Q. Could you introduce yourself?!
A. Hi, I'm Cian McDonnell, and alongside being a fully licensed Chartered Physiotherapist with current membership of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, I'm Gold Standard's Founding Member / Managing Director!
Q. What / where did you study?
A. After completing primary school in Burgess, I went to secondary at Nenagh C.B.S. Post-Leaving Cert, I went to UCD, where I obtained my Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Physiotherapy and Performance Science Degree.
So fortunate to love the career path I chose, I've gone on to complete a number of Post-Graduate courses in the intervening years. As a result, I also hold qualifications such as:
- a Master's Degree in Sports Performance from the University of Limerick,
- a Sports Traumatology Graduate Diploma,
- a Manual Concepts Certificate,
- a Langer Group Orthotic Prescription Certificate,
- a Western Acupuncture Certificate,
- an Instrumental Manual Therapy Certificate,
- NSCA CSCS Accreditation
Q. What kind of clinical experience do you have?
A. After graduating from UCD in 2009, I continued to develop my professional skill-set whilst working in a number of excellent private practices in Ireland, the U.S and New Zealand. By 2012, I felt ready to start my own practice and so began Gold Standard's relationship with the Mid-West public, who have been so unbelievably supportive - I really can't ever thank them enough.
Possessing over 50,000 hours of first hand experience at this stage, I feel privileged to be able to say my past clients include:
- the victorious All Blacks' Rugby World Cup winning team,
- Irish International Soccer teams,
- Scottish International Soccer teams,
- the Otago Rugby squad,
- Limerick F.C,
- the Offaly Senior Hurling team,
- UCD's Senior Gaelic Football and Hurling teams,
- Mary I's Senior Hurling team whilst...
...most definitely not forgetting pretty much every sports team in the North Tipp area either!
Q. What are your professional interests?
A. While I've a huge interest in all Physiotherapy disciplines, I particularly enjoy providing Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy to the General Public (i.e. treating various muscular, bone, tendon, ligament, joint, and cartilage injuries of theirs).
To learn more about me, please visit the "Our Team" section at goldstandardireland.com. Thank you!
