MEET OUR TEAM

John Butler
Owner

John brings a wealth of experience from the past 20 years treating general and Sports specific Musculosketal injuries. John graduated from Limerick Institute and established his practice in January 2001. Having worked with Sports teams throughout Galway in all codes including Hurling, Gaelic Football, Soccer, Rugby, Boxing, Martial Arts and Golf.

Since 2012 John and the team have worked with The Irish Horse Racing Board  (IHRB) solely providing on course treatments for all of the flat and jump jockeys throughout Ireland.  John also works with Horse trainer Aidan O’Brien in his world-famous racing yard in Ballydoyle/Coolmore providing advice and treatment for his team of riders and staff.

John believes that working with some fantastic colleagues over the past 20 years in the practice and the close working relationship with G.P.’s and consultants to get the best for our clients is the main ingredient for the success of the practice.

 

Mehak Sahni
Chartered Physiotherapist

Mehak is a fully licensed Chartered Physiotherapist, a current member of CORU (regulating health and social care professionals) & the ISCP (The Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists). She obtained her Bachelor of Physiotherapy from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India during which she was trained and got exposure to various units – Orthopaedics, Sports, Medical and Surgical conditions, Intensive Care Units (including Cardio-respiratory), Paediatrics, Geriatrics, Out Patient Department. Shortly after graduating, she gained further clinical experience in Musculoskeletal and sports injuries, later also worked in a hospital specialising in Diabetes, Metabolic, and Endocrine disorders along with Out Patient Department where she really enhanced all her skills and knowledge in the field of Physiotherapy.

Her insatiable curiosity made her explore more about the intricacies of the health and fitness field, so she pursued her MSc. in Exercise Physiology and its application in Therapy from NUI Galway, Ireland. She broadened her scope by doing her thesis on Cancer. She later worked with elderly (Dementia, dystonia, Parkinson’s) patients. While getting her registration as a physiotherapist, she worked as a Fitness Consultant (exercise and diet regimen).

She has a keen interest in Musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries. While working with countless patients in multiple professional healthcare settings, she has immensely acquired and honed her interpersonal and clinical skills. She follows evidence-based practice along with a holistic approach while planning and executing treatment/rehabilitation for patients to address her patient’s individual needs and capabilities.

She was trained in BLS (Basic Life Support for healthcare providers) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) by the American Heart Association in 2018. She holds a Certificate in Dry Needling (Level 1), Theraband System of Progressive Exercise (approved by Theraband Academy USA), Antenatal Postnatal Exercise Specialist (International Health and Fitness Association). In her free time, she enjoys hitting the gym and likes to play racquet sports – squash, badminton.

 

Oshin Amberkar
Chartered Physiotherapist

Oshin is a fully licensed Chartered Physiotherapist and a current member of both CORU (Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals) and the ISCP (Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists).

She obtained her B.P.Th from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India during which she had a long exposure of O.P.D as well as  hospital based (Neuro, Cardio, Respiratory, Pediatric & Geriatric) patients.

Having completed her Masters in Sports from MGM Institute of Health Sciences, India, she has a special interest in Sports and Musculoskeletal injuries as well as Rehabilitation of Chronic cases; with a zeal for sports clinical rehabilitation. During her masters, Oshin worked along side a number of Sports teams including football, swimming, weightlifting, Boxing, Athletics etc. at State, National as well as International Level. Empowered with the ability to employ the highest quality of evidence-based practice with basic knowledge of Strength & Conditioning, Animal flow, Dry needling, Manual therapy along with a holistic approach in planning the treatment.

She has an experience of more than 5 years in clinical, hospital as well as on field sports centres. Her dissertation project helped her to get an opportunity to serve paraplympic athletes.

Her recent accomplishment was being a part of the Indian Women's Olympic Boxing Preparatory Squad 2020 as a Sports Physiotherapist.
She is a Certified taping, Dry needling therapist. She also holds a Level 2 Certificate in Strength and Conditioning by World Rugby and a Medical Diploma by FIFA. She specializes in Functional Excercise Rehabilitaion and personally loves swimming and hitting the gym.

Mary Butler
Operations Manager

Mary, a graduate in Front Office & Hospitality from GMIT worked extensively in the hospitality Industry in some of Galway’s leading hotels for over a decade before diversifying into Property Management.  There some of her duties included Liaising with tenants, owners, contractors and developers before being promoted to Credit Controller within the company.

 

Due to the expansion of the business Mary joined John in the practice in 2011 where she took over the running of the day to day administrative duties of the business.