Denis is also a certified Strength & Conditioning Coach, has completed a Masters in S&C and is currently completing a DProf – Professional Doctorate in Sports Science and Coaching.
Denis has also been employed by Munster Rugby as a Physical Therapist to their various squads, in Rehabilitation and Strength & Conditioning as well as Rugby Development work.
He also teaches Level 1 & 2 Pilates in Classes and individually.
How can Denis help you improve in the many components of strength and conditioning that make you perform to the best of your ability, in a personal or sporting context..?
Mobility & Flexibility
Both flexibility and mobility should be given equal prominence in any Rehab program. Throughout your joint’s range of motion you have the ability to generate force. If you’re missing some movement in that hip because of a tight hip flexor well then you are putting your Glutes under pressure, for example, to do their job.
Strength and Power
Strength is you ability to do work – to lift a box, carry your body up the stairs and get you through your daily routine, not just sporting. For countless reasons our muscles become a little lazy or get forgotten as we get on with our lives. Problems can arise after time. The knee becomes a little sore, the shoulder aches when you lift a kettle.
Power, however, concerns how you use the strength you have, how you generate force. Power concerns how fast you can push those muscles, launch forth across the pitch or running track. To train power you must move the right way, with the right load and with the right form. Power training is essential for all athletes across countless sports. It is also complex to do well. Contact Denis for more information.
Core and Postural Control
Core strength is popular, misunderstood and considered complex. The core is considered the centre of all things sporting and it’s important but it’s only one part of the link.
Unfortunately over the past number of years across the relevant fields it has become muddled in thought and practice. One should understand what they’re training before they start training it. One should not train this in isolation but bring it to everything they do.
With a strong core or “postural control” your spine is the core, the scaffold and the foundation and you should support it as such. If you can’t organise it you can’t effectively move and you put your joints under much more strain.
Movement Training
In all you do, you should move well. This is the difference between success and failure and we have really been poor at it in this country. Movement technique is critical to keeping your body healthy and performing well. This type of training has been lacking in many training programs
Metabolic Conditioning
Fitness training, the dreaded laps, shuttle runs, sprints and ladders. Many players have heard these terms and suffered their wrath but have you ever wondered what you are doing them for? The answer – to get fit. But that’s frankly rubbish. Different sports have different requirements and should be treated as such.
The key here is being specific. A conditioning programme from us will incorporate the energy systems your sport needs, monitor the load it has on your body to prevent fatigue and ensure that when your heart is under pressure during the final minutes you will still move and flow accordingly. Please don’t run for the sake of running. Reason it, plan it and improve it. We can help with that.
Rehabilitation & Prehabilitation
This is not just for athletes. Performance, is relative it is personal and it matters no matter what you do. Here at the clinic we believe wholeheartedly that when you’re injured we have a responsibility to educate you on how to get better. As we guide you on the path to getting better the end goal is never about getting you back on the pitch. The end goal is about getting you to perform better than you ever have before. We will strive to do this and would love to help you along the way.
Performance Testing
Unless you have measured it, we believe it didn’t happen. When you measure it’s undeniable proof of your hard work and a testament to your commitment. Let us show you the strategies to do the same. It doesn’t matter about the budget we can work with very little.
Injury Prevention – See All Above
