mobility – Deshocks

Ode to joy

Personal, Print

Ode to joy

There’s a woman I see around Cork regularly and I’m a tiny bit in love with her. Back straight, head high, she is always dressed smartly in a sort of continental way. You know the kind of outfit I mean. Crisp things in monochrome that make Irish women (me, anyway) look like wrinkly spuds. Comfortable but [...]

2019-06-21T10:10:52+00:00 June 21st, 2019|Categories: Personal, Print|Tags: Coke Bikes, commuting, Cork, cycling, disability, exercise, mobility, National Bike Week, public bike scheme, train, walking|

Loving your body, even when it’s a burden

Opinion, Print

Loving your body, even when it’s a burden

Love your body. We’ve heard it all before, and to most of us, raised on a diet of, well, diets, skinny celebrities and wonder cures, it’s in one ear and out the other. But body image is a fundamental part of who we are, and it affects everything from our relationships to our careers, no matter [...]

2019-06-21T10:16:20+00:00 June 20th, 2019|Categories: Opinion, Print|Tags: body image, fall, hip, hip dysplasia, injury, mobility, operation, personal, Surgery, walking, Woman's Way, yoga|