The hands-on

physios

Mon – Fri: 9.00 – 18.00
Sat – Sun: Closed

About Us

We successfully treat Pain & Movement Problems every day and have a reputation for treating spinal pain. All members of our team are specifically post-graduate trained in manual therapy as a primary intervention for pain & movement dysfunction.

No machines, we resolve musculoskeletal presentations through our manual and mechanical approach to physio.

We offer

Specialised Physio

Back & Neck Pain
Arthritis Joints: Shoulder, hip, knee
Sports Injuries: running, golf, tennis
Biomechanics & Orthotics
Continence Consultancy
Occupational Health Consultancy

Our Clinical Approach

Clear clinical diagnosis
Manual therapy
Task specific analysis
Custom individualised exercise
Education to prevent reoccurrence
Speedy targeted resolution

Medical Pilates Classes

TherapyXperts have offered Medical Pilates classes since 2006. We champion small class groups, progressed to suit the participants. Always led by a Pilates certified Chartered Physio, we currently offer 6 classes per week. Classes are booked by term.

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Our Team

Mairead O’Riordan
MSC, MISCP

Practice Principal, Lead MSK Chartered Physiotherapist Ergonomic & Occupational Health Consultant Physiotherapist

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Niamh Williams
MCSP, MISCP

Chartered Physiotherapist Exercise & Rehabilitation Specialist

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Elizabeth Culleton-Quinn
BSC (Hons) Physio, Med, MISCP

Consultant Continence Chartered Physiotherapist

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Sarah Quinn
B.SC PHYSIO

Pilates & Rehabilitation Specialist

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Sarah Quinn

Native of Maynooth, Sarah graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2014 with a B.Sc. in Physiotherapy. She moved abroad to work in a rehabilitation hospital in Singapore for 2 years before traveling and then returning home to Ireland. She has been working in disability services across Dublin since. She is Mat Pilates trained and looking forward to expanding her knowledge in MSK. Sarah is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. Sarah recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation from Trinity College. Sarah has a keen interest in sport, previously playing Gaelic football and hockey, she currently enjoys swimming and hiking.

Mairead O’Riordan

Mairead established Maynooth’s first Private Chartered Physiotherapy practice in 1992. With nearly 40 years clinical experience, including a decade as Senior Clinical Teacher in Trinity College Dublin School of Physiotherapy, junior roles in The National rehabilitation Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, she has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of orthopaedics, musculoskeletal (MSK) presentations and sports injuries. She is especially keen to assist return to a full active life after chronic pain, injury or illness.

As Practice Principal, Mairead sets the tone for the TherapyXperts team, with a firm emphasis on clear assessment, physiotherapeutic diagnosis, considered appropriate treatment, coupled with best advice and education.

Mairead’s Clinical Specialties:

- Spinal Pain: Neck & Back, acute & chronic
- Knee pain & Running injuries
- Frozen Shoulder
- Temperomandibular joint dysfunction
- Rehabilitation & return to sport
- Postural dysfunction
- Occupational Health & Workstation/ VDU testing, risk / injury assessment in the workplace, phased return to wo

Post Graduate Education:
Mairead, a life-long learner,completed an MSC in Physiotherapy in 1998, with a Distinction in her experimental Thesis on Neck Muscle dysfunction testing. She continues to attend CPE events, both in Ireland and internationally on a regular basis.

Other Interests:
An avid fiction reader, Mairead adores sewing, designing and making most of her own clothes. She is an active member of the Plurabelle Paddlers Breast Cancer Dragon boat team, competing at regattas at every opportunity. She also loves walking.

Niamh Williams

Biography

Niamh qualified with a first-class honours BSc from Northumbria University in Newcastle, England. She then went on to work in the NHS for two and half years completing 6-monthly rotations across all disciplines, finishing with a 9-month rotation in MSK.

During these rotations she experienced a variety of settings including A&E, ICU, Rehab wards, Orthopaedics, Community Neuro and MSK, giving her a wide variety of conditions and injuries to assess, manage and treat with patient centred care.

She spent 6 and half years in the UK and then went travelling to South East Asia and Australia. She is originally from Lucan and is now delighted to be back living there after 7 years away.

Interests:

The knee: having ruptured both ACL’s requiring a lengthy rehab on both occasions Niamh has a keen interest in this area.
Pain: Niamh regularly attends online CPD courses on the topic of pain and completed her thesis in this area.
The Neck: received specialist training on treating the neck.
The Spine.
The Shoulder: particularly tendinopathies and frozen shoulder.
Orthopaedic complaints: hip/knee replacements/surgeries, Osteoarthritis.

Achievements:

Niamh received a Star Award whilst working on a Rehab Ward over the winter for her contribution and dedication to the running of a new pilot Ward. This was a physiotherapy led Ward working alongside the MDT to facilitate the timely discharge of medically well patients, thus freeing up medical and surgical beds on other wards.

Sepsis Champion: Completed a 2-day training on sepsis and educated the team on the information gathered.

Basic Life Support.

Hobbies:

Niamh played hockey both in Ireland and England to a high level throughout University and later for various clubs. She was part of the winning Stan Calvert Cup Team 3 years in a row. She has coached hockey at secondary school level to both boys and girls and is currently a primary school coach.

She is an avid musician playing both flute and piano, completing all grades in piano. She has played in Brown Thomas store at Christmas and various other restaurants.

Niamh has a Division 1 All-Ireland Feile medal for winning the U14 Camogie Feile.

Niamh attended Grainne McArdle’s ballet school for 10 years.

Elizabeth Culleton-Quinn

Elizabeth qualified from Trinity College, Dublin in 1989. She chose to specialise in Women’s Health and worked clinically in female incontinence in The Coombe Women’s Hospital and The Mater Hospital, prior to joining the Academic staff of the TCD Discipline of Physiotherapy in 1999 where she remains to date. Her research areas include pregnancy and childbirth urinary incontinence (female & male), bone health and breast cancer.

At TherapyXperts Maynooth we are delighted to avail of Elizabeth’s knowledge and expertise the specialty of continence.

Continence Service:

Elizabeth accepts both medical and self-referrals. Initial consultation, which is booked through TherapyXperts is of 1 hour duration, with detailed assessment (including consented internal exam if appropriate ) and a management strategy of advice, individualised graduated pelvic floor exercise regime, and electrotherapy and biofeedback as required.

Follow-up sessions are of 30 minutes duration.

This unique local service has been warmly welcomed by local GPs and boasts many delighted patients who have put years of urinary discomfort behind them!