Our Clinic

Opened in 2006, Brookwood Physiotherapy & Pilates Clinic is owned and operated by Deirdre McKenna MISCP, MCSP, MIADIMS, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MSc Sports Medicine, STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor, CORU registered.

Deirdre's Story

Deirdre graduated from the University of the West of England in 1998 with an Honours Degree in Physiotherapy.  In 2002 Deirdre completed a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from Dublin University, Trinity College. While in Trinity College, she undertook a body of research into Bone Mineral Density in female dancers in Ireland. 

In 2004, Deirdre completed a Certificate in Orthopedic Manual Therapy at Curtin University in Perth, Australia . She completed her year in Australia by working in two private practices in Sydney. The first practice was dedicated to the treatment of dancers and their injuries, where she worked with Lisa Howell, amongst others. It also had a large fully equipped Pilates studio used in the rehabilitation of clients. It was here that Deirdre’s interest in Pilates for rehabilitation was born.  

In 2006 she opened Brookwood Physiotherapy & Pilates Clinic.  She trained as a STOTT PILATES instructor to advanced level in mat work in 2006 and has completed the Rehab Reformer instructor training with STOTT PILATES in 2010.   In 2017, Deirdre completed her STOTT PILATES Intensive Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Ladder Barrel training.  (www.merrithew.com)  Deirdre currently teaches group matwork Pilates classes and equipment based workouts on a 1-2-1 basis.

In October 2011, Deirdre commenced working with Birmingham Royal Ballet as Company Physiotherapist, with whom she toured extensively both nationally in the UK and internationally.  Her role with the company involved assessing, diagnosing and treating acute and chronic injuries for the 60 Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers, the ballet staff, the administrative staff and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.  www.brb.org.uk

Since returning to Dublin in 2013, Deirdre has been working with Ballet Ireland, The National Ballet Company of Ireland on a sessional basis as Company Physiotherapist.  www.balletireland.ie

She is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapy (www.iscp.ie) and is CORU registered, The International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (www.iadms.org) and The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (www.csp.org.uk).