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A new €800,000 podiatry clinic - the only one of its kind in Ireland - which opened recently on the grounds of Merlin Park University Hospital will provide specialised services to people throughout the country.

The Institute of Massage and Sports Therapy Ltd was founded in 1998 with the aim of providing internationally recognised qualifications in sports therapy. At this time, more and more teams and sports clubs were employing sports therapists, who were for the most part unqualified and ended up causing more harm than good. They recognised the need for therapists who were trained specifically in the treatment, management and rehabilitation of sports injuries and have now developed a three-year part-time diploma course which deals with all aspects of sports therapy.

Well known former triathlon and duathlon champion, sports massage therapist and founder of the National School for Remedial Therapy, Dave Corcoran has chosen Castlebar as the only venue outside Dublin for his next diploma programme in sports and remedial massage therapy.

Dr Andrew Harvey has recently joined the team at the Mayo Chiropractic Family Practice after moving from his homeland of Australia and is pleased to be working with Nancy and Trisha, alongside Dr Sinead Hughes, in a practice which has been providing chiropractic care to the people of Mayo for four years.

I was strapping myself into the rowing machine up in the Ormonde Hotel gym last Friday night when I felt a sharp pain in my toe.