The Limes Clinic

27/04/2022

I am very excited to welcome Sofia to The Limes Clinic where, every Thursday she will be running a Pilates class. Sofia comes with years of experience, enthusiasm and passion. Classes begin tomorrow. Contact either the clinic or Sofia if you are interested in attending.

19/01/2022

Simone from The Kent Mindfulness Centre is hosting another special mini retreat, offering us the opportunity to pause, to bring awareness to the body and to let go of things that no longer serve us. The theme during this event will be detoxing…. Learning how to cleanse the mind and body. And I will be offering insight from a functional nutritionist perspective on how to naturally support body systems involved in the detoxification pathways.

The Mind/Body Detox Retreat with Kent Mindfulness Centre is a day in which to refresh both your body & mind. Our Body/mind can become blocked with toxins both physical and mental. Everything we put into our body & mind has an effect. Sometimes we need to step back and review. So on this day....

07/11/2021

Simone is running another amazing day retreat, offering us the opportunity to pause and reconnect with ourselves and help us recognise what it means to be truly nourished. A must before we get swept along by the Christmas festivities!

13/02/2021

Interest article for women; how our hormones fluctuate during our cycle and impact physical performance. Let’s aim to work with and to preserve the body’s natural rhythms, not against them.

Get the most out of your workouts from weight loss to better performance by syncing your exercise routine to your cycle. Learn how in this article.

03/01/2021

World Health Organisation updates their exercise prescription recommendations. Regular strength training is one of my goals in 2021. (Muscle metabolically active tissue, therefore helps with weight control and blood sugar regulation, helps balance hormones and has been shown to correlate with longevity of health-span).

People of all ages, from kids to older adults, are encouraged to limit sedentary behavior and increase daily exercise, according to updated guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO). These guidelines, which replace 2010 WHO recommendations, highlight the importance of combining aerobic plu...

14/11/2020

An article filling me with hope and optimism this morning.🥰
Inflammation has been identified as the root cause of most if not all chronic illness and disease.
In order to reduce our levels of inflammation we can address contributors from our external and internal environment through lifestyle (exercise, sleep, stress management/mindfulness/meditation, relationships/connection, purpose/spirituality) and our diet (eating foods that heal us: nutrient dense, whole foods, avoiding foods that harm us: toxins and chemicals, allergens, refined carbs and sugars. And this practise has been advocated by The Limes Clinic for a number of years to help patients stuck in a chronic state of pain and dysfunction.
More recently we have come to realise that the vagus nerve (a nerve signalling between brain to body and body to brain) actually helps to modulate and control inflammation. And there are many things we can do to improve the function of the vagus nerve (vagal tone): cold water exposure, chanting, gargling, meditation, singing, deep breathing, movement such as yoga.
But this article highlights the use of bio electronics to stimulate the vagus nerve. Studies so far show promising results in reducing inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in particular.
These are implanted devices, but there are also now affordable external devices on the market.
I’ll be trying this out over the next month or two and will feedback any results!

“No prescriptions, no medicines, no injections. That’s the future. That’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.” Kevin Tracey, MD. Dysautonomia International really scored when they got Kevin Tracey MD to be the keynote speaker at their 2020 Virtual Conference. He’s not involved in dysau...

07/11/2020

How can diet and lifestyle impact our immune system?
This article explains the science behind some simple strategies we can implement to boost our immune systems.
Being informed by science and proactive to alter behaviour can help keep us safe this winter.

We're sharing five strategies you can use to support your immune system for both acute COVID-19, the seasonal cold and flu season and more.

03/11/2020

Following the current advice from The Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, The Limes Clinic, classed as a clinical setting, will be allowed to remain open during this next lockdown period.
Please be assured that all infection control measures continue to be adhered to in order to ensure your safety. For further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kindest regards
Jackie

Following the government announcement of a national lockdown in England from 5 November, we offer interim guidance to members on the likely implications of the new lockdown regulations.

08/07/2020

CLINIC RE-OPENING
As we welcome back existing customers and new clients please be assured that we are providing the highest level of clinical safety.
Guidelines provided by all relevant authorities are being fully adhered to (incl. Government, NHS England, PHE, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and HCPC).
- clients are screened prior to admission
- management of patient flow by reducing capacity
- enhanced cleaning protocols
- infection control and prevention measures
- use of medical grade PPE
For further information or to make an appointment please do get in touch.
Kindest Regards,

24/05/2020

It has been lovely that so many of my clients have stayed in touch during this challenging time. I very much look forward to being able to open up the clinic again and offer a place of peace and calm, to hear your stories, and to be part of your healing journey again, to restore function and wellbeing so you can continue to achieve your life goals.

Please see below guidelines the clinic must now follow to ensure the safety of the patient, the practitioner and the wider public.