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Duhallow Physiotherapy

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Duhallow Physiotherapy was started by husband-and-wife team Dan and Maria McCabe in 2020. The team are highly qualified. Dan worked full time for two seasons (2013 – 2015) in elite sport with Connacht Rugby. After this Dan spent nearly five years working in Galway City Physiotherapy, a busy private musculoskeletal clinic in Galway City. Here Dan treated a wide variety of musculoskeletal and chronic conditions as well as providing exercise based classes. During this time Dan has kept up his involvement in sports working with numerous rugby and hurling teams up to AIL and intercounty level.

Maria qualified as a physiotherapist from University of Brighton in 2012 and prior to this obtained a degree in Health Science & Physiology from Sligo IT in 2009. She has additional qualifications in manual concepts, dry needling, Pilates, and orthotic prescription. Maria has extensive experience working in large private practices in both her home county Longford and most recently, Galway for the last five years. Maria has worked with many elite, provincial and club level sports teams including the Irish Women’s National Hockey Team (2018/19), Connacht Women’s Rugby and the victorious Galway Minor Hurling team in 2018. She is currently in her second season as physiotherapist with the Galway U20 Men’s Hurling team. Maria has developed a particular interest and expertise in women’s health and the management of ante and postnatal musculoskeletal conditions.

The business is centrally located in the Primary Care Centre in Newmarket and employs five staff. Their client base is wide and varied from a 10-year-olds recovering from broken elbows and ankles to 90-year-olds rehabilitating from shoulder replacements. Generally, neck and back pain would be the most common injuries presented by their clients who are looking to improve their pain, functional impairments and overall quality of life.

The pair have recently diversified their services and have launched a suite of exercise classes in the CYMS hall in the town (Pilates and an over 50s circuit class). The couple identified a need in the community for exercise based classes for general health, encouraging people to become more active. The unique selling point of these classes is that they are designed and lead by Chartered Physiotherapists. The initial pilot sessions were extremely well received and you will be seeing more of these advertised in the future.