Business Focus

Since moving to Glinton from Wales in 2010, much has changed. Settling into married life, settling a then 7yr old into school, converting a shed into a chalet office and setting up Greenacres Chiropractic Centre, were the first challenges on the agenda. This took a while, and the doors were finally opened for business in January 2012. Since then, nothing has really stood still.

Bridget Bath

Getting the word out there was the first hurdle. A sign was installed at the top of the driveway, local networking events were attended and advertising in the local magazines, not least The Village Tribune. Through those networking connections a business mastermind group was joined, and the group believed (then) Greenacres Chiropractic Centre was Peterborough’s best kept secret. Despite struggling at times in the beginning to be busy, the clinic has always paid its bills, remained out of debt, and chalked up 10 years of history helping and supporting the ‘back bones’ (and other joints) of the local community. This year sees another milestone, 20 years in the profession of Chiropractic. Bridget says” During this time, I have grown to appreciate that not everything is physical (biomechanical) even if we perceive that to be the problem as sufferers. Sometimes there is a rather overzealous helping of pain perception delivered by

Greenacres Open Day - Sat 6 August, 1 - 4pm

our minds in the guise of stress, anxiety, depression and what we know in the profession as ‘illness behaviours’. In 2016 I trained as a Solution Focused Clinical hypnotherapist and started to help many people with emotional and physical pain in this way. Through connections with an old University Chiropractic friend, I was made aware of Rapid Pain Elimination Technique (RPET) part of the Sanomentology (the big brother to hypnotherapy) stable of protocols and trained in 2018 to deliver this too. The results were awesome. No touch needed, just working with people on a very deep level ridding them of their pain”. There is an element of needing to learn behind the reason Bridget is always learning new things and driven by professional regulations in both camps requiring that she undertakes a certain number of hours of continual professional development each year. In more recent years her mother who resides with them requires more and more support from her and their roles have switched, and she is now her caregiver. Home life is busy with her son at college and working, a husband working shifts and a house that is still under renovation.

So, we get to 2019 and the clinic is the busiest it has been. February 2020, skill sets expand into finger prick blood tests to support patients more fully with their knowledge and understanding of background health particularly pre-diabetes. Then March 2020 came along, and we all know what happened! Everything business wise stops and Bridget’s focus turns to looking after and protecting her mother. The forecourt of the clinic has a long overdue makeover, to make parking a little easier and the interior of the clinic is revamped, making it more clinical and easier to COVID proof. The doors to the clinic reopen in January 2021 having been closed for 10 months and the clinic is busier than ever here in Glinton. It becomes apparent that you good folk have developed a keen eye for looking after yourselves, often pre-emptively and are less tolerant of the wait times for NHS physios and keen not to be a burden to the system. So, what for the future? Bridget says, “I remain busy and often now have a waiting time of two weeks for new patients, so if you think you need my help don’t leave it till it is an emergency”. Ongoing projects include improving the energy footprint of the building and providing a service that combines her skills and connects both your mind and body so that you can live a long and healthy life. There is always something to do. Over the last year behind the scenes, the clinic has rebranded and brought all the services under one umbrella, and as you may have noticed is now called Greenacres Health with a new Logo. “One website, one Facebook Page, meaning more time to develop my skills yet further and to fulfil my vision of helping you more holistically to live that long and happy life, the next training course has already started!” she says. “To celebrate everything, I am holding an open day on Saturday 6 August, 1pm till 4pm. Maybe you are or have been a patient, you know someone who is, or you are just curious about what chiropractic is or what is involved in talking therapy or even just what goes on at the bottom of Westbourne Drive in Greenacres Health. You are all welcome to join me and those who support me behind the scenes between 1pm and 4pm for a cuppa, glass of something fizzy and a cake. There will be a couple of activities for the younger ones, so feel free to bring them too”.

So go along and meet Bridget and the team who support her behind the scenes. Please, park cars on Helpston Road and walk down the drive, as we will be set up on the forecourt. Bring sun hats if it is very warm, as the forecourt is very sunny.

Bridget looks forward to welcoming you and introducing her team to you, at the open day. For more information, please contact Greenacres by phone 01733 254239 or via the contact us page on the website Greenacreshealth.co.uk