About Us

What we do

Reale Recovery supports individuals with chronic pain, chronic fatigue, auto-immune, inflammatory and lifelong conditions. We aren’t just about “before” and “after”.

We empower chronic pain, fatigue, and exhaustion sufferers to evolve from being stuck in pain or disability and unable to do things meaningful to them to re-engage with life and all meaningful activities again by providing insight, compassion, and care. Helping them to find direction and make long-term changes.

We like to work within a “Done with you” framework. We believe that the “Done for you” model is outdated and doesn’t help people with longstanding symptoms.Our done with you framework, marries professional expert support and education, with your can-do attitude and action-taking behaviour.

What makes us different

We provide telehealth services. We understand the challenges people with persistent symptoms face. Pain, fatigue, exhaustion and medications can limit one’s ability to drive, or be out and about for long periods. You can enjoy your consultation punctually from the comfort of your own home.

We believe in the importance of taking the time to really get to know you, your life and how your symptoms are affecting you and we provide longer consultation times for that reason. We look at your medical and injury history, your story and your timeline and look for patterns.

Our Values

Compassion

We lead with compassion. Always. We understand that our clients face a variety of barriers even before they engage with us and we work to reduce stigma around chronic pain, persistent symptoms and illness.

Clarity

We sort the flowers from the weeds and provide practical and evidence-based solutions. We aid our clients to understand their solutions and gain a deeper understanding of their health.

Integrity

We are qualified and trusted professionals who deliver bespoke care to our clients. We make pain management and fatigue strategies meaningful, sustainable and successful.

Curiosity

We know we don't have all the answers and we know that healing is not "one size fits all". We dig deep and think wide to provide holistic healing solutions and we empower our clients to do the same.

Backstory

Ena Reale is the Founder of Reale Recovery. She realized pretty quickly that there was a certain area of Physiotherapy that she enjoyed and that sparked her curiosity. She witnessed so many people attend Physiotherapy services with long-standing unresolved issues, jumping from clinician to clinician, service to service with no resolution. They might have gotten some relief for a few weeks to months only for the issues to return again. She also witnessed the frustration and disillusion that came along with this. The annoyance with having to retell their story over and over.

Ena wanted more for these clients but didn’t know how to help them. She knew that there was a reason these people weren’t getting better, she knew a different approach was required. So she set off on a journey to gather and learn as much as she could to figure it out. She spent thousands of hours upskilling, completing in-person and online training across Ireland and the UK, New Zealand and Australia learning from the best in the Industry, learning how to implement the most recent scientific evidence and apply it to practice.

She then became interested in the Lifestyle Medicine space and started studying further how lifestyle factors can impact our health and wellness and how harnessing them to our advantage can be the key to unlock our success.

Ena is passionate about bringing the latest evidence-based scientific research into her daily practice to ensure the best results.

Qualifications

Ena graduated with a first-class honours Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy from the University of Limerick in Ireland. Ena has spent the last decade gaining a broad range of experience across Ireland and New Zealand working in a variety of different settings.

Pain Training:
Pain Reprocessing Therapy, NOI Group- Explain Pain, NOI Group- Pain Masters Sessions, NOI Group Graded Motor Imagery, NOI Group- Less Pain Better Performance, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Amputee Rehabilitation.

Lifestyle Medicine:
Culinary Medicine UK, Practice Unbound- Lifestyle Medicine, Mental Health-Lifekeepers Course, IFM: A.F.M.C.P. Functional Medicine.

Concussion, Brain Injury, Vestibular Rehabilitation, NeuroPhysiotherapy:
Back in Motion- Concussion Series, Physiotherapy Management of Neck Pain, Treatment of (BPPV) Vertigo, Concussion Rehab Works, · Consequences of Concussion on Neuro-Visual Processing, Vestibular Rehabilitation following Concussion

Return to Work, Return to Play:
Pro-Sport Academy and Return to Play Protocol, Vocational Rehabilitation.

Women’s Health:
Peri-natal Pelvic Rehabilitation, The Bump Room Pilates Trainer, Sexual Intimacy and Wellbeing.

Fun Facts

I am the youngest of three and grew up on a dairy farm in Kerry, Ireland. I am a total foodie, I love trying different cuisines on my travels and trying to replicate them at home. I play classical violin and played in an orchestra for years. I love sea swimming and being by the sea, it is my happy place.

“Ena’s ability to think outside the box and give attention to detail, allows her to understand a person’s experience and provide them with the necessary strategies/guidance/exercises to support their recovery”

About Ena

I have always had a big interest in travelling, this definitely sprung from our parents who used bring us on family trips to Europe. My love for travelling remained potent and I lived overseas in New Zealand from 2018 to 2022. I returned to Ireland for 15 months to spend time with family and friends again. I am now based in New Zealand, living on a sheep and beef farm in the South Island with my partner. I set up Reale Recovery to enable me to have more freedom and flexibility in my life to move between Ireland and New Zealand more freely.

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