Dr Lauren Downing DC

20/05/2024

5 Years at Advanced Today

Some things you can't make up.
I found Advanced through some little twists of fate via my grans physio/adopted granddaughter 😋 who I happened to take an aerial yoga class with.
She was teaching a close friend of the clinic directors and dropped it by me that they were looking, no ads up yet (I was doing care work, adjusting to the UK, awaiting my test of competence exam to transfer my SA degree).
We met, fell in love (Chiropractically speaking) and the rest is history. Specifically 5 years later to this day.

Being a bit reflective and sentimental myself I mused what to say to commemorate this occasion.
Well cue next twist of fate...
Stayed out of hours to help out a beautiful soul of a patient from the old Witham clinic. Haven't seen him in ages
Thats pretty cool right?
Next I'm on the way home back past the clinic and there is this old lady with her walker standing in the clinic drive, like her little human body had stalled under our sign.
I pull over, turns out she's lost and tired but after some chats we figure out the address, bundle her up in Silver and I get to deliver her to her doorstep. Happily ever after vibes.
All of that, getting to end my day full circle like when I started? Doesn't get better.

Basically this place - the magic keeps happening, inside and out.

04/05/2024

To all those competing this weekend...
May the 4th be with you.

19/01/2024

Gentle, specific and to the point - just how we like it 😏

01/01/2023

2023 👋 Happy New Year!
Remember to be kind to yourself with any New Years resolutions, just pick one page at a time and write it well, at your own pace. Stick to the same story and you will get to the end. 🙌

18/12/2022

Snow recap for the last of it up north... 💚

18/12/2022

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives"- Annie Dillard ~ Our everyday environments are one of the cornerstones vital to our overall health.

➡️⚠️Something to consider for anyone with chronic pain is how our brain's perception of pain & levels of systemic inflammation are affected by stress, negative emotions and anxiety. Pain can be intensified or even prolonged when in negative environments over a long period of time.

➡️🔜Most of us can't just change our jobs or choose our family but recognising it is often the first step to managing it. Until then, particularly over the holiday season try find ways to dig into the environments that do make you feel good. Time spent with your tribe, your passions or even just yourself can help reduce the intensity of your pain and massively benefit your overall health.

➡️✅️I am lucky and grateful for my Advanced work family & we all had the best time downing the tools and putting our party hats on at our wonderful work do!

09/03/2018

Now we know it. :)

via Scientific Illustration for the Research Scientist | somersault18:24

08/01/2018

Tackle with all the fire you need to start making your goals a reality.

16/11/2017

Pick up lines for health geeks 😂

08/11/2017

Eat outside of the box!

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