People

David Fitzgerald

After initial graduation in Engineering, David completed a Diploma in Physiotherapy from the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff in 1985, and obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Physiotherapy from Perth, Western Australia in 1991. He specialises in the rehabilitation of chronic musculoskeletal problems ranging from back, neck and spine, to sports injuries, occupational overuse syndromes and chronic pain. He has written six book chapters on the above topics and has been an invited lecturer / keynote speaker at many conferences throughout Ireland, U.K., U.S.A. and the Middle East.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist and practicing clinician for over 23 years my initial training was in mechanical engineering. I became fascinated and enthralled by the function of the human body and subsequently dedicated myself to exploring its secrets. This endeavor has provided the opportunity to treat people with a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems and remains my passion and privilege to this day. This journey has passed through many varied fields of education from basic science, manipulative therapies, orthopaedics, neurology, physical medicine, anaethesiology , therapeutic exercise, pain management, occupational medicine, sports injuries and clinical psychology – and remains a enduring pursuit to this day.

Throughout this time there has been heavy involvement in post-graduate teaching programs in Physiotherapy, General Practice, Occupational medicine, Pain management and Sports Rehabilitation both domestically and internationally together with regular public education commitments .

I have had the privilege of working or studying with many highly regarded international experts in the field of physical rehabilitation (Lewitt, Janda, Maitland, Melzak, Wall, Elvey, Zusman, Edwards, Singer, Butler, Bogduk, Wells, Gifford, Hodges, Jull, Sarhmann, Lee, Mossley, O’Sullivan…) and am deeply indebted to them and many others for the input which has profoundly shaped my views.

The passion to understand human function remains my primary guiding force to this day and I hope this passion/obsession can be usefully distilled to provide applicable, relevant content for clinicians with the ultimate aim of improving the lives of patients who trust in us – surely our ultimate goal and privilege.

Grainne McKeown

Grainne McKeown is an Honours Graduate at the University of Ulster and founder of Dublin Physiotherapy Clinic. She specialises in the field of Neurological Rehabilitation with over twenty years of experience in this area. Her interest in this field stems from working for many years in specialist multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation units in the U.K. where she gained much of her experience working with complex neurological conditions. She has completed many accredited Post-Graduate neurological courses and is a Bobath trained Physiotherapist having completed numerous Bobath practical workshops and three advanced Bobath courses. She works with many varied and complex neurological disorders and has a specialist interest in facial paralysis.

She has lectured to Physiotherapy special interest groups and patient support groups in the area of neurological rehabilitation. She is coordinator of the extensive Post-Graduate training programme run at the clinic for both qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

She is a member of PIMS a national group of physiotherapists with both research and clinical interest in the area of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). As part of her role in the group she co-authored a research paper on MS.

She is a member of:
Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapist,
Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice
Chartered Physiotherapist in Neurology and Gerontology.

She keeps fit through participation in running, walking, aerobics, archery and travel.