HAPPY PANCAKE TUESDAY, HEADFORD!
Did anyone
see the Arora Borealis last Thursday night?
If you have arora borealis photos to share, please post a comment below.
Closer to Home -- The Woodland League--a group dedicated to restoring the relationship between people and their native woodlands--reminds us that this is NATIONAL TREE WEEK! This is a great time to plant a tree. Go for a walk in the woods and pick up some litter. Help those trees that have been storm damaged by gentle pruning and providing supports. Remember, our trees are not only beautiful, they provide oxygen. Without them we'd die. So go hug a tree!
Closer to Home -- The Woodland League--a group dedicated to restoring the relationship between people and their native woodlands--reminds us that this is NATIONAL TREE WEEK! This is a great time to plant a tree. Go for a walk in the woods and pick up some litter. Help those trees that have been storm damaged by gentle pruning and providing supports. Remember, our trees are not only beautiful, they provide oxygen. Without them we'd die. So go hug a tree!
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Headford's Foot Health Professional
Did you know there’s a Foot Health Professional-Reflexologist-Massage
Therapist (all in one) located in Headford? Her name is Cindy Dugan and she
sees clients privately in the Solas Room at the Headford Parish Hall.
What, you may ask, is a ‘Foot Health Professional’? It’s sort of a new term for chiropodist, but, Cindy is quick to advise me, she is not a chiropodist. Confusing enough? Basically, it means that statutory regulation does not apply to Foot Health Professionals (sometimes referred to as Foot Health Practitioners) and they do not fall under the U.K. Health & Care Professions Council’s jurisdiction. But Cindy can work magic with corns, callouses, varucas, ingrown toenails and foot immobilisation. So if you’re looking for those services and think you have to find a chiropodist, you don’t. Cindy’s your woman!
Though her practice is based in Claregalway, Cindy is available in Headford for appointments on Fridays. In addition to all those services listed above, she offers diabetic foot care, as well as helping people with vascular and circulatory problems. Her practise includes assessing joints and returning them to their proper alignment to help alleviate pain in the hips, knees, and foot joints. In fact, Cindy says she can improve the health of all your joints from the foot up to the hip.
What, you may ask, is a ‘Foot Health Professional’? It’s sort of a new term for chiropodist, but, Cindy is quick to advise me, she is not a chiropodist. Confusing enough? Basically, it means that statutory regulation does not apply to Foot Health Professionals (sometimes referred to as Foot Health Practitioners) and they do not fall under the U.K. Health & Care Professions Council’s jurisdiction. But Cindy can work magic with corns, callouses, varucas, ingrown toenails and foot immobilisation. So if you’re looking for those services and think you have to find a chiropodist, you don’t. Cindy’s your woman!
Though her practice is based in Claregalway, Cindy is available in Headford for appointments on Fridays. In addition to all those services listed above, she offers diabetic foot care, as well as helping people with vascular and circulatory problems. Her practise includes assessing joints and returning them to their proper alignment to help alleviate pain in the hips, knees, and foot joints. In fact, Cindy says she can improve the health of all your joints from the foot up to the hip.
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| Cindy Duggan, Headford's Foot Health Professional |
Cindy first became fascinated with reflexology, following in
her aunt’s footsteps (no pun intended). She feels she’s always had a natural affinity
for nurturing touch and holistic therapies, but her early career was quite
different. For a number of years, Cindy worked as a chef with her own catering
business, then in 2008, she became a qualified reflexologist. That was followed
by courses in Indian Head Massage and Full Body Massage, after which Cindy travelled
to England to train as a Foot Health Professional. Every year, she does three
or four different refresher courses learning new skills and polishing old ones.
Because of her early experience with cooking and catering, Cindy says she has a great deal of experience with the nurturing power of foods. She shares this information with her clients offering nutritional advice, food coordination and combination tips that can be helpful with various health situations. She also offers diabetic dietary advice and carb and protein guidance.
It's a cold, rainy day when I go to visit Cindy, but her smile and her handshake are warm. She explains various types of corns to me and how corn removal and ingrown toenail removal are ‘virtually painless.’ That’s hard to believe, especially when she shows me all her sterilized pointy instruments. When I express doubt, she assures me, ‘Oh, no. It doesn’t hurt. And we don’t do blood here!’
If all that isn’t enough, Cindy also does orthotics and gait analysis. She can do reflexology for babies, covering everything from colic to constipation to sleeping through the night.
When I ask her why she became a Foot Health Professional, she says, ‘I’ve always been good with my hands and never had a problem with feet.’
So, if you have a problem with feet, now you know who to see. Cindy Duggan can be contacted at 091.799013 or 086.0631105.
Because of her early experience with cooking and catering, Cindy says she has a great deal of experience with the nurturing power of foods. She shares this information with her clients offering nutritional advice, food coordination and combination tips that can be helpful with various health situations. She also offers diabetic dietary advice and carb and protein guidance.
It's a cold, rainy day when I go to visit Cindy, but her smile and her handshake are warm. She explains various types of corns to me and how corn removal and ingrown toenail removal are ‘virtually painless.’ That’s hard to believe, especially when she shows me all her sterilized pointy instruments. When I express doubt, she assures me, ‘Oh, no. It doesn’t hurt. And we don’t do blood here!’
If all that isn’t enough, Cindy also does orthotics and gait analysis. She can do reflexology for babies, covering everything from colic to constipation to sleeping through the night.
When I ask her why she became a Foot Health Professional, she says, ‘I’ve always been good with my hands and never had a problem with feet.’
So, if you have a problem with feet, now you know who to see. Cindy Duggan can be contacted at 091.799013 or 086.0631105.
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