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Managing sciatica during pregnancy

WCP Staff January, 2025

The sciatic nerve runs from the lower back through the hips, buttocks, and down the leg to the foot. Sciatica a condition where the sciatic nerve becomes irritated, compressed, or inflamed. It is characterised by pain that radiates along part or the length of the sciatic nerve. One might assume […]

A recipe for sunshine

Karen Austin January, 2025

This is the time of the year to eat oranges. The oranges of southern Europe are having their moment, juicy and bursting with flavour and they bring a very welcome blast of sunshine into what is otherwise a rather grey, cold and wet time of the year. Spanish and Italian […]

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New clinic in Clonakilty provides focused care for people suffering from scars, oedema and wounds

WCP Staff January, 2025

Opening Helios Clinic in Clonakilty has marked a significant milestone in the professional journey of Orla Gallagher, who brings over two decades of experience as a registered general nurse. Orla worked in Intensive Care in Dublin before returning to Clonakilty to work at Bushmount and Fairfield Nursing Homes. After recognising […]

What to do about chronic pain…when all else fails?

Lorraine Dufficey December, 2024

TMS is know as Tension Myocitis Syndrome or Mindbody syndrome, a term first coined by Dr John Sarno, a medical doctor practicing in America in the 1970s, who pioneered work in the field of psychogenic pain or, as its come to be known, mind-body pain. His method to help cure […]

’Tis the season

Tina Pisco December, 2024

After a warm, dry and sometimes spectacularly sunny extended Autumn we got all the winter weather at once. Temperatures plummeted and the snow covered the landscape in a soft white duvet. No sooner had the snow started to melt than storm Bert made its entrance with a red alert for […]

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Tidings of…comfort and joy?

Leo Muckley December, 2024

As I sit writing this month’s column I could swear that Halloween was only last week yet it is the middle of November. I can be fairly certain that by the time you read this, you will also have seen Christmas decorations in shops and heard The Pogues or Mariah […]

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