Areas of Specialty and Expertise
Working with Rachael isn't just an "appointment by appointment" deal. She comes up with individualized plans and solutions for every client.
Rachael also has extensive experience coordinating care and consulting with client's health care teams (your doctors, nurses, counselors, etc.). If this is of interest to you, she has a form for you to sign allowing her to communicate with these professionals on your behalf regarding your care, progress, and support.
NUTRITION EXPERTISE
The following are organized by condition and goal
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Autoimmune diseases
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Celiac Disease
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Lupus
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Adult Autism Spectrum or ADHD related nutrition and feeding support
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Anxiety/depression
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Cardiovascular Nutrition Support
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Blood pressure support
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Cholesterol management​ (with experience in supporting statin-intolerant people)
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Heart Failure
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Postural Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome (POTS)
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Stroke recovery and prevention
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Triglyceride reduction and management
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Disordered eating
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
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Bulimia Nervosa
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Binge Eating Disorder
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Body Image Issues
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PICA
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Purging Disorder
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Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
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Food intolerances or allergies that require support​​
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Family nutrition/eating habits
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Gut and digestive issues
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Acid Reflux/Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
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Colitis
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Constipation
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Crohn's Disease
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Diverticulosis/diverticulitis
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Nausea
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Vomiting or digestive intolerance
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Liver problems
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​Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (i.e. "fatty liver)
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Non-alcoholic steatotic hepatitis (i.e. "NASH")
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Alcoholic liver disease
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Liver failure support
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Kidney disease (stages 1-5, not on dialysis)
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
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Prediabetes and Diabetes Care
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Diabetes prevention​
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Type 1 and 2 Diabetes
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Diabetes Insipidus
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Reactive Hypoglycemia
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Prenatal and Post-natal nutrition support.
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Menopause and Peri-menopause nutrition support
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Weight gain or loss (weight management)
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diet and lifestyle only​
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medication assisted
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bariatric surgery or history of bariatric surgery
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EXERCISE AND TRAINING EXPERTISE
Fit looks how you want it to!
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Pregnancy programming and preparing for birth
Post-partum exercise training and returning to regular exercise programming
Pelvic floor issues
Constipation or issues with urinary or other incontinence
Weight management (loss or gain)
Osteoporosis/osteopenia
Body Image work and assistance with working through and healing disordered relationships with exercise
Anxiety/trauma healing through specific exercise programming and hands on stretching
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EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND REHABILITATION
Return to regular exercise after physical therapy OR joint replacement recovery
Joint arthritis or pain
Low back pain
Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Balance work and gait training
Injury prevention
Exercise for improving diabetes or prediabetes
Exercise for individuals with kidney or heart disease (including blood pressure issues)
Movement and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons Disease
OTHER AREAS OF FITNESS
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Muscle strengthening and conditioning (this does not include Olympic lifting or similar strength training methodology)
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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
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Interval Training and Circuit Training
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Senior/geriatric fitness
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Sports conditioning for runners, volleyball players, baseball players, hockey players, and dancers.
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Family fitness programming
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Zumba fitness