Having a chronic condition does not mean you have to be unwell with it.
The key message is that the unwellness and disability that occurs in any chronic illness is caused largely by becoming deconditioned or unfit because of lack of physical activity.
This can be fixed through appropriate exercise, thereby dramatically improving your physical and psychological wellness, without having to fix the illness.
The effects can be life-transforming for the person with the illness and also for his / her family.
If you are interested in hearing more, please come along to a public lecture by Noel in Clontarf GAA Club, Seafield Road, on Friday September 15th at 8pm. Places are limited, so please register by clicking on this link.
Dr Noel McCaffrey MB, BSc, HDipOccH, FFSEM
About Noel: Dr. Noel McCaffrey is founder and CEO of ExWell Medical, a social enterprise that offers structured, medically-led exercise programmes in community settings to people with diverse chronic illnesses. Access to the programmes is by referral from health care professionals. One of the ExWell centres is in the Irish Wheelchair Association. ExWell operates in 22 centres nationwide, hosting nearly 3000 weekly participant visits throughout the network
He is a consultant in Sports Medicine in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital where he runs a musculoskeletal injury clinic and is also a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine. In 2022 he was named as a United Nations 2022 Healthy Ageing Top 50 World Leader.
His main passion is ExWell Medical and he is committed to the mission of making the service available through partnerships to everyone in Ireland and beyond who would benefit from it.