Seating Matters Blog | Martina Tierney OT

Martina Tierney OT

Martina Tierney is an Occupational Therapist, Author, Worldwide Educator and Clinical Director at Seating Matters. Since becoming an Occupational Therapist over 30 years ago Martina often had difficulty finding seating solutions for clients with complex needs. To provide a solution to this problem, Seating Matters was established by the Tierney family in 2006, designing and manufacturing a specialised seating range that is changing the world of healthcare seating. The Seating Matters Clinical Team have worked with the Ulster University to carry out an extensive clinical trial with staggering results on the effectiveness of specialist seating in the provision of postural support and pressure management. Martina Tierney is also the author of The Clinician’s Seating Handbook which is used around the world to teach students, clinicians and care givers on seating provision. Martina and the Seating Matters team carry out regular Education Workshops, Lunch & Learns and present our latest research at conferences worldwide to pass this knowledge on so as to influence best practice and improve patient’s lives. Martina has worked with Ulster University in the UK to complete groundbreaking clinical research on the effectiveness of specialist seating for posture and pressure management. We are keen to share this knowledge globally to educate clinicians on evidence based best practice and improve patient care. In order to achieve this we want to showcase the results and more importantly provide practical tips to clinicians and facilities on how to replicate them. Martina is truly inspirational and the certainly the leading expert globally on clinical seating having pioneered the only clinical research of it's kind, the results of which are groundbreaking, with the ability to have transformational impact for patients' quality of life, clinician's workload and healthcare budgets. We are keen to share this knowledge globally to educate clinicians on evidence based best practice and improve patient care. Martina Tierney is also the author of The Clinician’s Seating Handbook which is used around the world to teach students, clinicians and care givers on seating provision.

Recent Posts

Gifting your loved ones a better quality of life

When someone we love is confined to a chair for most of their day to day lives, the last thing we want is to watch ...

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Martina Tierney OT December 11, 2015 /

in Family Support, Seating Assessment, Seating Matters Stories

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An Overview of Our Clinical Seating Research Trial Proving Reduction in Pressure Injuries

Since becoming an Occupational Therapist over 30 years ago, I've worked to improve the quality of people's lives ...

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Martina Tierney OT November 19, 2015 /

in Clinical Research

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Turning Research Into Action

I have found over many years as an Occupational Therapist, that it isn’t always easy to get the right knowledge into ...

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Martina Tierney OT September 24, 2015 /

in Clinical Research

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Beware of False Research!

What is good research? (First published in the OT News Magazine, 2013)....

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Martina Tierney OT June 16, 2015 /

in Clinical Research

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The Human Side of a Seating Assessment: Part 2

I have done many thousands of seating assessments during my career as an Occupational Therapist. Every now and then a ...

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Martina Tierney OT April 14, 2015 /

in Seating Assessment

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The Human Side of a Seating Assessment: Part 1

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Martina Tierney OT March 30, 2015 /

in Seating Assessment

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New Edition of The Clinician's Seating Handbook

Martina Tierney OT is pleased to announce a new edition of The Clinician's Seating Handbook. "I wrote the first ...

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Martina Tierney OT January 01, 2015 /

in Education, Martina Tierney, Seating Assessment, The Clinician's Seating Handbook

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Seating Matters at Parliament Buildings, Stormont

Martina Tierney OT and Martin Tierney from Seating Matters met recently with Edwin Poots MLA, Minister for Health for ...

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Martina Tierney OT January 01, 2014 /

in Clinical Research, Clinical Team

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The Gift of an Education

This Christmas, the Tierney family at Seating Matters have decided to direct the funds normally used for Christmas ...

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Martina Tierney OT December 01, 2013 /

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HRH The Princess Royal Receives Seating Matters Research Team

The University of Ulster and Seating Matters research team met today with Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the ...

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Martina Tierney OT November 01, 2013 /

in Martina Tierney

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