Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic

🏋️‍♂️ Ease back into exercise the right way- - it's not a race, but a journey. 🚶‍♀️ Listen to your body, and if you have any concerns, don't hesitate to consult a Chartered physiotherapist for personalised guidance.

📍EXCITING NEWS!!!

We now have an AMAZING Local Practitioner Map on the HLP Therapy website where you can find a practitioner who has trained with us! 🤩

How brilliant?!
We know many of you follow but don't live local to the clinic here in Leicester so we wanted to share practitioners who are more local and you can get the same incredible treatments closer to home! 🏡

😍Check it out on the website now: https://www.hlp-therapy.co.uk/practitioner-finder

Are you on the map? Tell us below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

New Year, New Vibes!
Kickstart 2024 on a healthy note by getting active. 🏃‍♀️ Whether it's a brisk walk, a dance session, or hitting the gym, make fitness a priority. Your body and mind will thank you for the positive energy!
And don't forget that a Chartered Physiotherpist can provide guidance, whatever the stage of your fitness journey!

In this season of giving, let's stop giving to gravity, by giving a PostureFitting gift voucher!👙

Gravity is a significant daily force to be reckoned with. How wonderful is the body to be able to get us & keep us upright so that we can function every day!

Gravity loves body parts that it can pull forward, including breast weight, regardless of breast size. Poorly fitting bras cannot resist this force. We can do better with knowing how!

In a PostureFitting consultation we educate, empower & enlighten in how to manage breast weight, helping its owners feel, move, look better. This could be you!

Gift vouchers, virtual & in-person consults available. We are always in support 👙

In England:
👙Absolute Physiotherapy, Cumbria Absolute Physiotherapy Absolute Womens Health
💃🏿Body in Balance Physiotherapy & Women's Wellness, West Midlands Body In Balance Physiotherapy & Women’s Wellness
💪Ellen Hellard Physio, Essex Ellen Hellard Physio
💃🏼Sigma Woman, Cheshire Sigma Women's Health & Rehab
🎉 Coming soon, London & Yorkshire

In Ireland:
👙BodyBalance Physiotherapy, Meath Bodybalance Physiotherapy
💃🏿Castlebridge Physiotherapy & Orthotics, Wexford Castlebridge Physiotherapy & Orthotic Clinic
💪 Monkstown Physiotherapy, Dublin Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic
💃🏿 Posture Matters, Cork Posture Matters
👙Total Health Physiotherapy, Tipperary Helen Ryan Total Health

Calling all therapists in Scotland,Wales & the rest of the world - this could also be you!! Contact us to learn about how to join the PostureFitting team! 👙👊👙

www.posturefittingphysio.com

No need for b***s to go down from (•)(•) to (.)(.) despite gravity's best efforts!
A PostureFitting gift voucher will help its lucky recipient to feel, move, look better, by ...

💃🏼 decreasing pain
👊 increasing confidence
🏃🏿‍♀️decreasing activity effort
🏄🏼‍♀️ improving sports performance
👙 not being desperate to take their bra off as the day progresses 😳

Let us help you to uplift others, everyday!

www.posturefittingphysio.com

Vouchers redeemable for virtual consultations or in-person appointments at:

Absolute Womens Health Absolute Physiotherapy Cumbria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Bodybalance Physiotherapy Navan, Irl 🇮🇪
Body In Balance Physiotherapy & Women’s Wellness West Mids 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Castlebridge Physiotherapy & Orthotic Clinic Wexford 🇮🇪
Ellen Hellard Physio Essex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic Dublin 🇮🇪
Posture Matters Cork 🇮🇪
Sigma Women's Health & Rehab Cheshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Helen Ryan Total Health Thurles 🇮🇪

Are you looking to get active in 2024? 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Join us on our Winter Walking programme which returns on Tuesday 23rd of January in Marlay Park as part of the Winter Initiative! ❄🌳

Book Here: https://dlrsportspartnership.ie/national-campaigns/winter-initiative-2023/

Sport Ireland Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Finding it hard to get back into exercise this new year? Have a listen back to MISCP Jenny Branigan on for tips on how you can challenge your body without going to the gym.


https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22339598/

Sleep is our best source of recovery, don’t sacrifice it to train more! 💤

Many people choose to take a month off from drinking alcohol during January.

For some, it’s a chance to give your body a break after overindulging during the festive period and save some money in the process. For others, it goes further and forms the start of a significant shift in their relationship with alcohol and its impact on their lives and loved ones.

In our article, we take a look at how alcohol can affect your perimenopause and menopause. Read the full article here: https://www.balance-menopause.com/menopause-library/alcohol-and-the-menopause-why-cutting-down-can-improve-your-menopause-and-overall-health/

The p***c symphysis is a fibrocartilaginous joint connecting your pelvic bones. It is vulnerable to mechanical stressors and can be a source of pain and mobility limitations. A few general scenarios that create p***c symphysis pain include:

🤰 Pregnancy: Multiple factors during pregnancy contribute to PS dysfunction. This is often due to biomechanical changes in the pelvic girdle and lower extremities.

💢 Osteoarthritis is seen more commonly in advanced ages and/or following injuries that could have occurred via trauma or pregnancy.

🧘 Generalized joint hypermobility and conditions such as Ehler-Danlos Syndrome can contribute to p***c symphysis dysfunction.

⚡ High velocity accidents such as on the road, falls from a height, or recreational activities can also be a factor.

Regardless of the method of injury, pelvic floor physical therapy is first line treatment!

The fabulous PostureFitting team & me wish all of our friends & supporters a relaxing & rejuvenating festive break.

It is our pleasure and privilege to empower, educate & enlighten women & girls worldwide, & we look forward to continuing that mission 👙💃🏿💃🏼👙

Merry Christmas & Nollaig Shona Daoibh, & enjoy forgetting what day of the week it is during Twixtmas! 🎉🥳

Helen Ryan Total Health 🇮🇪
Sigma Women's Health & Rehab 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Posture Matters 🇮🇪
Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic 🇮🇪
Ellen Hellard Physio 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Castlebridge Physiotherapy & Orthotic Clinic 🇮🇪
Body In Balance Physiotherapy & Women’s Wellness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Bodybalance Physiotherapy 🇮🇪
Absolute Physiotherapy Absolute Womens Health 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 + watch this space! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

👙 A pre-Christmas gift, maybe for you?👙
To celebrate reaching 100 attendees of my GALS against GRAVITY workshop, I am offering one lucky GAL €/£100 worth of optimally-fitting bras! These will be provided following the "Feel the Fit" section of the course.

Don't just take it from me that this is a course worth doing, even without the bra bonus!👙 Previous attendees said:

"Empowering women in a simple yet effective way"

"Highly recommend this course"

"The good word needs spreading!"

Contact Siobhán on +353 87 7678873 or [email protected], & prepare to be uplifted! 👙

www.posturefittingphysio.com

LUNCH & LEARN: Busting b***y traps!

What better way to finish your week than with a 1hr webinar, exploring how breast weight impacts the lives of women and girls.

How they feel, both physically & psychologically, how they move & what they do, even how they look, all these variables are intertwined. Hear how they can be quite simply influenced so that the negative impacts are not only neutralized, but become positive ones 👊

Life can be a less bouncy ride!👙

https://loom.ly/e1MK7tY

Join us Fri Nov 17th at 1pm. Recording available so no excuses if you're not available!

SAVE THE DATE - Friday Nov 17th, 1pm - for our Spot the Difference competition. And how to redress it 🏃🏼‍♀️👊🏃🏿‍♀️

One of these women is running effectively & efficiently, with optimized breathing mechanics, a supported pelvic floor and minimal pressure on joints & soft tissue structures.

One of the others most definitely is not.

Can you see why?
Do you understand the impact?

If they were to run a marathon, one of these women will finish 12mins earlier than the others.
Yes, I did say 12 mins!!! 😳
That's the equivalent of doing 27.2 miles instead of 26.2 🤯
Why would anyone running a marathon willingly do an extra mile?!? The answer is they wouldn't, if they knew how to avoid it....

That extra 12 mins is 2,000 extra breast bounces.
Yes, I did say 2,000!!
That's a lot of unnecessary, energy-sapping movement (& a big hint!!)

Find out more on Friday Nov 17th at 1pm, when The B***y Physio (that's me! 👙👊👙) chats with Claire Callaghan in one of her empowering Masterclasses. For anyone wanting to improve the quality of the lives of women & girls, including your own!🏃🏿‍♀️💃🏼💃🏿🚶🏼‍♀️

https://loom.ly/e1MK7tY

Ehlers-Danlos is a group of inherited disorders that can affect any connective tissue in your body. The most common form is hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. 🩷

➡️Ehlers-Danlos can result in joints that move too much - which can mean joints are unstable, and can dislocate more easily, contributing to pain

🦾If many joints are affected, it can cause muscle dysfunction throughout the body, as the muscles attempt to compensate for the lack of joint stability. This can result in body-wide myofascial pain.

💢When the sacroiliac joints or hip joints are affected, the pelvic floor muscles can become dysfunctional resulting in pelvic pain, and/or urinary, bowel and/or sexual dysfunction.

📣"These disorders can present at a young age without the typical risk factors such as pregnancy and delivery or menopause"

Want to learn more about myths and facts on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? Drop a 💗 to be sent the link!



🗒️Source for quote:
Nazemi A, Shapiro K, Nagpal S, Rosenblum N, Brucker BM. Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Case Rep Urol. 2023 Feb 23;2023:6863711. doi: 10.1155/2023/6863711. PMID: 36875296; PMCID: PMC9981282

"🌍✨ On , remember, you're not alone! A Chartered Physiotherapist can be an invaluable support during this journey. 💪🌸 Check out www.askthephysio.ie to find a qualified expert in women's health near you. Your well-being matters! 💖🌟

A long overdue staff get together to thank and appreciate our wonderful staff new, old and present! So proud of their work ethic, commitment, dedication to their patients and altogether niceness 😊

This photo represents National Daughter's Day perfectly for me, with 3 generations of my family - my mum, herself a very proud Waterford daughter, her daughter (my sister) & my sister's daughter.

Research confirms that active mums are likely to have active daughters, providing them with the great legacy of a lifelong love for activity. This was the case in our family, & being active has stood us all in good stead, especially Mum who is still very mobile in her 93rd year! 👊

However, the stats around activity levels in today's young girls from studies by Women in Sport tell many other stories:
😳 only 10% of 13-16yr old girls achieve their recommended physical activity levels
😳 by age 16-17, 64% of girls will have quit sport.

The University of Portsmouth highlighted barriers to activity including poorly supported breast weight & its consequences:
😳 73% of 12-18yr old girls reported at least 1 breast-specific concern in sport
😳 46% of these girls said their breasts affected their activity levels
😳 50% of them never wore a sports bra.

We are doing our bit to change these startling figures by offering PostureFitting to teenage girls. Learning how to support breast weight early in life facilitates independently managing breast weight changes throughout life. The sooner we can empower, enlighten & educate women, the better - for them, and for the daughters they may someday have.

To find out more for you, your daughters or someone else's daughters, see www.posturefittingphysio.com

PostureFitting consults available at:
Absolute Physiotherapy

Absolute Womens Health

Bodybalance Physiotherapy

Body In Balance Physiotherapy & Women’s Wellness

Castlebridge Physiotherapy & Orthotic Clinic

Ellen Hellard Physio

Helen Ryan Total Health

Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic

Posture Matters

Sigma Rehab & Fitness

All models "supported" by PostureFitting, of course 😝👙💃🏼

👙💃🏿 Avril Craig is the subject of today's Thursday Team Tour!💃🏼👙

Avril is a Chartered Physiotherapist who established Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic in 2004 with Sharon Kelly, after many years working in the hospital system both home and abroad. She has a particular interest in sports and general musculoskeletal rehabilitation, rheumatology, bone health and breast cancer rehabilitation including Lymphoedema.

In 2018 Avril attended the first GALS against GRAVITY workshop held by Siobhan O’Donovan, and was hooked! She loves the combination of imparting practical information to empower women of all ages to understand ideal bra fitting as well as the physiotherapy elements of postural assessment and strengthening.

Avril believes the fact that PostureFitting is a service that is as applicable & as important to teenage girls as it is women in their 90’s makes it a very special service. A former hockey, cricket and tennis player who now taxis her 3 busy teenagers to their multi sports. She has loved teaching her teenage girls the PostureFitting way & also makes sure she spreads the message to the teenage girls that she mentors in GAA/camogie.

Avril is an integral & valued part of the PostureFitting team. Thank you for your initial & ongoing belief in the concept Avril!

Reach out to Avril at Monkstown Physiotherapy Clinic or on 01 214 8031.

Contact Siobhán on www.posturefittingphysio.com to join Avril & the PostureFitting team! 👙💃🏿💃🏼👙