RANELAGH PHYSIOTHERAPY - Key Persons
AILBE McCORMACK | MISCP, Dip Physio,MSc (Manip Therapy), PG Dip Sports Phy, Lic. Acupuncture: Ailbe has 34 years of experience, working as an international level sports physiotherapist with the IRFU, as well as World champion and Olympic gold medallists at Crystal Palace. He has worked with some GAA All-Ireland club and county winners, an international hockey team and a professional rugby league team. Ailbe specialises in manual therapy treatment, acupuncture and exercise re-education programs. As an ageing sportsman, he still finds time for regular road biking, playing occasional tennis and kayaking the Liffey descent - trying not to fall in!
Ailbe is a specialist in hands-on manual treatment working on joints muscles and soft tissues to restore correct movement patterns. He has lectured in Australia, USA, UK and Ireland on sports injury and orthopaedic issues covering the shoulder, groin, knee, ankle and foot. He is currently an external lecturer in sports physiotherapy at University College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
Job Titles:
- Medical Manager of the Developmental Game
CaithrÃona is currently the Medical Manager of the Developmental Game in the Irish Rugby Football Union, where she works with key stakeholders across Irish Rugby to protect player welfare and improve performance through applied research.
EOIN FEHILY | MISCP, BSc. Physio, Certified Pilates Instructor: Eoin completed his physiotherapy degree in 2013 at University College Dublin. Over the next 3 years he worked in New Zealand. He qualified as a Pilates instructor during this period and set up a Pilates clinic in Wanaka, developing individual and group programs tailored for all levels. Eoin also specialised in treatment of elite skiers and snowboarders in Wanaka's challenging ski fields, while also working as the head physiotherapist to the Upper Clutha Rugby team.
Fergal Howard | MISCP BSc. Physio: Fergal graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin in 2011. He has worked extensively in private practice and with sports teams including the International Rugby Academy of New Zealand and the Manly Sea Eagles super rugby league club in Sydney, Australia. Closer to home, he has worked with both the Leitrim senior hurling and senior and minor football teams. He has a special interest in biomechanics and gait analysis, posture, running and exercise prescription. Fergal has studied and developed a good understanding of functional range conditioning, kinetic link training. He has a special interest in strength and conditioning, spinal manipulation and his skill set emphasises manual therapy, electro-acupuncture and dry needling.
MARY KENT | MISCP, BSc Hons (Physio), PGDip Sports and Exercise Medicine, Lic Acupuncture: Mary graduated in 1990 from Trinity College Dublin with a BSc in Physiotherapy. She followed this with a Diploma in Sports Medicine (Trinity College Dublin) and is a qualified Acupuncturist with her Licentiate in Acupuncture (British School of Acupuncture). Mary brings over twenty-five years of extensive physiotherapy experience in hospitals, community and private practice, and Sports Medicine. She established her own private practice at David Lloyds Riverview Club before moving to Ranelagh Physiotherapy Clinic.