleagues and special guests. Supported by Fitbit.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist with a vision impairment I am pleased to endorse the World Sight Day https://www.iapb.org/advocacy/world-sight-day/ and to support the National Council for the Blind of Ireland who work for vision impaired people in Ireland https://worldsightday.ie/ I was fortunate to have benefitted from training at a specialist training school in the early 1980’s and to have various supports available to me if necessary. Hopefully this campaign will reinforce the notion that blind and vision impaired people can have a full and active life despite whatever sensory limitation they live with

World Sight Day - IAPB Home » Advocacy » World Sight Day World Sight Day World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. World Sight Day 2019 is on 10 October 2019. 2019 is the last year of the WHO Global Action Pla...

After your treatment at Ennis Physio Clinic why not stop off in Barrack Street for a coffee and some culture!! See http://www.ennisphysioclinic.ie/musiciansanddancers.html for advice on posture and injury prevention for musicians + dancers or others in the performing arts.

With the imminent return of children to school many parents are probably familiar with the problems of large heavy school bags. However there are a few more potential ergonomic hazards awaiting children in school such as age (height) appropriate furniture - desks and chairs - lockers, screens to mention just a few. See the attached for some more detail.

This is a topical question and worth listening to - especially in the period coming up where people tend to buy sports shoes either for themselves or for others.

It’s all about the shoes…well, maybe not. Episode #356 Minimalist? Maximalist? Zero drop? Is there really one running shoe paradigm to rule them all? On this week’s episode, Dr. Chris Napier PhD (T: ) and Paul Blazey (T: ) joins BJSM

Falls can sometime cause injuries, some of them very serious, when they occur. The slips and trips that may cause falls can also cause injury too. Many falls occur in the home or in the workplace and where falls occur in the older or frail individuals the consequences can be significant. Seehttp://www.ennisphysioclinic.ie/falls.html for more detailed information about falls and how to avoid them

Falls The factors that increase the risk falls, the potential injuries that occur after a fall and the measures to take to reduce the possibility of falling

Fintan O'Donnell Chartered Physiotherapist is delighted to announce that he has been admitted to the states register of Physiotherapists ( PT026787) which is maintained by CORU, Ireland's regulator for the health and social care professions. You can see his entry at

CORU - Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals Through statutory registration of Health and Social Care Professionals, CORU seeks to protect the public by promoting the highest standards of conduct, education, training and competence.