The Shoulder Here at Monkstown Movement Clinic we treat all types of muscle and joint pain. These range from neck and pain pain to achy knees, dodgy ankles and troublesome shoulders. The shoulder can be a particularly tricky area. This is because it has lots of movement but not much stability. A simple way of...
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A healthy start in 2020
Tips to start the year as you mean to go on Remember, it's about creating new habits. Therefore, any changes to your lifestyle should be sustainable long term. If you say you’ll go to the gym every day and then don't, you may feel the whole plan is ruined if you miss one workout. Moderation...
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What is pain?
What is pain? Pain can be described as an unpleasant sensation deriving from actual or potential tissue damage, which has both physical and emotional components. This is an interesting description that requires a bit of exploring. Before I understood pain, I believed all pain was damaging but we know now that this is not the...
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Lumbar pain: back to work or back to bed…
Low back pain Back pain can be a real nuisance. It can stop us in our tracks and wreck our day, week or even our year. So what do we do when we get back pain? Do we push on or rest up? Quick answer: push on. Most (not all) cases of back pain will...
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Highly recommend Graham at Monkstown Movement Clinic. He managed to determine the cause of my long-term pain so was able to create a recovery programme completely unique to my lifestyle and injury. Super friendly and welcoming and a very comfortable space in the new clinic in lovely Monkstown.
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Graham was a sports physio for my former rugby team some years back, and when an old injury flared up he was very quick to make himself available to help. It had been a number of years since I had attended physio and I was slightly out of the loop as to who to call...
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I sought Graham’s help to address a problem with stiffness in legs following a period of hospitalisation. He gave me a program of exercises which were easy to follow using an App. He kept in touch with me and with his encouragement and support, I regained full fitness in my legs. I have no hesitation...
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