Conversations & Coffee

# 56 John Fagan | RTE's Special Forces: Hell Week Winner


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John is a Chartered Physiotherapist and a registered member of CORU, the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP), and the Health Professional Council (HPC).
He is a previous Irish international athlete in the 400m Hurdles with a wealth of experience in high performance and rehabilitation. While on a sporting scholarship at Dublin City University, John spent time studying and working with world champion track and field athletes and coaches in Georgia, USA gaining valuable training methodologies and injury prevention for the sporting population. John graduated with a BSc. Honours degree in Sports Science and Health in 2013 and then completed a Masters in Physiotherapy at the Robert Gordon University in Scotland.
John returned to Dublin in 2016 and went on to qualify as a Polestar Pilates Instructor. He then moved to Aut Even Hospital in Kilkenny, where he worked on the orthopaedic ward.
In 2019 he was selected as physiotherapist for Athletics Ireland. He travels internationally, providing physiotherapy for our national track and field athletes.
John is the winner of RTEs "Ultimate Hell week" in which he competed alongside his twin brother Michael. John brings the same grit, determination and ambition to succeed that we all see in Ultimate Hell Week to his physiotherapy and pilates work!
John believes that movement and research based evidence are the first steps to recovery. John works closely with Leah, orthopaedic consultants and other physiotherapists to ensure the best care for his patients.
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