Naturopathic Medicine For Runners.
We’re going beyond nutrition (although we do that too!).
A holistic approach to alleviate a variety of health concerns and help you thrive.
An effective way for runners of all levels to improve their performance and reduce their risk of injury.
By taking a holistic approach to health and wellness, our naturopathic doctor can help you optimize your physical and mental well-being, which can lead to better athletic performance and lower risk of injury.
Assessing your well-being is an important first step that can be done in a number of different ways including an initial appointment, dietary and exercise tracking as well as comprehensive blood work panels.
After the initial assessment , our Naturopathic Doctor will work with you to to tailor your treatment plan to achieve your best health using a combination of treatment modalities. This may include: Dietary counselling, supplement recommendations, botanical medicine, acupuncture and lifestyle modifications to improve sleep and stress levels.
At The Runner’s Academy our Naturopathic Doctor additionally focuses on general medicine of non-runners, no matter what your concern.
Optimize your health and performance using science driven approaches, blood work and nutrition.
Finding what is right for you starts with understanding what is going on inside you!
Whether you’re looking for overall wellbeing or have big performance goals in mind, we use science driven data to help optimize a plan unique to your physiology.
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How do you live your life and what are you working towards?
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Based on the Assessment we will determine what biomarkers need to be analyzed.
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Based on your goals and biomarkers, we’ll work together to create a science driven plan unique to you.
Your plan may include: Nutrition modification, supplementation, lifestyle changes or acupuncture treatments.
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We will guide you towards your health or performance goals by helping you track changes in your blood biomarkers, sleep, nutrition or lifestyle.
Reassessing your blood biomarkers every 3-6 months will show you your progress from the inside and help us make any necessary modifications to the plan.
Health and Performance Panels
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Healthy Living and Performance Assessment
The healthy living assessment includes biomarkers for liver, kidney, blood, electrolyte, heart and metabolic health.
This panel is for anyone trying to gain insight into their general health as well as for athletes looking to improve their performance.
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Inflammation Panel
Gain insight into general inflammation that may affect you on the run and beyond.
Inflammation can be associated with gut health integrity, hormone production/use, weight gain, cardiovascular health deterioration and mood disorders.
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Fatigue Panel
If you’re looking to gain insight into factors driving your fatigue, this panel is for you.
The biomarkers being tested will help identify whether common concerns such as anemia, infections or thyroid issues are contributing to your fatigue.
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Nutrient Panel
We know that fuelling is important to running your best and this panel is designed to help ensure that you’re in your sweet spot.
This panel may be recommended when nutrient deficiency or malabsorption are suspected, urine essential elements are abnormal or whenever deficiencies or insufficiencies of key minerals are being considered.
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Hematology Panel
A wealth of valuable information for runners, this panel offers insight into symptoms such as headaches, poor recovery, unexplained weakness, nausea and decreased appetite.
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Female Hormone Panel
Specific to the needs of female athletes, this assessment is used to elucidate any issues with hormone levels that could be contributing to concerns with performance and injury.
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Masculine Health Panel
With general health and performance in mind, this panel provides insight via the biomarkers most relevant to men’s health.
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Feminine Fertility Panel
The Female Fertility Panel provides insight into the most common hormone abnormalities that can affect fertility.
This panel is valuable for people trying to become pregnant, or who have had trouble with pregnancy.
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Matas Nakrosius
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (B.Sc Hons, ND)
Toronto and Hamilton (Virtual)