MEET THE TEAM

Orla completed a degree in Sports Rehabilitation and Physiology in Ireland, followed by a Masters in Physiotherapy from the UK. To date she has enjoyed a varied career working in both high level amateur sports and treating members of the general public in private medical facilities.

Orla moved to Dubai on 2011 where she spent five years in a well-known Sports Medicine Facility. Here, she worked alongside Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Sports Medicine Physicians and Strength and Conditioning Coaches. She is an all-round physiotherapist and enjoys treating an array of patient populations, both sporting and non-sporting.  She has a particular interest in chronic pain, in particular lower back pain.  Through education and changing believes around chronic pain, her approach is simple yet highly effective.  She encourages her patients to take an active role in their rehabilitation and enjoys facilitating their goals, whatever they may be.

Her sporting passion lies in cycling injuries and prevention. Having spent time in Italy and France training with world class physiotherapists in cycling, she is well positioned to effectively carry out bike-fits for both cycling injuries and performance enhancement through her in-depth knowledge of anatomy and cycling biomechanics.

Orla takes an ‘everything in moderation’ approach to life! She enjoys a nice balance of work, socialising with friends and family and exercise. She is a keen cyclist and currently races on the #thecyclehubarlaproteinrace team.

Jac obtained her physiotherapy qualification from the University of Melbourne, Australia and has over 22 years of experience working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Australia, England, Singapore, and UAE. She has treated a wide range of acute and chronic sports injuries of world class and recreational athletes; chronic occupational and lifestyle overuse injuries; and rehabilitation of surgical patients.

Jac’s extensive experience has given her the clinical skills to understand the biomechanics and root causes behind injury or pain, to ensure that the correct manual therapy techniques are used, appropriate exercises prescribed and ergonomic or lifestyle changes made. She uses the Pilates exercise method for injury rehabilitation and performance enhancement to compliment her manual therapy.

But it is not only Jac’s sound clinical knowledge and invaluable experience that makes her such a popular Physio here in Dubai; she is compassionate, approachable and understanding of those who are affected by injury – getting people back ‘doing what they love’ is central to her treatment approach.

Conall is an Irish-trained Athletic Rehabilitation therapist (BSc) and accredited strength and conditioning coach (MSc), having graduated in 2014 from Dublin City University, Ireland, and St Mary's University, London, UK.

Conall has worked in the UAE for the last five years and has ten years of experience working with elite-level and semi-professionals in football, gaelic games, and rugby, as well as clinical rehabilitation settings in Ireland, the UK, and New Zealand. He specialises in treating musculoskeletal injuries and sports-specific rehabilitation, with particular interest and speciality in end-stage rehab and strength and conditioning practices, helping all ranges of athletes return to performance or compete in their chosen sport.

These roles allowed Conall to work with a varied caseload and have given him extensive experience in successfully treating and dealing with patients to return to athletic activity and pre-injury levels with complete confidence.

Conall's particular areas of interest are lower limb rehabilitation, more specifically, advanced rehabilitation for ACL injuries, lower limb tendon injuries, strength & conditioning for field-based and developing athletes, and long-term athletic development(LTAD).

David qualified as an Osteopath in 2009, having graduated with a Masters degree in Osteopathy (MOst) from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, London. He then went on to complete his MSc in Sports Medicine, Exercise & Health at University College London.

David has worked in Dubai since 2013 within the multidisciplinary team of a sports medicine clinic here in the UAE. He has extensive experience treating a broad range of patients, from high level athletes to patients with everyday aches and pains.

David brings his personal experience as a former field hockey International for Ireland and clinical knowledge as an Osteopath to form an honest, holistic and evidence-informed approach to treatment.

He uses a range of highly skilled manual techniques, combined with exercise rehabilitation and patient education to get the best outcome for his patients.

Although osteopathy is well known for treating neck and back pain, David enjoys using his clinical knowledge to help people with all kinds of aches and pains, from jaw pain to foot pain.

Treatment techniques: soft-tissue release / myofascial release, joint mobilization & manipulations (HVT’s), TrP dry needling, exercise prescription and injury management advise.

Hannah is a UK qualified Physiotherapist with over 14 years of experience in the UK and UAE. In 2019 Hannah completed her MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine from the University of South Wales in the UK. Since coming to Dubai she has working in MSK and Sports and Exercise Medicine field with specialties in manual therapy, exercise perscription, Instrument assistes soft tissue mobilisation, Dry needling, Cupping, injury prevention, Pilates and a specialist interest in running injuries.

While here in the UAE Hannah has been lucky enough to work with the UAE Rugby teams, professional athletes and visiting elite athletes. 

Hannah has recently been lucky enough to be invited to teach among peers in the field of exercise rehabilitation and perscription. 

Hannah really does her best to listen to patients and explore every possible conserviative option (when appropriate) for the patient ,with the amazing group of physio's and doctors she is surrounded with/supported by. If Hannah’s patient is happy, Hannah is happy!

Hayd’n brings over 12 years of International experience working with world-renowned athletes, sports teams, and Olympic and sports science centres in Asia, South Africa, Europe and the UAE, helping athletes regain freedom of movement without pain or fear. 

His experience spans multiple areas of sports Physiotherapy, Sports science, sport specific rehabilitation, and recovery to ensure an optimal return to play and performance. He tackles musculoskeletal and orthopaedic injuries with an active approach to his treatments. He has enjoyed doing so in Dubai for the last 4 years and looks forward to seeing you at RU Active.