Come & explore the warmth of our new home at Ballast Quay, Sligo - a sanctuary dedicated to your well-being and revitalisation. Our doors are wide open and we can’t wait to show you around. Introducing Tuulia Meet Tuulia, our dedicated Finnish physiotherapist who embodies precision and commitment, here to accompany you on your Pilates [...]
Exciting news! Sligo Physio Space is expanding with a new premises opening on Ballast Quay, Sligo in February 2024. We’ve been working on this project for months behind the scenes and now we’re transforming our new space into the dream home we’ve imagined for our Pilates classes. We strongly believe that Pilates is the best [...]
Common Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them: Each sport will have specific injuries that tend to occur time and time again. Injuries that are most common in field sports are: Ankle sprains Hamstring muscle tears Groin strains Quadriceps muscle tears Calf muscle tears ACL Knee injuries Knee medial ligament injuries Concussion Running injuries [...]
Did you know we offer Sports Massage at Sligo Physio Space? I have put a blog together to answer some FAQ regarding sports massage. What does a sports massage do? Sports massage is a form of manual therapy, a targeted and systematic approach to muscle recovery and pain relief. It is designed to improve overall [...]
The Benefits of Sports Physiotherapy: Sports physiotherapy is a specialised branch of physiotherapy, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries, and also focus on performance enhancement through sports rehabilitation. Sports physio’s will have undergone specialised training in sports physiotherapy, often having completed a masters in sports physiotherapy. Benefits include: Recover [...]
Neck pain and stiffness is a common complaint. It can come on suddenly or slowly tighten up. Tension builds in the muscles in the neck and shoulders and this contributes to tightness in the joints of the neck making turning your head or looking up and down painful. Neck pain is very common in [...]
Have you been dealing with persistent pain? Have you tried and failed lots of different therapies? Are you frustrated and beginning to believe your pain will never go? Fear not because you can 100% get better, and you, not your therapist will be the one to achieve this. If you search google, listen to [...]
Sligo Physio Space Physiotherapist Claire Mc Guinness recently completed her Sports Physiotherapy Masters. For this She was required to carry out research and write up a thesis. Below is a summary of the findings from her thesis. A comparison of yoga and meditation for improving mindfulness and well-being and reducing perceived stress, perceived stress [...]
Reformer Pilates at Sligo Physio Space! What are reformers? Reformers are a relatively new form of exercise equipment for performing resistive exercise in a safe and controlled manner. While you can be forgiven for thinking they look like a piece of medieval torture equipment, they are in fact a fantastic piece of equipment. Reformers [...]
Patellar tendinopathy/Jumpers’ knee What is the patella tendon? The patella tendon is formed by the quadriceps muscle of the thigh, it crosses the knee cap (the patella) and attaches to the shin bone (the tibia). The patellar tendon transmits load from the quadriceps to the knee. What is Patellar tendinopathy? Patellar tendinopathy is an [...]