Ruairi Lynch - Sports & Injury Clinic

Ruairi Lynch - Sports & Injury Clinic Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries and movement dysfunctions.

The diaphragm muscle is the biggest and most important muscle when it comes to breathing 🫁It contracts to suck air in an...
08/05/2026

The diaphragm muscle is the biggest and most important muscle when it comes to breathing 🫁

It contracts to suck air in and relaxes to push air out ✔️

But often it is an area that will compensate due to weakness in the some of the core muscles ❌

This week in clinic I had a hyrox athlete in on the prehab/performance plan - I found the diaphragm tightening due to underperforming rec abs and obliques 🏃

Rehab is to do some soft tissue release work on the diaphragm followed up with activation work on the rec abs and obliques 🔐

Once we get this balance better she will be able to suck air in and out more efficiently and hopefully add to her already great performances this year 📈

GAA footballer in clinic last week with a hamstring issue 🏃Had previous ACL surgery and previous hamstring surgery 👎Firs...
07/05/2026

GAA footballer in clinic last week with a hamstring issue 🏃

Had previous ACL surgery and previous hamstring surgery 👎

First job was to test and normalise the scar tissue 🔑

Scar tissue post surgery causes problems with how well the nervous system can innervate the muscles ⚡️

So if left untreated it can have longstanding implications ❌

He had dysfunction in the ACL scars and hamstring scar ✔️

Treated those which helped function in many more muscles surrounding the knee & hip🔥

Set up for rehab. Working progress 📆

Young 11 year footballer in clinic with Osgood’s 👎On his 3rd appointment 📅 In the first two appointments we worked on gl...
06/05/2026

Young 11 year footballer in clinic with Osgood’s 👎

On his 3rd appointment 📅

In the first two appointments we worked on glute, medial rec fem and rec fem function ✔️

All of these tested weak and had their own individual compensators 🔐

Today we focused on hamstring work ✅

He’s back playing games and training hard. Had one instance of pain in the past two weeks 👏🏻

I think this last set of rehab will be the end of it for him 🔥

Amazing commitment to his rehab work. Pleasure to help 💪

05/05/2026

Prehab/Performance Program ✅

The most important concept on this program is being open minded enough to know that even though you are feeling good and performing good there are always going to be areas that need to be worked on to maintain performance 🔐

If you want to push big miles, train hard and push the body to its limit then you have to find ways of looking after it ✔️

To many athletes wait until things go wrong before looking for help (the reactive approach) then wonder why they break down once the miles start to stack up 👎

Alongside the added bonus of staying away from injury, performance levels and consistency levels increase 📈

Client in clinic with hamstring pain last week 😓Started to test and couldn’t find any muscles testing weak. Tried to use...
04/05/2026

Client in clinic with hamstring pain last week 😓

Started to test and couldn’t find any muscles testing weak. Tried to use spinal cell compression but no muscles would switch off ❌

When this is the case - we term it globally locked 🔏

Usually there will be a driver causing the muscles to stay high tone like this ✅

First place I look is scar and surgery 👍

He had a previous surgery for medial shin splints pain. Normalised the scar tissue and things started testing better 👏🏻

Went on to find multiple imbalances linked to the medial, lateral hamstrings and adductor Magnus ✔️

Set up for rehab. Hopefully we get him back playing GAA painfree soon 🙌

Ps they love surgery in the UAE 🇦🇪 🧐

Runner/hyroxer in clinic last week with medial knee pain 👎Last time I saw him we worked on an imbalance linked to the jo...
03/05/2026

Runner/hyroxer in clinic last week with medial knee pain 👎

Last time I saw him we worked on an imbalance linked to the joint line.

That came back feeling better and rehab was perfect ✔️

But the pain had moved to lower in leg - to the Pes Anserine area!

Pain or symptoms moving like is always a good sign (one step closer to getting rid of it completely) ✅

Found two compensation strategies linked to the muscles that attach at the Pes Anserine (sartorious and gracilis) 🙌

Also cleared up some imbalances at the core for him to work on (great rehabber) 👏🏻

Set rehab. Some competitions coming up so hopefully he can perform painfree at those 👍

01/05/2026

Do you know what muscle is making the big toe move towards the finger? 🧐

This muscle tightens to cause problems in plantar fasciitis and flat feet cases 👎

Let me know if you know its name 🙌

Yesterday i had 3 hamstring issues back to back into clinic 👎All at different stages but here is the key no matter what ...
30/04/2026

Yesterday i had 3 hamstring issues back to back into clinic 👎

All at different stages but here is the key no matter what stage they are at 🔑

This is the question I ‘generally’ (not always) ask myself. What areas are weak/inhibited and causing the following muscles to tighten up ⬇️

1️⃣ Medial hamstrings (2 semis)
2️⃣ Bicep Femoris (lateral ham)
3️⃣ Adductor Magnus

When testing for weakness I’ll look for muscles that are antagonists (opposite function), synergistic (similar function) and kinetic chain (joints below and above) ✅

These muscles function is multiple planes eg biceps femoris is a knee flexor, hip extensor and External rotator at the tibia…..

So there can be a lot to consider when trying to find associated weak areas 💪

Efficient & Individualised testing and rehab for win 🏆

29/04/2026

Running client in clinic prepping for the Belfast marathon 🏃‍♂️

Once a calf starts to get sore most think they have a tear or tissue damage 👎

But this often isn’t the case…

More commonly it’s an over tightening of the calf muscles (Soleus, gastroc, big toe flexor, tib pos) ❌

This can happen when they have to compensate for other areas in the body that aren’t performing well enough ✔️

1️⃣ Test to find the weak areas

2️⃣ Release out the tight areas followed up with muscle activation work on the weak areas is the key for a speedy return to action ✅

This also involves lots of boring rehab 😭 but worth it in the end 👏🏻

Young kid in clinic last week with Osgood Schlatters on both legs ❌After playing GAA is in a lot of pain and struggles t...
28/04/2026

Young kid in clinic last week with Osgood Schlatters on both legs ❌

After playing GAA is in a lot of pain and struggles to get up stairs. Also running and performance noticeably affected 👎

Tested for my 7 imbalances and found 4.

Hamstrings and rec fem function will be the priority ✅

Set him up with 12 mins rehab to do each day 👍

Working progress….

Young 8 year old in clinic with Osgood’s this week 😓Hospital told him it was Osgood’s Schlatters DISEASE and that he nee...
24/04/2026

Young 8 year old in clinic with Osgood’s this week 😓

Hospital told him it was Osgood’s Schlatters DISEASE and that he needed to stop playing sports 😤

Sent him to a knee specialist who said similar stuff 😫

We should not be telling kids and parents that their kids have a disease in their knees. Just not the right way to go about helping or developing trust that things can get better 😤

When there is instability and weakness at the knee it will cause other areas to tighten up and sometimes pull on the patellar tendon 👎

Key to correcting this is finding and rehabbing the weaker areas ✅

Better function = less pain 🔑

Has to rehab hard now and get back playing full swing again soon ⚽️

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