About us
Zac and I met at osteopathy school in London. Some 15 years later, we are married and have a 12 year old cat called Duke. At the start of our career, we moved from London, to Cumbria, where we opened our first clinic, Carlisle Osteopaths and had the pleasure of working with some lovely people from sheep farmers to ultra athletes. The lure of the south (& family) drew us back 7 years later and a few years after that, we opened Nimble Clinic. We are open, friendly, normal people who enjoy improving people’s lives through the work that we do.
Rachel Knight
Osteopath and Nimble Founder
Rachel’s passion for anatomy started with the 1970’s book ‘How Your Body Works’. Some years later, she fell into osteopathy as a career and hasn’t looked back.
Outside of work Rachel likes to be outdoors; gardening, walking, cycling, anything. In fact the only things to keep her (indoors and) still are her cat Duke, who is rather fond of a lap, or to take her to a (dine in) bakery!
Rachel is an excellent generalist, meaning she enjoys’ working with anybody and everybody. She loves a complicated elbow, foot or coccyx complaint and is also rather talented if you’re struggling with jaw pain (e.g. TMJ). With over 20 years experience in manual therapy, Rachel is able to help you with any new or old problem that is causing you pain or restriction.
Treatment with Rachel tends to involve a lot of soft tissue massage, fascial release and articulation, alongside joint manipulation and dry needling.
At Nimble, Rachel provides osteopathic treatment.
Special areas of interest: Repetitive strain injuries of the elbow and hand. Foot problems including Plantar Fasciitis. TMJ pain.
Zac Beard
Osteopath and Nimble Founder
Zac loves movement and exercise, it’s what drew him to a career in osteopathy. As an osteopath he is excellent with acutely painful issues, postural complaints and scoliosis, where he provides kind, gentle reassurance, as well as results.
When not treating in clinic you will most likely find him in the gym, either ours onsite, or any other local gym – he’s been a member everywhere! His passion for sport and exercise doesn’t stop there, Zac loves a walk in a forest or along a coastal path and has recently rekindled a passion for roller skating!
Zac’s an experienced osteopath with over 15 years in practice. His specialism is his biomechanical skillset, a structural osteopath through and through. He uses a lot of articulation, traction and joint manipulation alongside soft tissue massage and dry needling.
At Nimble he provides osteopathic treatment as well as clinical rehabilitation for low back pain in our onsite gym.
Special areas of interest: Men over 45 wanting to return to fitness, rehabilitating injuries through exercise. Acute neck and spinal pain. Improving chronic conditions (incl ill health) through exercise.
GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTORS
TANIA STANFIELD
PERSONAL TRAINER
GROUP EXERCISE CLASS INSTRUCTOR
WOMENS HEALTH PT
Teresa Ray
YOGA INSTRUCTOR
JUSTINE BLABER
GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR / PILATES INSTRUCTOR
Katie Brooks
FUNCTIONAL PILATES INSTRUCTOR