John Shanahan, Cork Physiotherapist providing Physiotherapy in Cork

Welcome to Next Level Physiotherapy Cork

Next Level Physiotherapy Cork aims to take client treatment and experience of physiotherapy to another level. We offer progressive, up-to-date, evidence-based treatments to ensure the best quality of care, which shows in our high success rates. We listen and work with you to achieve your goals, whether that’s to return to work; get a pain-free night’s sleep, or run a marathon.


Our Approach

John Shanahan, Cork physio, is the owner and lead Physiotherapist at Next Level Physiotherapy Cork. John is a Chartered Physiotherapist registered with the Irish governing body, CORU. This ensures that all treatments are to a very high standard and, most importantly, part of a regulated health service. John has years of experience from his time in private practice, working with sports teams, elite athletes and NHS Scotland.

We believe in a person-centred approach, taking your needs, wants and goals into consideration. Treatment plans are tailored to you as an individual, and are realistic to help you achieve your goals.

Sports Physiotherapy

We offer a range of sports physiotherapy services at our physiotherapy clinic in Cork city. These include sports injury rehabilitation and sports massage. Our sports injury prevention course is ideal for teams or sportspeople looking to take their game to the next level. We have received very positive feedback from people who have attended the talk. It’s a must for those looking for real progression in their performance.

Post-Surgery Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy after surgery is vital to ensuring a quick and effective recovery. John is particularly knowledgeable in this area and has years of experience. We treat people after ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repairs, ankle surgery and hip or knee replacements to name a few. More detail available on our Post-Surgery Physiotherapy services here.

Next Level Physiotherapy Cork, Blackpool

Next Level Physiotherapy Cork is based within MD clinic on the Watercourse Road, Blackpool T23 E2DR. We are next door to Blackpool Late Night Pharmacy and only an 8-minute walk from Cork Opera House in the city centre. FREE parking is available on site.

Make an appointment today by filling in our contact form or call, text or WhatsApp us on 087 184 9464. Get in touch if you’re looking for a physio in Cork. We are open on a Saturday and have evening, weekend and emergency physiotherapy appointments are available. Choose an appointment time that suits you through our online booking system.

Would definitely recommend John and those at Next Level Physiotherapy, had a very positive experience.

I was in and out of playing soccer with my local team injured with the same issue for about 15 months in total.

After getting an MRI (tendonosis of right knee) and treatment with another physio, I went back only to get injured again.

John gave me a detailed exercise plan to follow along with treatment and great advice on how to manage it and slowly get back to playing.

Back now about 1 month thanks to John and couldn’t thank him or recommend him enough.

Shane Ward

After suffering a shoulder injury in the gym, I went went to John. He diagnosed the injury immediately and gave me exercises to help regain mobility and flexibility, which led to immediate improvement. He then set about helping me regain strength in the shoulder as well as mobility and flexibility, progressively adding exercises that improved my shoulder. After a few weeks, I was back to training at my normal level if not even better, whilst incorporating the exercises he gave me. He also gave me advice on how to prevent such an injury going forward. John was friendly, professional, approachable, organised, and set a clear pathway to recovery. He also kept in touch to see how I was. I would highly recommend him to anyone suffering from an injury.

Neil Melly