Susan is a South African now living and working in Galway since 2009. With her Irish heritage-Galway has become her ‘home away from home’. She has always had a keen interest in sports, health & fitness and rehabillitation.
During her Senior years at school, she made the provincial team for sprinting in Athletics and continued with her hocky, making the Provincial B side for hockey at University.
She showed a keen interest in the profession, BIOKINETICS, so went on to study human movement Science ( BA HMS) and after 3 years undergrad, was selected for Honours Biokinetics ( Hon. BIOKINETICS). Qualifying at the University of Port Elizabeth enabled Susan to be involved with many sports academies, physically disabled schools& homes and Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes where she gained much experiencein her field.
2002 took Susan into her Internship year where she managed to work at a Private Biokinetics Practice and gym which allowed her to get involved in back rehabillitation and massage therapy. The last 6 month of her internship she managed to get a position at the university of Durban Westville where she was involved in many sports teams doing fitness tests and analysis.
During her studies she also managed to include courses such as Massage Therapy, Spinning Instructor, swimming specialization together with Exercise Physiology and more recently an International course in Infant Massage.
With the experience and knowledge gained over the past few years, Susan loves giving her time to special populations and people where she can make a difference in their lives. Working at UPT private studio allowes clients and patients to feel relaxed, comfortable and motivated to reach their goals, whatever they may be.
Coming soon: 5-week Infant Massage Courses (IAIM)
Susan Connellan: 0872940015