About Grainne Sugrue

Grainne Sugrue is a qualified Fitness Instructor, Pilates Instructor, Sports Massage and Neuromuscular Therapist. She has been teaching Pilates in Cork city for the past 6 years after she qualified in the UK in the internationally recognised CYQ Level 3 Pilates Award. Following a number of years teaching in Rochestown Park Hotel and Womens Fitness Plus she opened her own dedicated Pilates Studio and Muscle Injury Clinic earlier this year.

Grainne has extensive experience working with athletes and sports enthusiasts as well as the not-so-sporty. Her Sports massage and neuromuscular therapy training is through the National Training Centre in Dublin and she recently completed the National certificate in Trigger Point Dry Needling. Her background in both Pilates and Muscle injuries allows her to make focused Pilates programmes for her classes and for individuals with injuries. Her clients include GPs, physiotherapists, athletes from a range of sporting activities as well as the non-sporty and Seniors who suffer from a variety of muscle complaints. She works with a number of high-profile companies including the renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School and GlaxoSmithKline. She is also qualified in Pre- and Post-Natal Exercise and runs classes in Pilates for Pregnancy.

Originally Grainne worked in International marketing in Dublin where she became very aware of back problems caused by stress and bad posture associated with extensive computer work. It was at this time that she discovered Pilates and its benefits. Since then she has never looked back.