Shauna O’Connor
Sports & Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Sporting Injuries | Lower Limb Tendon Issues | Dry Needling | Shockwave Therapy | High Intensity Laser Therapy
Growing up playing sport – basketball especially – meant Shauna spent plenty of time around Physiotherapists herself. That early experience gave her a real appreciation for the role Physio plays in recovery, and it set her on a career path dedicated to helping others get back to what they love.
Shauna graduated with a Masters in Physiotherapy from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, having first completed a first-class honours degree in Sport Science and Health at DCU, and has since completed Year 1 of the MSc in Sports Physiotherapy at UCD. She began her career within acute and elective orthopaedics in the NHS, before finding her true passion in sporting and private practice, treating and preventing sporting injuries in both adolescents and adults.
Having recently returned from working in Melbourne, Australia, Shauna brings invaluable experience gained working with elite athletes across team sports and private practice, including as head physiotherapist for Camberwell Men’s Hockey Team, the top team in the state of Victoria. She also has a wealth of experience working with rugby, basketball and athletics – not surprising, given her own background playing underage international basketball from the age of just 12.
Shauna has a particular interest in lower limb tendon issues, acute sports injuries, and lower back pain, and is trained in advanced techniques including dry needling, shockwave therapy and high intensity laser therapy to help speed recovery along. She takes real pride in keeping patients fully informed – explaining their injury, diagnosis, and pathway to recovery clearly, and building a treatment plan, whether manual therapy, exercise rehabilitation, or a combination of both, around each individual’s own goals. As a former high-level athlete herself, she’s a firm believer that movement is medicine, and that staying active through recovery matters just as much as the recovery itself.
Outside the clinic, Shauna’s world revolves around her husband and her two young daughters, Zoey and Lexi, along with the gym, reformer Pilates, and travelling whenever the chance comes up. This past year she refreshed her dry needling training, introduced shockwave therapy and high intensity laser therapy to her practice, and got married in December 2024. Next on her list: training to qualify in vestibular rehabilitation — always learning, always levelling up.
Helping you move better, feel stronger, and stay active.