Sarah Casey
Sarah Casey qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist from Trinity College Dublin in 2011. She has been a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists since 2009.
Since moving back to Clifden Sarah has developed a successful private practice in her hometown providing excellent care to the people of her community. Sarah has completed training in the areas of Musculoskeletal; Orthopaedics; Women’s Health; Neurology; Sports Rehabilitation and Care of the Elderly.
She has extensive experience with Musculoskeletal issues such as back and joint pain, repetitive strains; tendinopathy and occupational injuries. She has a wealth of knowledge in Orthopaedics working with fractures; pre and post operative total knee and hip replacements; shoulder rotator cuff repairs and arthroscopy.
Sarah spent ten years working in the Care of the Elderly, specifically in nursing homes around Connemara and County Galway. She has expert knowledge of falls risk assessments; and balance and strengthening programmes for the older patient. Sarah spent many years working in the Gaeltacht area of Connemara and has excellent Irish. She can also speak French and a little Spanish.
Recently Sarah has been running a programme in Clifden in partnership with the Galway Parkinson’s Association and Corrib Physiotherapy to provide local people with Parkinson’s Disease with weekly exercise classes.
Sarah has accredited training in Women’s Health. Assessing and treating pre and post-natal women with many issues such as pelvic girdle pain and back pain. Sarah also treats incontinence and prolapse conditions.
Sarah spent a few years working with the local rugby team and attended matches to work pitch side and provided post-match physiotherapy. She has many years of experience treating sports injuries that arise from rugby, football, golf; cycling; running; gym training and dance.
Sarah is trained to provide medical grade rehabilitation in the clinic for cardiac and respiratory conditions. People who have a heart condition; after surgery; or those who have an illness relating to breathing and the lungs.
Sarah hopes to continue to develop her practice over the coming years to provide the people of Connemara and visitors with the best possible care. She is continually looking for new treatments and learning new skills to offer the public.
Mairéad King
Mairéad King was born in Clifden, Co. Galway. After obtaining a BSc in un-denominated science from NUIG, she studied Physiotherapy at the University of Brighton in the UK qualifying with an Honours degree in 2011. After graduating, Mairéad secured employment working within a large teaching hospital in Nottingham, UK, from 2012 until 2023. Here, she rotated through a wide range of specialties as a junior physiotherapist, advancing to a senior physiotherapist role within 2 years. Once a senior physiotherapist, Mairéad specialised in Stroke, Neurological conditions and Health care of the Elderly rehabilitation. Over the course of the 11 years within the NHS, Mairéad worked as part of a large multi-disciplinary team alongside other Stroke specialists such as Consultants, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and language therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Orthotists, Dieticians and Pharmacists. Altogether, a comprehensive MDT approach to rehabilitation was provided for Stroke survivors to give them the best chance of making a good recovery. Working within this large multidisciplinary team enabled Mairéad to gain knowledge in all above specialties and translate this knowledge into practice to provide a holistic approach to treating her patients.
In 2023 Mairéad returned to her hometown of Clifden with her husband and children to be closer to family. She is now registered with CORU and is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. Recently she has begun working in the Clifden Physiotherapy Clinic alongside Sarah Casey. Mairéad and Sarah have worked together to create a new and exciting business venture for Clifden Physiotherapy Clinic. The new service will provide private home-based physiotherapy to appropriate patients.
Mairéad will be providing domiciliary physiotherapy to patients with stroke and other neurological conditions. Mairéad also works in the area of care of the elderly and falls prevention. Mairéad will also be providing additional clinic-based appointments on certain days for patients with the above conditions.
