{"id":230412,"date":"2026-01-06T13:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230412\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:02:07","slug":"four-physio-and-gym-set-to-open-in-southwick-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230412\/","title":{"rendered":"Four* Physio and Gym set to open in Southwick Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Four* Physio and Gym is set to move into the disused former Carter&#8217;s Domestic Appliances building in Southwick Square, which the electrical retailor vacated in May 2024.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The company is a new clinically-led physiotherapy clinic and exercise space, which offers physiotherapy assessment and treatment, and supervised strength programmes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will also offer over 50s, pay-as-you-go gym sessions, catering to those who feel less comfortable in commercial gyms.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These sessions will be open to all ability levels and will be limited to a maximum of ten people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One of Four*&#8217;s main focuses is on improving muscle mass as people age.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Co-founder Marcus Wolf said: &#8220;Strength training is one of the most evidence-backed tools we have.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s not about becoming a gym person \u2014 it\u2019s about staying capable, independent, and doing the things that matter to you.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The unit has been vacant since Carter&#8217;s moved out after more than 30 years in the premises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The electrical appliance retailor, which had opened in Southwick in 1994, blamed spiralling rent prices and parking charge increases for the reasons behind the closure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At the time it was the fourth shop to close in Southwick Square in six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four* Physio and Gym is set to move into the disused former Carter&#8217;s Domestic Appliances building in Southwick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[499,103,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-230412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}