Jane Hickey (my pronouns are She/Her)

Jane Hickey is a BANT registered, experienced Nutritional Therapist and a DNALife registered Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics practitioner, working with clients both face to face in Bristol and online. Jane has a special interest in the health and wellbeing of instrumental musicians. She designs individual programmes to prioritise self care for musicians who face the intense physical, mental and lifestyle demands of music performance. 

Self care supports musicians who are at risk of health conditions associated with music performance. These include a range of musculoskeletal conditions (such as repetitive strain injury, bursitis or tendonitis) and allergies or sensitivities (such as dermatitis), specific to instruments, as well as mental health conditions. With her insights into the benefits of sports nutrition for athletes' performance and health, she helps musicians to optimise their performance and wellbeing with realistic food and lifestyle programmes. Self care through food and lifestyle choices reduces the risks of associated conditions developing or supports recovery from a diagnosed condition. Jane also supports recreational athletes with nutritional programmes to optimise their performance for ongoing training or in preparation for a special event. Jane supports clients navigating a gluten free journey. 

Through extensive research, Jane has studied the impact of gluten, a typical feature of modern diets, on health. Gluten is implicated not only in Coeliac Disease but also in non Coeliac gluten sensitivity. Jane supports clients diagnosed with Coeliac Disease, who need to eliminate gluten entirely from their diet, to replace all gluten containing foods with beneficial foods. She also helps clients to discover whether gluten is a factor implicated in their symptoms, with a systematic approach enhanced by appropriate testing. Gluten is a common ingredient in a wide range of foods. 

With clear suggestions for shopping and cooking, Jane helps clients to replace all gluten containing foods with alternative food choices. Additionally, Jane identifies specific nutrient needs to support healing and optimise health. As a practitioner registered with DNALife, Jane helps clients to identify highly personalised health goals, through specific DNA test profiles. Tests include Health, Diet, Sport, Mind, Resilience, Skin, Pain, Oestrogen, as well as pregnancy (Growbaby) and oral health (Smile). 

The DNALife specific gene profiles have been designed to include only carefully selected genes which are clinically relevant and which respond to diet and lifestyle for improved health outcomes. The insights into unique DNA may clarify symptoms or inform a proactive and preventive approach to health and longevity. Jane supports the process from an initial discussion about health priorities to ordering the tests and interpreting the results with practical recommendations for diet and lifestyle. 

Jane creates personalised food, supplement and lifestyle programmes, using a Functional Medicine approach to comprehensively assess each client and identify the root causes of their symptoms for a personalised nutrition programme. With health and wellbeing coaching, Jane helps her clients to introduce realistic food and lifestyle changes step by step, to optimise their wellbeing