Integrative Sports Medicine and Nutrition and Health Optimisation

Our clinical appointments bring together broad traditional medical and nutritional expertise with a Functional Medicine approach to enable you to get to the root cause of persistent medical challenges that are impeding your training, or to optimise your health foundations.

As of 2022, Ruth is delighted to be working closely alongside Ian Craig, an experienced sports nutritional therapist and educator with an international reputation. Ruth and Ian are delighted to have formed an Integrative Sports Clinic, offering recreational athletes the opportunity to have their health and training needs assessed and supported in a highly personalised and holistic setting.

Ruth and Ian are both experienced practitioners and athletes in their own rights with a vast array of skills between them. They both take pride in ensuring that they form synergistic relationships with their patients, who are motivated to live life as fully as they can and in the best possible health.

Together, Ruth and Ian offer a unique and specialist package of care for active individuals with health and performance goals.

Prior to beginning consultations, every patient is asked to complete our detailed intake forms to help give a full background picture and understanding of their current situation. These forms are submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the first consultation so that Ruth and Ian have a chance to review them. In addition, it is recommended that patients attend with some baseline blood results from within the preceding three months. These can be arranged by the Integrative Sports Clinic if they are not available from the GP surgery.

The consultations comprise 5 sessions that usually include two with Ruth and three with Ian in the following format, although this is always according to individual needs:

Session 1) First consultation with Ruth to review intake forms, any recent blood results and to identify goals. Suggestions will be made in key lifestyle areas including sleep hygiene, life-load management, activity and recovery, and in the foundations of nutrition and supplementation. Further investigations might be suggested and arranged at this stage. 60-90 minutes duration.

Session 2) First consultation with Ian to look in more depth at health and exercise goals, plus nutrition and lifestyle strategies to support these goals. In most cases food and nutrition choices will be the main focus of this session. 60 minutes duration.

Session 3) Review consultation with Ian to check in with you on your implementation of nutrition and lifestyle strategies so far, and make progressive suggestions to move you further towards your goals. This session may include a deepening relationship with your food, a training discussion, and consideration of life loads that may be inhibiting your progress. 60 minutes duration.

Session 4) Review consultation with Ruth to discuss any further test results as required and to give feedback on progress to date. Also an opportunity to look at the requirement for involvement of other team members such as physiotherapists, personal trainers, food coaches etc. 60 minutes duration.

Session 5) Second review consultation with Ian or a member of our extended team. We will review your progress towards your goals, plan for the future, or spend some time in another area such as food preparation. 60 minutes duration.

It is important to understand that care received at our Integrative Sports Clinic will not take the place of your General Practitioner, practice nurse or hospital specialist. We advise that all reports and recommendations are shared with your existing healthcare providers.