Rachael is a Chartered Physiotherapist with over 17 years experience practising nationally and internationally. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from the University of Nottingham. Her wide experience working with neurological conditions has lead to a competent and effective practitioner that can assist you with re-aligning, re-storing and re-balancing your body as a whole. Her intuitive way
of working comes from her extensive experience working with clients who have lost the ability to communicate due to head and brain injuries. In addition to her traditional corrective and rehabilitative physiotherapeutic work, Rachael enhances her practice with holistic disciplines including Reiki, Acupressure, Alexander Technique and Pilates principles. She is also training in Somatic Movement therapy which looks at the places where we have got stuck in our bodies and systems due to trauma,illnesses and emotional events that didn't complete. Her unique approach looks at the patterns we form and use in our bodies that keep us "stuck". Her teaching methods include increasing awareness of body posture and its patterns, assisting you to find and access where your body needs to be (to be more efficient and pain free). She simply explains how joints, muscles and nerves interact and work, helping her clients to understand their bodies more. Using clear and easy stretches and exercises, her clients develop their own "toolkit" to maintain the body as an effective tool. Rachael works from her treatment rooms in Dominick sStreet,with Dilis CLare in Health and Herbs,Sea ROad,Galway and accompanies her clients to the gym, swimming or exercise classes. She assesses clients working environments to provide a rounded picture of how the body is performing in all facets of daily life. In the past she has worked with presenters and clients on breath control and 'body presence and alignment' in the arts and creative fields. She has also worked with performing art students and their teachers at City College and Manchester Metropolitan University. She sees people with recurring/long-standing bad backs and necks and RSI, to clients with strokes, head injuries, broken bones and sprained ankles. Rachael also has created links with many other skilled practitioners and therapists within the West of Ireland. Part of your path back to wellness may include recommendations to visit other practitioners Rachael knows and trusts to provide you a full package of care and rehabilitation. Please get in touch for further information.
