Barry Whelan Pain and Injury Treatment

Barry Whelan Pain and Injury Treatment 🔵 Neuromuscular Therapist
⚪️ Injury Assessment/Orthopaedic Sports Massage/Dry Needling
🔵 Coach

08/02/2026

🔵 Soft Tissue Work ⚪️

Are regular soft tissue treatments essential when training for a race/match/hyrox? No, but it can help.

Soft tissue treatments help reduce soreness and improve mental recovery, which in turn allows you to stay consistent with your training. Less soreness and fatigue means fewer missed or compromised workouts.

26/01/2026

🔵 Calf Capacity Self-Assessment ⚪️

Calf injuries are common in GAA, soccer and long-distance/recreational running.

This simple calf raise test can help you screen your calf strength and endurance.

✅ How to use it:
- Warm up
- Perform single-leg calf raises on a step until fatigue
- Use a metronome (1 second up, 1 second down)
- Count your repetitions
- Compare left vs right sides

Scores vary depending on age and activity level, but reaching 20–25 repetitions or more is a solid baseline for adequate calf strength and endurance. Athletes competing at higher levels or progressing through return-to-play should aim for the upper end of this range or beyond.

While this test doesn’t perfectly predict injury risk, it can highlight strength deficits or side to side differences. Identifying these early allows you to add targeted calf strengthening and potentially reduce your risk of injury.

🔵Happy New Year⚪️Just a quick thank you to everyone who supported my practice in 2025. Whether it was booking a treatmen...
08/01/2026

🔵Happy New Year⚪️

Just a quick thank you to everyone who supported my practice in 2025.
Whether it was booking a treatment, referring a friend or engaging with the social media page, I really appreciate the continued support!

To book your next treatment, contact Barry.

🛜: bwpainandinjury
📧: [email protected]
📱: 0857738905

🔵 2025 Season ⚪️
03/12/2025

🔵 2025 Season ⚪️

🔵 GAA Injuries ⚪️GAA players are approx. 10–12 times more likely to pick up an injury in match-play compared to training...
11/07/2025

🔵 GAA Injuries ⚪️

GAA players are approx. 10–12 times more likely to pick up an injury in match-play compared to training, according to research.

With the club championship kicking off in Waterford this weekend and weekly matches ahead, here are some insights into injury and what you can do to help prevent them.

🔵 2025 Event Schedule ⚪️6 ways to ensure a pain and injury free season- Manage Training Load: Follow a plan and build th...
03/01/2025

🔵 2025 Event Schedule ⚪️
6 ways to ensure a pain and injury free season

- Manage Training Load: Follow a plan and build the mileage slowly. Look to increase your volume by approx. 10% each week.
- Sleep + Rest: Allow the body to recover and muscles to repair adequately from training sessions.
- Nutrition + Hydration: Proper nutrition means getting enough calories and nutrients (protein/carbs/fats) to replenish glycogen stores and repair muscle damage.
- Strength Train: Complete regular resistance training sessions to compliment your running performance. Use the correct rep range, working sets and exercise selection to enhance performance and prevent injury.
- Active Recovery: Use light stretching, yoga and walks to help make the body feel looser and “flush” out the legs.
- Sports massage: Runners/Triathletes/Ironmen will often book in for weekly/biweekly sports massages whilst in the peak of their training. Studies suggest that while the direct impact of massage on performance is still under investigation, athletes report subjective improvements in recovery and reduced muscle soreness due to desensitisation of the tissue. This can help the athlete’s body feel better, help them to mentally prepare for continued training and contribute to relaxation on rest days. Booking in for a regular sports massage during training also gives the athlete an opportunity to be assessed for any pain/injuries that may be bothersome, especially as the mileage increases.

🔵 2025 Event Schedule ⚪️6 ways to ensure a pain and injury free season:- Manage Training Load: Follow a plan and build t...
03/01/2025

🔵 2025 Event Schedule ⚪️
6 ways to ensure a pain and injury free season:

- Manage Training Load: Follow a plan and build the mileage slowly. Look to increase your volume by approx. 10% each week.
- Sleep + Rest: Allow the body to recover and muscles to repair adequately from training sessions.
- Nutrition + Hydration: Proper nutrition means getting enough calories and nutrients (protein/carbs/fats) to replenish glycogen stores and repair muscle damage.
- Strength Train: Complete regular resistance training sessions to compliment your running performance. Use the correct rep range, working sets and exercise selection to enhance performance and prevent injury.
- Active Recovery: Use light stretching, yoga and walks to help make the body feel looser and “flush” out the legs.
- Sports massage: Runners/Triathletes/Ironmen will often book in for weekly/biweekly sports massages whilst in the peak of their training. Studies suggest that while the direct impact of massage on performance is still under investigation, athletes report subjective improvements in recovery and reduced muscle soreness due to desensitisation of the tissue. This can help the athlete’s body feel better, help them to mentally prepare for continued training and contribute to relaxation on rest days. Booking in for a regular sports massage during training also gives the athlete an opportunity to be assessed for any pain/injuries that may be bothersome, especially as the mileage increases.

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