Gavin Yore Pain,Injury and Movement Clinic

13/02/2025

Clinic will be closed until Thursday the 20th due to a family bereavement

27/11/2024

We are asking all candidates ahead of the upcoming elections what your government will do for Certified Athletic Therapists (CATs).

CATs are essential allied healthcare professionals specialising in the prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal injuries of patients (from the young athletic population to the elderly).

Despite 15 years of lobbying the Department of Health for state regulation by CORU for the profession, it is resulting in hundreds of Certified Athletic Therapists facing mass emigration, employment discrimination and financial uncertainty due to limited patient access to highly trained, expert MSK clinicians.

This brain drain of highly qualified MSK clinicians could be utilised to address the 66,500 orthopaedic waiting list within the public sector, as all our members have a Level 8, BSc (Hons) degree from 4 state funded universities (DCU, TUS, SETU), are certifed emergency first responders and cardiac first responders, and have successfully completed a credentialing exam (pass rate > 70%), making them highly trained and expert in the field of neuromusculoskeletal medicine.

What will your government do to address the urgent need of state CORU regulation of Certified Athletic Therapists?

What will your government do to address the 66,500 orthopaedic waiting list within the public sector, whereby Certified Athletic Therapists could be employed?

What will your government do to prevent job discrimination as a result of this lack of CORU regulation?

20/09/2024

Here we go again, pitchside bags stocked up and ready to go for the start of the new season and Navan RFCs centenary year

AIL is back this Saturday 🙌 First game of the season for our Senior Men's 1st XV is away to Greystones RFC . KO is 2:30pm.

All travelling support is appreciated 👏

Best of luck lads.

31/08/2023

First preseason match tonight, let’s hope it’s the start of a good one.

Best of luck to our seniors who play Skerries Rugby Club in the Leinster League this evening. Best of luck to Jason in his first game as head coach and to Sean as first game as captain

11/05/2023

After waking up recently with a "twinge in my back" that later developed into a spasm, I found myself reaching for the foam roller thinking it might help(it didn't).

Foam rolling has become a popular intervention in sports settings to improve muscular performance, flexibility, and to alleviate muscle fatigue and soreness. But what are the actual benefits of foam rolling, and how can it be best utilized?

A recent meta-analysis of 21 studies sheds light on the effects of foam rolling. The studies examined both pre-rolling (as a warm-up activity) and post-rolling (as a recovery strategy) interventions, and used either foam rollers or roller massage bars/sticks.

The results suggest that pre-rolling can improve sprint performance and flexibility, while post-rolling can attenuate exercise-induced decreases in sprint and strength performance and reduce muscle pain perception. Foam rollers appear to be more effective than roller massagers for the recovery of strength performance.

However, the overall effects of foam rolling on performance and recovery are minor and partly negligible. The evidence supports the use of foam rolling as a warm-up activity rather than a recovery tool.

Wiewelhove, T., Döweling, A., Schneider, C., Hottenrott, L., Meyer, T., Kellmann, M., Pfeiffer, M. and Ferrauti, A. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Foam Rolling on Performance and Recovery. Frontiers in Physiology, 10(376).

It's important to consult with an Athletic Therapist, physio, or S&C coach before incorporating any new training techniques into your routine. Stay informed and train smart!

18/04/2023

Lucky enough to get the opportunity to sit in on some knee surgeries today up in Santry, watching Prof Brian Devitt in action.

30/11/2022

Hi folks,

Clinic is back open now and thank you all who passed on their condolences. Unfortunately though, I’ve had to limit hours as I am currently coordinating a research study investigating hamstring injuries and how the dreaded DOMS are a possible risk factor. Its taking up a considerable chunk of my time but I hope to open up more hours in the spring.

07/11/2022

Clinic will be closed for the remainder of the week due to a death in the family. I will respond to messages upon my return. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

25/05/2022

So, I saw a post from one of my old lecturers on social media about resistance training for juveniles and it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend a few weeks previous. We got on to the subject of strength and conditioning for kids and he wondered if there would be a reason the hurling team his son plays on was not implementing a strength and conditioning program. He noticed that some of the teams that they came up against seemed to be faster, fitter, and stronger on the ball, almost with the ability to swat off opposing players at ease. He had learned later that some of those teams had an S&C program in place.

This is a hot topic at the moment, with clubs trying to enhance the development of their underage teams by utilizing S&C. Some teams however are taking a more cautious approach by going down the old-fashioned route of doing the usual, laps of the pitch, stretches, a couple of sprints, more laps….etc.

This could be due to a number of genuine reasons, like not having the proper facilities, coaches not having the necessary training, or coaches with the “didn’t happen in my day” mentality. But probably the most common reason of all is the fear factor surrounding resistance training for adolescents. For years people have heard, that it stunts their growth! It's unsafe and they'll get injured! They don’t need it at that age!

None of the above is true!!

There is no evidence that it stunts growth. There have been a few cases reported where growth plates have been damaged but this was put down to poor technique through inadequate coaching or poor supervision. https://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Abstract/2006/11000/Weight_Training_in_Youth_Growth,_Maturation,_and.5.aspx
It has been shown to enhance injury prevention and improve the development of their physical literacy https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941738117704153?casa_token=haBK3ctOugUAAAAA%3AHhrnB-LgsEIZlDnF7uqB8xwXvL8cQBssdZZq7BSiJ-1ua20tejyeAO1DtYpuwSTj_1VB2jIvhTT0Qg
https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2016/05000/strength_training_reduces_injury_rate_in_elite.15.aspx?casa_token=E8VfB7hKo74AAAAA:Bm2PLZ634y6oDgonxTG5c1EybJjGTrlIuXGqjsRMEWopvkvcwm4CW57j_32rkH8Yqsxj_61lUap3bAeqVJfdlNGE3Dz9_A
They absolutely do need it at their age!! In a consensus statement published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, written by some of the leading researchers on the subject. It was found that children that did not participate in resistance training at an early age had an increased risk of negative health outcomes later in life. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/7/498.abstract?casa_token=_IRX0wlODl8AAAAA:0AMnnztiQVm3jMWUXIjBCmQgQM4EyheDCltTSm0kGhBK2FN2x8b11pZqH2gyuf2h77NMaY1Ja1gg
They also wrote that resistance training at an early age is important for effective motor skill performance.

Motor skill development is the important factor here. When a baby is learning to stand, walk, or any movement for that matter. They get there through a process of trial and error. They'll fall, get up, fall, get up, fall again, get up again, and so on........ until they have it mastered. The whole way along this process, their nervous system keeps getting more efficient at making the right movements to maintain control or complete a task by learning from their mistakes. It is the exact same process with resistance training among youths. Through correct coaching and technique, their neuromuscular system becomes more efficient at moving the weight which they then experience as an increase in strength. Doing weights won't turn them into mini Arnold Schwarzeneggers. It is only later on after puberty when all those hormones are flying around will they increase in muscular size, but at least they will have a good strength base to work from.

The links provided to the research are a drop in the ocean of all the research supporting resistance training for kids and adolescents. If you only read one, please read the consensus statement in the bjsm.