Our Team
Anne Coolen McGoldrick
Medical Director
Chartered Physiotherapist BSc MISCP
Anne is a fully licensed and insured Chartered Physiotherapist and has worked in Private Practice for over 13 years. She is one of the founding partners of The Physio Company. Before co-founding The Physio Company, she worked in The National Orthopaedic Hospital in Clontarf, in Private Practice in Castletroy Physiotherapy Clinic in Limerick and in Drumcondra Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic. She became a joint partner in Drumcondra Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic in 2003, which has been in operation for over 25 years. When The Physio Company commenced operations in 2007, she quickly brought Drumcondra Physiotherapy Clinic into the fold and it is now an integral part of The Physio Company.
Anne takes a great interest in the direction of Chartered Physiotherapy as a profession. As Medical Director for The Physio Company, Anne applies her long and diverse experience in all areas of Physiotherapy in directing the medical excellence of our Physio team. She ensures that all of our physiotherapists maintain the high levels expected by The Physio Company with constant focus on our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme. She also ensures all our Physiotherapists abide by The ISCP Rules of Professional Conduct and the European Core Standards of Physiotherapy, with a particular focus on ethics, confidentiality and patient satisfaction. She is very involved at a training level and handpicks all of our Physiotherapists herself.
Although Anne currently does not have a regular schedule in the Clinic she does consult on difficult cases where needed and is always available to discuss any aspect of a patients care with the patient or the Physio.
Claudia Andrea Marulanda
Chartered Physiotherapist
Claudia is a fully licensed and practising Chartered Physiotherapist. She graduated as a Physiotherapist from the Colombian School for Rehabilitation (CSR), Bogotá, Colombia. CSR for more than 50 years has prepared highly qualified individuals to practice Physiotherapy mainly in the areas of cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation. In 2007, Claudia obtained the Spanish university degree of Physiotherapists recognition and validation, Madrid. Spain.
Claudia has gained much experience and worked in a variety of settings in particular neuro rehabilitation, orthopaedics and musculoskeletal. She obtained great experience working with the Military Rehabilitation Hospital in Colombia treating patients with different conditions; such as spinal injury, strokes, multiple sclerosis, cranioencephalic trauma, and cardiac rehabilitation. She has eight years experience working as a physiotherapist in private practices and hospitals in Colombia and Ireland.
Claudia Andrea Marulanda specialises in musculoskeletal injuries , neurological conditions, strokes, spinal pain.
Mary Coolen
Clinic Director - Chartered Physiotherapist
Mary is a well known and well respected Chartered Physiotherapist with over 35 years of experience in Physiotherapy with accreditations in England, Canada and Ireland. For the last 25 years, Mary has run private practice clinics in Ireland and was the founder of Drumcondra Chartered Physiotherapy & Sport’s Injury Clinic, which joined The Physio Company in 2009.
Among Mary’s many achievements and responsibilities, Mary was Chairperson of the CPPP (Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice) the body that represents all private practice physio’s.
Mary Coolen specialises in musculoskeletal injuries, sports injuries, sports and deep tissue massage .
Una Ni Mhainin
Chartered Physiotherapist
Una is a chartered Irish physiotherapist who obtained her Honours BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Limerick. Since graduating Una has gone on to work in hospitals in both Ireland and New Zealand where she gained extensive experience in post surgery, orthopeadic and aged care physiotherapy. From there Una has gone on to work in a busy private physiotherapy clinic in Brisbane, Australia which mainly dealt with musculoskeletal and sport injuries. The clinic was also a primary physiotherapy provider for a local rugby union team and an AFL team.
Since returning home to Ireland Una has continued working in private practice. She has also been the physiotherapist for a local GAA club. Una has volunteered as a physiotherapist in the World Transplant Games 2009. She has a keen interest in sports mainly tennis and GAA.
Una Ni Mhainin specialises in musculoskeletal injuries, sports injuries, sports and deep tissue massage .
Jennifer Nelson
Chartered Physiotherapist
Since graduating Jennifer has worked in a number of hospitals gaining experience in both the acute, rehabilitation and private practice settings. She spent a year working in a private practice in New Zealand where she worked with a premiership rugby team and swimming team and developed her skills in treating a variety of musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries. Since returning back to Ireland Jennifer has continued working in private practice. She has completed a number of accredited courses including Myofascial Dry Needling.
Jennifer Nelson specialises in musculoskeletal injuries, sports injuries, sports and deep tissue massage , dry needling.
Cian McDonnell
Chartered Physiotherapist
Cian is a fully licensed and practicing Chartered Physiotherapist. Cian obtained his BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy degree from University College Dublin in Ireland. Since graduating, Cian has worked in private practices in Ireland and New Zealand, while also working with many different teams such as UCD’s Senior Hurling teams, Limerick 37 FC and the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team. His main interests are in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports injuries with particular emphasis on exercise prescription. He has also completed a post-graduate qualification in Sports Traumatology.
Cian has an interest in all sports including Hurling, football, soccer, rugby, and recently snowboarding. If he is not playing sports, he’s watching them.
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Cian McDonnell specialises in musculoskeletal injuries, sports injuries, sports and deep tissue massage .
