Gina Whelan Dip.Ost., MOCI, BDCST, DPO. Gina qualified as an Osteopath in 2001 in The Irish College of Classical Osteopathy, the first Osteopathic College in Ireland at the time.

The college was set up by Osteopaths trained by John Wernham, who founded and ran the John Wernham College of Classical Osteopathy in Maidestone, Kent, England.

As a post graduate Gina attended the British School of Osteopathy to study Cranial Osteopathy and also uses the principles of Biodynamic Osteopathy as taught by Dr Jim Jealous.

Gina has a particular interest in auto-immune conditions in children, especially Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) which includes Ulcerative Colitis and Crohns Disease. She is a member of the Gutsykids group in Ireland which is an advocate group for parents of children with IBD. She has been invited by the committee to present talks on health and wellness in the group.

Gina also has been teaching with Body Intelligence Training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy as a tutor since qualifying in the profession in 2013.

Gina brings a wealth of experience, with a blend of empathy and hands-on care gained during the many years working as a psychiatric and general nurse. She carries this experience, of working both in the hospital and the community services, into the osteopathic clinic setting.

She has vast experience, first-hand, of many aspects of medical care and she has learnt to value and appreciate the role of health in “Dis Ease”, which is provided in osteopathic treatment.

Her range of expertise ranges from acute to chronic care, of mothers and babies, children and adults and also caring for those who are at the end of their lives.

Gina practices at the Clonmel Clinic alongside her busy Dublin Clinic in Knocklyon, where she lives.

Qualifications:
· Diploma in Classical Osteopathy
· Secretary of Osteopathic Council of Ireland
· Studying Dip in Paediatric Osteopathy
· Teaching in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
· Qualified in Psychiatric Nursing
· Qualified in General Nursing