Anxiety is a natural response to stress. Normal levels of stress are motivational but too much stress can lead to anxiety and physical sensations like increased heart rate, sensitivity to sound, more responsive reflexes and a heightened fight or flight response. At times of danger these responses are very important […]

There are many different kinds of headaches and often diagnosis is not straightforward. One of the main issues that I come across is that people are wrongly self-diagnosing the type of headache they have. The most common misdiagnosis would be migraines. I am not sure exactly why this is but […]

Now that the New Year has arrived, it’s a good idea to put our minds to those New Year’s resolutions that we committed to over Christmas. Talking of minds, whether you’re a teenager doing exams or your school days are long past, one of our resolutions should be to take […]

It is widely acknowledged that stress and stress-related conditions are responsible for absenteeism in the workplace. According to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are responsible for the majority of absences in Ireland, at 50 per cent, followed by work-related stress, anxiety and depression (SAD) at […]