
Dr Nicola Keay — Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
The first of two Injury Rehab Network events taking place in April 2024 with BASRaT is taking place on 8th April with a presentation from Dr Nicola Keay. Nicky will discuss Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Taking place online on Monday 8th April 2024 from 7pm – 8pm. The post event blog and recording is available here.
Dr Nicola Keay, Hormone Health Expert
Nicky Keay is the author of “Health Hormones and Human Potential: A Guide to Understanding Your Hormones to Optimise Your Health and Performance”. Her next book will explore “The Myths of Menopause”.
Nicky is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Division of Medicine, University College London. She lectures and conducts research in the area of exercise endocrinology, with publications in this field. Nicky’s clinical endocrine work is mainly with active women, exercisers, dancers and athletes, with a focus on relative energy deficiency in sports (REDs) and those navigating perimenopause/menopause.
Nicky works to provide a more personalised approach to female hormone health. Nicky authored the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine Health4performance.co.uk online resource. Nicky is a medical advisor to Scottish Ballet and a keen dancer herself, taking 4 ballet classes per week.
Nicky’s presentation, “Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)”, will discuss and explore the aetiological factors, clinical outcomes and management of REDs. Practical tools will include how to identify those at risk and what to do to support those restoring health and recovering from associated hormone and physical injuries.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the causative factors of REDs
- Appreciate that REDs can occur in both males and females, all ages and all levels of exercise
- Appreciate the underlying physiological mechanisms
- Appreciate how to identify those at risk
- Understand the principles of risk stratification
- Know what to do to support those experiencing REDs
Post event blog and recording
- Date – Monday 8th April 2024
- Time – 7 pm – 8 pm
- Cost – Free
- Location – Online (Zoom)
- Click here to read the post event blog and watch the recording
The next event of the Injury Rehab Network
The next event of the Injury Rehab Network, in partnership with BASRaT, will take place online on Monday, 8th April 2024, from 7 pm – 8 pm. Anyone professionally involved with or studying sports medicine, performance and rehabilitation from injury is welcome to attend. Post event blog and recording.
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