You can now book your next appointments online via our website
You will see an orange box at the top left of each page. Click on that and it will take you to the launch page.
Online booking is only suitable for existing clients:
- You are an existing client AND
- You are being treated for an existing episode SO
- You know which therapist to book
New clients and existing clients with a new problem should either fill in a webform or preferably call the clinic on 01889 881488.
Existing clients with a current treatment episode can click the link to take them to online booking. You will need to enter your first name, surname, date of birth, email and mobile number. Please make sure you enter your name as you provided to us when we first registered you or we will not be able to identify you on our system (Your browser should save the above details except your date of birth)
Then choose:
- the type of appointment
- the practitioner (even if there is only 1 option, you still have to choose)
- the time of day you would like an appointment
- the date that best suits you
- the time that best suits you (even if there is only 1 option, you still have to choose)
You will then get a confirmation screen to check all the details and click the Opayo (formerly Sagepay) button to enter payment details below.
Opayo will require your first name, surname and address. (apologies for some repetition here. We are waiting for our management software developers to update their software)
Please note that your appointment booking will not complete until payment is made.
At Nicky Snazell’s Wellness & Physiotherapy Clinic, we get to treat quite a lot of sports injuries and by far the number one sport for injuries we see is for horse riding, perhaps not surprising given how popular this pastime is in the area
A recent large scale study in the USA supported our observations, while focussing on the previously unrecognised scale of the problem and its potentially high rehabilitation costs.
The 10 year study of nearly 25,000 patients who had suffered horse riding injuries, uncovered some concerning facts about the level of injury and although not yet determined, it suggested the real cost of rehab could be high.
To put into perspective, the risk of hospital admission was higher than football, car racing, motorbike racing and skiing.
The most common sites of injury were:
- chest 37%
- arms and legs 26.5%
- head injuries 23%
- abdominal injuries 13.5%
Most injuries were classified as either mild, which was 33%, or moderate at 43.5%, but of these 88% required hospital admission for an average of 4.5 days, 28% needed intensive care and 10% required surgery. Fortunately, most (57%) were discharged from hospital and required no ongoing rehab but 7% had to transferred to a rehab centre for ongoing care.
The death rate was 1.3%, of which by far the majority at 75%, were due to head or neck injuries.
Surprisingly a large fraction of the riders involved in injury were not wearing helmets at the time of their accident. This emphasises the need for awareness of the importance of wearing adequate protective clothing, in particular wearing a helmet to protect against head injury and death.
For those who would like to read the full paper: Hearing Hoofbeats? Think head and neck trauma: a 10 year NTDB analysis of equestrian related trauma in the USA, visit https://tsaco.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/tsaco-2021-000728
You Spoke
Recently we asked for feedback on your thoughts on our clinic and most importantly, how you would like us to improve. I’m really pleased to say that we had some great responses which have given us plenty to think about. We have given all who responded a free massage and of course we held a draw as promised and the winner now has £250 credit in his account. A big thank you to all who took the time to help us.
We Listened
Of course, there were a number of issues raised and we listened. We have already started an action plan to deal with the ideas and concerns raised in order of frequency raised. The number one issue by far was a request for more information. Overwhelmingly, you wanted to see more use of social media, specifically Instagram and Facebook.
You Want More Information & More Social Media
I’m delighted to tell you we already have a new capability up and running and from now on you are going to see a lot more presence on both Instagram and Facebook. Nicky has already created over 50 video’s which will over time be recut and added to these social media platforms. Not only that, Nicky has recently been on USA radio again, being asked for her expert opinion on alternatives to opiates for treating chronic pain. This also provides more content.
You requested more information before your first visit, what to expect when you arrive, more information on what we treat and how we treat and also on the capabilities of the therapists so you understand better who you should see for a particular problem. All of this will gradually be added and one by one we will provide you with the information you requested.
Please Share
We are passionate about preventative health and about the unquestionable merits of face to face, hands on treatment. Sadly, these are services which seem to be disappearing. Could you help spread the message by sharing our posts with your circle of friends. One day, one of those friends may be desperate for real, preventative health care.
Here are the links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickysnazellsclinic/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/painreliefclinic.co.uk
If you are in pain, we can help.
Call Now. 01889 881488. Erica, Jean & Charlotte will be happy to help
This may be difficult to grasp at first, but if you were to be able to look inside your body, down to the tiniest detail, you would see you are a community of cells, trillions of cells.
Development of humans started from a single cell structure. For growth, the only opportunity was to get bigger, but just like a balloon, the cell could only get so big before the cell membrane would rupture. The only other option to grow was to start working together in communities.
All cells have the basic functional capability that we as humans have. They can process food for energy, dispose of waste, detect energy signals etc. They could also get eaten by predators, so survival required working together as a community. As these communities grew, it was clear that it made sense for one cell to specialise in one area and another cell to specialise in another. Thus, some cells specialised in excretion, others fighting infection, energy absorption, or movement.
We do the exactly the same in our human communities, some working in food production, some in health, some in transport, some in communication, some in energy production. The list goes on.
In your body, you can think in terms of speciality cells for muscles, bones, nerves and so on.
Cells, just like humans, can get unhealthy and die. To protect the community as a whole and to avoid one unhealthy cell taking down the whole community, cells developed a suicide capability. Every day, millions of your cells die and are replaced by new healthy ones.
All cells require energy to exist and this energy is produced in what can be considered the cells engine, called the mitochondria. The main task of the mitochondria is to convert glucose into energy. It is also the mitochondria which is equipped with the suicide capability, to destroy the cell if it gets diseased or malignant.
Some diseases, like cancer, have worked out a way around the self destruct. But that’s a whole subject on it’s own and there is a lot of well qualified material available to read on the internet.
What all this tells us is that our cells have worked out a complex and healthy way of surviving as communities and that you have the ultimate responsibility to make sure you play your part to keep those cells as healthy as possible. A good starting point is to eat healthy food and avoid unhealthy food. You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to realise that the latter is going to give all your cells a hard time. Do that for long enough and common sense will tell you there will be problems.
At Nicky Snazell Clinic we have a simple, easily understandable wellness program, taken from Nicky’s published book ‘The 4 Keys To Health’. If you need help to make sure you do the right things to keep your cells healthy, then call us. We can help.
Call Now 01889 881488. Erica & Jean will be happy to help
Many patients I see have experienced chronic and sometimes severe pain in a specific part of their body. Pain that’s lasted years, decades even. Pain that won’t go away and no conventional treatment seems to work.
These patients are resigned to suffering their pain for life. In many cases I find that their pain is the result of an emotional problem earlier in their life. It could be that they were abused as a child, or it could be it was a traumatic injury.
I witness the unravelling of these hidden traumas every day and it never fails to thrill me when it happens. Why?
Because then I KNOW healing can be possible.
When you find the place and time a trauma occurred, and really feel the mind –body link, then you are no longer a victim to the pain but a student as to what pain and illness teaches you.
For example, if you have been beaten as a child, you can guarantee those same areas come back to haunt you later in life, as disc prolapses, arthritis, frozen shoulders or neck ache and so on, that just won’t stop aching.
You Are The Author Of Your Life
As you replay these memories in your mind and you tell yourself a story about your body, you also have to be careful how you replay that story to yourself, because your memory is fluid. Yes, every time you recall something, you mould a new version of it. Memory isn’t like a DVD that plays the exact same story every time, no matter how many times you watch it.
Once your subconscious mind makes a link between past trauma and current pain, then physiotherapy treatment will be much more successful.
The words spoken by the therapist, whilst manipulating or needling you, can soothe the disturbing memories imbedded in an ancient trauma. Both of you may not be aware to start with that there are memories associated with your current physical pain. You may thus suddenly feel emotional and that is the memories associated with your pain in a certain joint or muscle, and they are being opened up and replayed.
In the hands of a holistic, medically trained practitioner, you can unravel these hidden mind body connections that are stopping your healing process.
Equipped with additional qualifications in psychology, shamanic reiki healing and neurolinguistics programming, I am very aware of the power of the mind. I feel strongly that it is of vital importance to analyse and reanalyse any block to a patient getting the healing results they want. I believe applying both an intuitive and scientific medical approach will achieve a much deeper understanding of your pain.
Rewrite the story of your life, starting today.
You can make today a whole new chapter – you just have to decide that you want to end one chapter of your life and start another.
If you are suffering from long term, unresolved pain, it may well be that you have hidden mental traumas that are locking your pain into your body. In this situation your pain will not go away until that link is identified. Nicky can help.
Call Now 01889 881488 and ask for an appointment with Nicky.
Erica & Jean will be happy to help
At Nicky Snazell’s Clinic, we strive to give you the best treatment experience possible, which means every part of your journey with us, from initial contact right through to saying goodbye, is as effective and as enjoyable as possible.
To achieve this, we have to make sure we have booked you in on the right pathway. This will depend on your immediate problem, your goals and your treatment history with us.
Read on to learn how to maximise the benefits of your treatment plan
If you have never been to our clinic before, we will aim to put you with the most appropriate therapist for your condition, allowing for factors such as your physical problem, your therapist preferences and also if you are wanting to claim on private medical insurance.
Once your therapist is sorted, we will book an assessment and possibly treatment, dependent on your wishes. Even if you have been assessed elsewhere, or if you think you know what your problem is, we will always assess you ourselves first, for both professional and ethical reasons.
After your initial assessment, you will probably need one or more treatments, with goals set and agreed, and interim reviews to check progress.
Get The Quality Of Treatment You Deserve
If you are returning with what appears to be a recurring problem, we will process this as a continuation of earlier treatment, provided your last visit was no more than 6 weeks previous. We feel that beyond this timeframe, an assessment is needed to make sure that your problem is not something new. Such an assessment might be quite short, but will be needed to make sure we are giving you the quality of service you deserve.
Maintenance and Wellness
It will be apparent that due to factors such as your age, type of problem, or a particular injury severity, then it might be advised that ongoing maintenance or wellness would be a better quality of life option for you, rather than to wait until the problem reoccurs.
With your agreement, we will transfer you to a maintenance or wellness level, with the frequency of treatments adjusted to best suit you. A time limit of up to 3 months is allowed. So just four treatments a year could give you a much better quality of life and most importantly, the confidence to get on and enjoy life, knowing that we have got your back should anything go wrong.
A lot of our patients are recognising that it makes a lot more sense to maintain their health, rather than wait to break again. For those already on this pathway, they are gaining a more pain free life, allowing them to do things they couldn’t have done before.
Save and Gain
Not only that, they are actually saving on treatment costs, as the amount of treatment they needed to get fixed after they broke, exceeded looking after themselves.
Get The Appointment Times That Suit You
Another obvious advantage of booking in advance is that patients are getting appointment times that best suit them and that they can plan for in advance, rather that calling at the last minute to see what is available.
If you have a long term, or chronic problem, it may well be that the cause of the problem cannot be cured, and the best option for you is to attend regular sessions to keep the symptoms under control. It’s a personal choice whether you opt for maintenance or wellness.
Maintenance is best for you if you have a chronic physical problem and you want this to be kept under control, but without having to get involved with your overall health condition.
Alternatively, you may want to go one stage further and not only keep your physical chronic problem under control, but also do all you can to improve your overall health. With our wellness program we will look at factors such as your lifestyle, diet & nutrition, weight, exercise and fitness and mindset.
Don’t Things Always Go Wrong At The Wrong Time?
We constantly get patients who have broken at the wrong time, maybe just before an important family event, or a much looked forward to holiday. Sadly, every year, some leave it too late and miss out.
Many of these problems would have been avoided if their mindset had been to maintain their body, rather than wait till it broke.
Ask yourself this. Would you plan an important holiday in a car that you hadn’t had serviced? Probably not. If you did and the car broke, you could only blame yourself. Not only that, you know for sure that getting it fixed will cost a lot more than if you had been smart and got it serviced beforehand.
Why the difference with your body?
If you have a pain problem or injury problem anywhere in your body, or just want a better quality of life, then call us now. We can help.
Call 01889 881488 Now
Physiotherapy Jobs Stafford - Apply NOW
Vacancy details
A rare opportunity for a physiotherapist to work at one of the UK’s leading private clinics, a fantastic working environment in a grade II listed building, with a friendly and motivated team and a high level of technical support. The role offers the job satisfaction of being able to use all the practical MSK skills with which you were trained, plus an exceptional ongoing professional growth opportunity to learn new skills from our in house world-class knowledge base.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a keen desire to work hands-on, be a strong team player and show an ability to think outside the box. The clinic places equal importance on prevention as well as acute injury treatment. Our preventative, wellness program makes use of an in house developed and published health model.
FULL DETAILS HERE - Physiotherapist Jobs Stafford
FOR JOB INTERVIEW TIPS - JobsNorwich.com
Following the recent government announcement of the relaxation of many COVID restrictions, we have returned the clinic waiting room to its former soft, relaxing ambience, with sofas surrounding the fire. We have also opened access to the coffee machine, with which you can make latte, cappuccino, white or black coffee, straight from freshly ground beans. Tea and water are also available. (Biscuits are on the way as well!)
Governing Body Guidelines Prevail
Despite what the government says, however, we still have to work to strict governing body guidelines, which means our therapists will continue to wear face masks. Although we can no longer require you to wear a mask while in the clinic, we do ask you to do so to help protect the staff, and ultimately yourself.
In addition, we still need to control numbers of clients in the waiting room and thus request that you remain in your car until your allotted treatment start time. New clients will need to come in a few minutes before ( 5 minutes maximum) to complete new client paperwork.
We will also continue to sanitise rooms between appointments, which will mean a slight shortening of appointment time.
Improved Starting On Time Service
One change we did make because of the pandemic was to introduce gaps for all therapists regularly throughout the day. This was primarily to provide some relief for the therapists from working in the antisocial restrictions of full PPE. The good news for you is that we are going to continue to schedule our days with regular breaks because it has dramatically improved our ability to start your treatment on time.
A modern day problem for so many of us is the feeling of being permanently tired and exhausted. We go to bed earlier but still wake up the next morning feeling like it’s the middle of the night and just want to go back to sleep.
A lot of this can simply be due to fact of the world we live in, a world where stimuli are available 24/7. Our bodies, however, were designed to operate not in this new world, but in a more simple way, where day and night were part of a daily rhythm of living. This day / night cycle is called the circadian rhythm.
Most of our body processes are tied to these circadian rhythms, whether it be when we eat or sleep, when we digest and rebuild healthy cells and so on. It is not surprising then that if we interfere with these natural body rhythms by imposing artificial stimuli ‘out of normal rhythm’, our bodies will react negatively.
Thus, it makes sense to reduce and where possible eliminate these interferences where possible and let our bodies internal body clock work as it was designed. Here are some suggestions:
- Weekends are not times to stay up late and sleep in. Go to bed and get up at the same time every day of the week.
- Fasting at night is normal, that’s why we break the fast every morning. Fasting lets your body work better at fighting viruses and disease and healing itself overnight. Have your evening meal at least 3 hours before going to bed and don’t snack or you lose the benefits of fasting.
- Day time is designed to be a time when you are outside, getting the benefits of direct sunlight which allows your body to produce Vitamin D, important for fighting inflammation.
- Night time is meant for rest and sleep. Extending the day with artificial lighting, and worse, exposing yourself to the blue light emitted by TV’s and mobile devices, needs to be minimised. Try to eliminate blue light exposure at least an hour before going to bed.
- Caffeine consumption has been shown to interfere with the body clock and with excessive consumption can cause many sleep problems. It is recommended you stop taking caffeine 4 to 6 hours before bedtime.
For more on general health, I recommend you visit www.bluezones.com
For more on the rhythm method click here
Any of us can suffer flare ups from time to time. A swollen knee or ankle maybe. A flare up is an internal activity, something has caused your body to react this way. I get asked several times a week about what would be best to do and not to do, to help get the inflammation down as quickly as possible.
There will many of you who I haven’t seen for a while who also suffer these occasional flare ups, so to help you as well, I’ve created a simple list of top tips and provided an insightful look into the benefits of fasting.
Foods to Avoid
- Sugar
- Processed diary
- Alcohol
- Processed snacks
- Gluten
Food that helps
- Vegetables provide anti-oxidants which means they fight oxidation, free radicals and inflammation
- Also provides prebiotics for a healthier gut
- Eat 6 to 11 servings a day
- Drink more water
Fasting for Health & Longevity
This one may surprise you but please read on
Yoshinori Ohsumi, the 2016 Nobel prize Winner in Medicine, opened up a completely new field of science studying autophagy. It’s likely that you have never heard of autophagy and that does not matter. What matters is that mutations in human autophagy genes can cause disease. Ohsumi’s research over the last 40 years has shown that autophagy helps protect against inflammation and in diseases like dementia and Parkinsons. The perceived benefits of autophagy are so wide that there are more than 5,000 published studies a year across many fields of interest, including cancer and longevity.
So what is autophagy?
Our bodies rely on a steady energy source from the food we eat. During fasting or starvation, this energy source is switched off and this causes the body the switch energy production to breaking down protein in existing cells. Simply put, autophagy is a process of using energy stored in the body.
More importantly, while in this state of fasting,
our cells destroy viruses and bacteria and eliminate damaged structures.
How Long Do You Have To Fast To Gain Benefits?
It’s not as bad as you might think, so don’t think this is not for you. A large body of research has shown that fasting for just 12 or more hours a day triggers autophagy. Now think about it, you fast every day anyway, that’s why you break your fast every morning. If you had your last meal at 6 pm and then breakfast at 8 am, that would be a 14 hour fast, more than enough for you to get the benefits of autophagy.
Clearly the trick is to make sure you have your evening meal early and no snacking after that. That’s tough for a lot of us, but let’s be honest, its only a habit anyway and habits are easy to break when you are determined.
Here is your reason to be determined.
A large amount of research into autophagy has shown a clear link to reduced inflammation, weight loss, improved brain function and better blood sugar control, the latter being directly linked to diabetes. Studies with Rhesus Monkeys eating only 70% of their normal calorific intake have been shown to live much longer and to be much healthier in old age. Without doubt the huge amount of ongoing studies are only going to expand this list of benefits.
For more on health in general, I recommend you visit www.bluezones.com
For more on autophagy click here