Doreen Dempsey: Physio and Wellness

03/11/2026

I was so delighted to bring women's health information to a real hearty gang of women in Ballycroy Community Centre last night.
We spoke on so many important health topics: pelvic/hormonal and bone health in particular.
The 6 M's of Menopause from Catherine O' Keeffe's book: All You Need to Know about Menopause:Movement, Menu(nutrition), Mind, Mingle(social connection), Meaning(purpose) and Minding You(self care).
We also talked about the 5 sleep cycles and how they last 90 minutes each , so the new reframe at 2/3am is : is great 3 more sleep cycles to go, NOT what is wrong with me!.

The girls also were intrigued with my energetic work introduction and asked alot about some body code case studies I highlighted. We looked with models at how we can get answers from our deepest knowing (aka subconscious mind).

The girls were also very kind at grabbing a copy of my book The Magic of Insight at the end of the night🙏.

20/10/2026

This years theme on World Osteoporosis Day is build, protect, strengthen your bones for life.
I am so interested in this aspect of women's health.

There is to my mind quite a lack of awareness of the importance of both nutrition and weight bearing activity for good bone health.

Do we also realise that osteoporosis in men is on the rise? A big survey over 9 years in the Mater Hospital Dublin checking hip fractures in men and women show men went from 30% in 2017 of hip fractures there to 41.4% by 2025. The study followed more than 1400 hip fractures in this duration.

We have information from The National Nutrition Survey in 2024 to show that only 25% of people are taking enough vitamin D in winter.
Daily I chat about this with patients and less than half are taking it as a necessary winter supplement in my practice for sure..
But, this is modifiable which is good news.

In Clontarf Hospital the physios and dieticians there have started projects working with over 65 year old patients to reverse sarcopenia (muscle loss) and updated us at the annual Irish Osteoporosis Society update last Saturday about very good progress made after a number of weeks where 2 strength classes weekly are implemented with the physio on the orthopaedic ward. The patients involved also received dietetic input and had specific snacks added to diet that helped with sarcopenia.
It is well understood now that if we have strong muscles we are much more likely to have good bone strength. They are 2 sides of the same coin according to Clontarf multidisciplinary team.

There are ways we can know that sarcopenia may be occuring: grip strength, in women it should be 16kg on dynamanometer(grip machine) and in men 27 kg. Being able to do 5 sit to stands without using arms of a chair should also be possible within 30 seconds to confirm sarcopenia(muscle loss) is not an issue!.

I could write about this topic for ages, but for now, just to remind ourselves to get started on taking vitamin D3 for winter, everyone in the family. We need it to correctly absorb calcium. It is advised from October though to end of March in Ireland. It also is great for immunity(less colds and flus) and good for cognition too😉.

18/10/2026

Personal story around this years World Menopause Day topic: Chronic Pain in mid-life.
After lots of physio, massage and Body Code I'm nearly there.
Looking forward to getting back to pilates, strenthening, swimming.
It's been a while since I did these properly😉!

12/10/2026

Thoughts from World Mental Health Day on Saturday.
The opposite of Depression is Expression🙂

05/10/2026

World Heart Day last week on Tuesday caused me to really take on board a recent great podcast on female heart health. In this podcast Prof Emer Joyce cardiologist in the Mater shared her information with Claire Solan about what women really need to know🙏.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in Ireland, in Europe and in the World.

How much attention do we really give this?

I coincidentally had a really good conversation with my own patient who had just had very significant heart investigations and she was happy for me to share the symptoms she experienced. She was very close to having a massive heart attack and knows she is lucky the correct checks and treatment took place in hospital.

16/09/2026

Some information about my upcoming package of Body Code and acountability to help with what may be keeping you stuck in your health and/or in your life.
Feel free to email me to enquire about 2 spaces currently now available at: [email protected]✨️🙏..

24/08/2026

Work recently!!
Loving the mix of women's health physio, body/emotion code and sometimes being invited to give educational sessions/ workshops which I did just last week in a facility for living well with our mental health in the community. It was a lovely opportunity to talk about the benefits of exercise particularly the free and always available to us: walking. So many benefits for body, mind and soul. We spoke about how being outside has reduced to 7% of our 24 hours and how we crave the outdoors, to ground ourselves if nothing else.
We also looked at where stress sits in our bodies, the hotspots and we practised breathing techniques and tapping to help reduce and release this held stress.

I had great fun in my new cabin with a few ladies starting a 3 part book club series, a pilot offering and we discussed my very own book this time: The Magic of Insight, a pinch me moment. Almost 4 years in the world soon.

The Empowered You Reset will be available for any ladies wanting to work with me via Body/emotion code and regular accountability/ help with physical wellness to help with any issue that has been bothering you for quite a while.
I have 2 of 4 places currently available, check out instagram for more detailed info on this offering if you feel called.

For pelvic floor awareness month this August I am very much still steeped in female pelvic floor physiotherapy, between help with pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, vaginismus, endometriosis, pelvic girdle pain and much more, this work is always so rewarding.
Hope the lovely August weather finds you all well🙏🙂. Enjoy your evening.

17/08/2026

28/07/2026

NEVER TOO OLD TO LOOK AFTER YOUR PELVIC FLOOR and UP MAYO❤️💚..

15/05/2026

Delighted to have visited a secondary school in Achill Island on Wednesday. It was a fantastic opportunity and I got to share so much important information about hormonal health, nutrition, exercise and stress control and my favourite, the body-mind connection.
Check out this post on my instagram for further information on what the senior girls gave feedback on what they learnt most from the education talk✨️😊..