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Three weeks. Thousands of kilometres. More motorway service stations than I care to remember.People often ask me what it...
03/06/2026

Three weeks. Thousands of kilometres. More motorway service stations than I care to remember.

People often ask me what it’s like working at the Giro d’Italia.

The truth is, it’s rarely the moments you see on TV.

It’s airport departures, team buses, early alarms, roadside bottle hand-ups, endless transfers, quick coffees, the occasional gelato stop, and sharing the experience with a great group of people.

Somewhere in between all that, there happens to be a bike race.

This year’s Giro looked a little different too. For the first time, EF swapped the famous pink for green. It felt strange at first, but some things never change — the commitment, the teamwork, and the privilege of being part of it.

My seventh Giro d’Italia is done.

Grateful for the riders, the staff, the supporters, and everyone behind the scenes who make an event of this scale possible.

Until the next one 🇮🇹🚴‍♂️

Some things mean more than trophies.This week I added another jersey to the clinic wall.A gift from Ben Healy.Growing up...
23/05/2026

Some things mean more than trophies.

This week I added another jersey to the clinic wall.

A gift from Ben Healy.

Growing up in Dublin, I never imagined I’d spend my career travelling the world, working alongside some of the best athletes on the planet, and helping support them through the highs, the setbacks, the crashes, the recoveries, and the countless moments nobody ever sees.

What stays with me isn’t the race results, the podiums, or the headlines.

It’s the trust.

Trust is earned quietly over time. Through consistency. Through showing up. Through doing your job when nobody is watching.

As an Irishman living and working in London, seeing this Team Ireland jersey hanging on the wall is a reminder of how far the journey has taken me.

From watching sport as a kid, to supporting Irish athletes on some of the biggest stages in the world.

Grateful for the opportunities.

Proud of my Irish roots.

And excited for what comes next.

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Pain isn’t the first sign something’s off. It’s usually the last.Before pain shows up, your body has been whispering for...
21/05/2026

Pain isn’t the first sign something’s off. It’s usually the last.

Before pain shows up, your body has been whispering for weeks.

Stiffness in the morning. Recovery taking longer. A ni**le that won’t quite go. Feeling slower on the bike or in the gym for no obvious reason.

Most people wait. They train through it, hope it settles, book in only when it starts affecting sleep, training or work.

That’s reactive care. Waiting for pain to make the decision for you.

Proactive care flips it. You look at how you’re moving, how you’re recovering, where capacity is dropping — and you sort it before it becomes the thing that pulls you out of training for six weeks.

Same body. Same person. Very different outcome.

The athletes I see who stay consistent year after year aren’t the ones who never have issues. They’re the ones who pay attention early.

Pain isn’t the enemy. Waiting for it is.

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📍 Power Chiropractic, Putney
Movement. Performance. Recovery.

11/05/2026

Most people only see the final.

They don’t see the treatment room 15 minutes before it.

Over several days at the World Championships, his shoulder became progressively more restricted and sensitive from the demands of competition, recovery, and repeated loading.

This was the final reset before stepping back onto the mat.

Small details matter at this level:
mobility, confidence, timing, control.

Sometimes the difference is giving an athlete the trust to move freely again before competition.

13 seconds from over 20 minutes of treatment work.

Elite sport moves fast.

🎥 Save this if you compete.





24/04/2026

Your warm-up is slowing you down before you’ve taken a single step.

Static stretching tells your muscles to relax. But relaxed muscles don’t run — they shuffle. You’re removing the exact tension your legs need to push off the ground.

No tension. No power. No run.
Here’s what to do instead 👇

Walking lunge with rotation — hips open, glutes fire, spine moves as one unit. Your body learns to work together before it has to.

Hamstring sweeps — length without switching off. That tension at the back of your leg? It’s not tightness. It’s horsepower.

Lateral squat shifts (Cossack squat) — inner thighs awake, hips stable, stride controlled from the first step.
60 seconds. That’s it.

You don’t need to relax before a run. You need to switch on.

The research backs this up — static stretching before exercise has been shown to reduce power output and sprint performance. Dynamic movement that mirrors running prepares the neuromuscular system, builds range of motion under load, and cuts injury risk. Your warm-up should look like running — not yoga.
📚 Behm & Chaouachi (2011), J Strength Cond Res | Simic et al. (2013), Scand J Med Sci Sports

Save this. Share it with the runner who still touches their toes before a 5k.

21/04/2026

16 marathons in. Here are 5 things I’d never do on race day 👇
1. Start too fast. The adrenaline lies. Run your race, not the crowd’s.
2. Overload on carbs the morning of. Your training breakfast is enough.
3. Skip eating during the race. Fuel from 45 minutes in — gels, bananas, whatever your gut already knows.
4. Wear anything new. Not shoes. Not socks. Not shorts. Race day is not the day to find out.
5. Try a new gel from the aid station. If your stomach hasn’t met it in training, it won’t like it at mile 20.
The race is won in the boring weeks before. Don’t lose it in the final 24 hours.
Save this before your next one. Which one have you been guilty of? 👇

23/02/2026

2026 ✅ always incredible to witness what these athletes do & happy to be part of it!

30/01/2026

⚡ STUBBORN PAIN? READ THIS. ⚡

That injury you’ve been managing for weeks (or months)…
The one that shows up every run, gym session, or match 👀

Shockwave Therapy helps restart healing in tissues that have stopped responding to rest, rehab, or stretching alone.

People usually come in with 👇
• Achilles pain
• Plantar fasciitis
• Patellar tendon pain
• Long-standing muscle or tendon issues

Non-invasive. Targeted. No downtime.
Built for people who still want to train — not sit on the sidelines.

If you’re heading into the weekend already sore…
It might be time to fix the cause, not just push through it.

📍 Putney
📅 Appointments available
💬 DM SHOCKWAVE if you’re unsure it’s right for you

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🇮🇪 Irish power, pink jerseys & the road to Race 1 for me this year — Season 7 🚴‍♂️💗There’s something special about stan...
29/01/2026

🇮🇪 Irish power, pink jerseys & the road to Race 1 for me this year — Season 7 🚴‍♂️💗

There’s something special about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with your own on a WorldTour team.

These lads aren’t just teammates — they’re the Irish engine room of EF Education–EasyPost, bringing grit, humour, and serious watts wherever the race takes us.

From early-morning coffees ☕ to long training days, laughs that keep morale high, and that unmistakable Irish edge 🇮🇪 — this group reminds me why I love life inside the peloton. Hard work, straight talk, no fuss… and then absolutely emptying the tank when it matters.

🏁 Gearing up for my first race of 2026

My Season 7 being team Sports Chiro with is officially loading.
New year. New targets. Same obsession with keeping riders healthy, moving well, and ready to perform when the flag drops.

Behind the scenes it’s already full gas:
• 🧠 Fine-tuning bodies after winter blocks
• 🧵 Tape, tools, rehab plans on repeat
• 💤 Recovery dialled in between travel and training
• 🩷 Pink kit back on — always a good sign

There’s a buzz that only comes right before the first race of the season. That mix of nerves, excitement, and quiet confidence built from months of unseen work.

🇮🇪 Why this group matters

Irish riders bring something different to the bunch — resilience, humour under pressure, and a refusal to quit when things get messy. Watching them grow year on year, step up on the biggest roads in the world, and represent Ireland with pride never gets old.

I’m proud to play my part in keeping them rolling, race after race.

Race season is nearly here.
And I’m very ready. 💥🚴‍♂️

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22/01/2026

🇦🇺 Tour Down Under 2023 🇦🇺
What a privilege to work with the team at this evenin! Early mornings. Warm tarmac. Jet-lagged coffees. Pink kits rolling out under blue skies.

This time last year I was right there—race radios buzzing, legs getting tuned, bodies prepped for the first WorldTour start of the season 🚴‍♂️💨

Not on the ground this year, but still very much feeling it. That mix of nerves, excitement, and pure love for the job never really leaves you. January just hits different when Adelaide memories come back ☀️

Wishing the team a fast, smooth, injury-free run down under. I’ll be watching, cheering, and quietly missing those sunrise hotel corridor treatments and post-stage debriefs 🩷

Same race. Same energy. Different January.

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