Calmer Clinics

What is PoTS? This 4-minute video gives a great insight in to what PoTS is, the symptoms those with PoTS may experience, management techniques and treatments available. To...

We warmly welcome, Osteopath Duncan Webster to the Calmer Clinics team.
Duncan is available on Tuesdays 2pm-10pm and Wednesdays 8am-2pm.

We welcome Craniosacral Therapist, Lizette Villaverde to the Calmer Clinics team. Lizette will be available at Calmer Clinics on Wednesdays 2-6pm. For more information about Lizette and contact details, click the link.

Lizette Villaverde RCST Lizette Villaverde RCST is an experienced Craniosacral Therapist with a specialization in trauma and scarwork. After a decade in social work, supporting vulnerable populations through significant l…

After the success of our first Fitness open day last month, we're thrilled to announce that we're hosting another one on Saturday 28th, September 2024!

Join us for a day packed with wellness and fitness activities designed to inspire and invigorate you. Our open day offers a sneak peek into everything our DSQ Fitness Club has to offer—and the best part? It’s completely FREE for anyone to join!

Whether you're already a current gym member or resident, bring a
friend along & join us for:

✅ A taster to try our popular fitness classes
✅ Access to state-of-the-art fitness equipment
✅ Opportunities to meet our amazing team
✅ An informative nutrition talk & more talks from Calmer Clinics

Click to book your FREE registration! https://mailchi.mp/ac7d7e4ede47/dsqfitnessopenday_28sep

Calmer Clinics is delighted to welcome Osteopath, Tania Mattock to the team.
Tania will be taking bookings at the clinic from September and will be available on Saturdays and also Ad Hoc. Direct booking link in her bio below.

Tania Mattock “Our bodies have the amazing ability to develop and heal, but we don’t always work in its best interest. I can help you achieve more.” As an Osteopath, Tania uses hands-on treatment and rehabilitat…

You will be warmly welcomed when visiting us at Calmer Clinics, as part of the Dolphin Square Fitness Club Open Day. Click the link below to find out more details and sign up.
We look forward to seeing you. 

DSQ Fitness Club Open Day (Aug 31st 24) Non-members will have the opportunity to visit the Fitness Club, try out some of our classes, and attend talks from our onsite Calmer Clinics, a dedicated team of health professionals caters to everyone from professional athletes and amateur sports enthusiasts to babies, children, the elderly, and.....

Latest article from our Parent, Stress Management and Leadership coach Jennifer Day.
So many big emotions - what to do?

Big Emotions!? Emotions can take us by surprise, especially big ones. A 4-year old young friend recently told me, “I want to do something with my crossness!” I think we can all relate. There are certainly a lot of big emotions being expressed on this planet right now. A helpful approach for the more destructiv...

Appreciation from a young patient today for our brilliant Osteopath, David Propert.

Check out our latest blog post from our counsellor Katherine Radcliffe
Burnout 2. How our relationships can reduce (or contribute to) stress and burn out.

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Jennifer Day specialises in emotional intelligence coaching, parenting, stress management and leadership coaching at Calmer Clinics. Read her latest blog post here.

The 'Non-advice' Advice It’s everywhere – on every social media platform, in every newspaper, magazine, on-line forum and of course from well-meaning friends and family - advice. Advice on just about everything. Never mind the late-great Michael Mosley’s ‘just one thing', (that would be lovely!) there’s so much a...

It’s Men’s Health Week, remember this 🩵

Article by Douglas Clague our resident psychotherapist.

Read the latest post from Jennifer Day, our Emotional Intelligence, Parental and Stress Management Coach.

The Illusion of Worry ‘Worry pretends to be necessary - but serves no useful purpose.’ (Eckhart Tolle) –to this great wisdom I would like to add that telling someone (or ourselves) ‘Don’t worry,’ also doesn’t work! (If it did, we’d all be doing considerably less of it!) Unfortunately, right now there seem...

Mental health awareness week (May 13th-19th)“Pre-empting or sidestepping burnout” blog post from our Integrative Counsellor Katherine Radcliffe. Click link to read.

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Meet our new Sports Massage and Soft Tissue Therapy Practitioner, Denise Wilkinson.

Denise Wilkinson Sports Massage and Soft Tissue Therapy Practitioner “It’s all about changing harmful and repetitive movement patterns andhabits – re-aligning and re-balancing the systems of the b…

HOW DO YOUR GUT BACTERIA EFFECT YOUR MOOD?

Microorganisms in the gut can influence your mood via the 'Gut Brain Axis'.

The different types of organisms produce different chemicals - some produce mood enhancing chemicals like serotonin whilst others may produce more harmful chemicals for example LPS (lipopolysaccharide) which is an inflammatory metabolite, more likely to lead to brain fog and drive inflammatory conditions which are linked with depression.

Improving the make-up of your gut microbiota will not only reduce gut issues but can also help improve brain function and motivation. 😀

The Power of The Microbiome!

Our relationship with our microbiome is deeper than we ever thought. The human genome consists of about 25,000 genes whereas our gut microbiome has 46 million! So we rely heavily on our microbial genome which can promote health or disease.

The science is now clear that pretty much all chronic disease has its roots in the microbiome and The American Microbiome Project (2017) which is the largest ever human study into the impacts of the microbiome, highlighted the impacts that poor diet, stress and antibiotics are having on our microbiome which is linked to all aspects of our health.

To help keep yourself healthy and prevent chronic disease, it is vital to consider the microbiome. There are easy actions that you can take daily like:

The 30 different plant foods and fibres per week challenge

Reduce sugar, processed foods and alcohol

Keep meat consumption low and organic, eat alongside plenty of vegetables

The microbiome is like a garden that needs care and attention but by taking small steps the garden can flourish and pay you back 100 fold in health.