Sports Dietitian & Nutritionist
Whether you’re training for competition, returning from injury, managing RED-S or low energy availability, or looking to optimise your performance, RJ Performance Nutrition provides evidence-based sports nutrition and dietetic support in Teesside. Every nutrition plan is tailored to your goals, training demands, health, and long-term athletic performance.
Welcome
Specialising in REDs & Endurance Nutrition Teesside
I work with athletes and active individuals across endurance, strength, hybrid and team sports, helping them improve performance, recovery, health and confidence in how they fuel.
Whether you’re preparing for your first event or competing at a high level, nutrition plays a fundamental role in performance, recovery and long-term health. As a Sports Dietitian and Nutritionist supporting athletes in Teesside, I provide evidence-based nutrition strategies for endurance athletes, runners, cyclists, triathletes and active individuals, alongside specialist support for RED-S, low energy availability, injury recovery, digestive health and sustainable performance.
Looking for a sports dietician in the Teesside area?
Sport has shaped much of my life.
Sport has shaped much of my life, both personally and professionally, and I understand the challenges athletes face when balancing training, performance and everyday life. Working with clients across Teesside and the surrounding area, I provide practical, evidence-based nutrition support that is tailored to your goals, whether you’re preparing for competition, returning from injury, improving endurance, or simply looking to perform and feel your best.
Performance
Teesside Based sports dietician Services
Sports dietitian providing evidence-based nutrition support across performance nutrition, RED-S, endurance sport, hormonal health, and clinical nutrition. I work in partnership with you to build practical nutrition strategies that support both performance and long-term health.
Clients
Who I work with
I work with athletes and active people across endurance, strength, hybrid, and team sports, from recreational through to elite level.
Some people come to me wanting to improve fuelling, recovery, and training consistency. Others are managing RED-S, injury, hormonal health concerns, low energy availability, or a relationship with food and performance that no longer feels sustainable.
Wanting to Improve
Performance & Recovery
Fuelling, periodisation, and recovery strategies built around the demands of your sport, training, and performance goals.
Experienced working with recreational, competitive, and professional athletes.
Wanting to Improve Body
Composition or Relationship with Food
Evidence-based support for sustainable body composition and weight management, without extreme or restrictive approaches.
Recovering from RED-S &
Low Energy Availability
Support for athletes navigating Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), low energy availability, difficult relationships with food, and recovery from under-fuelling.
Focused on restoring health and supporting sustainable performance long term, with an understanding of the role sport holds and the complexity of stepping back.
Managing Hormonal &
Women’s Health Concerns
Clinical and sports-focused nutrition support for perimenopause, menopause, PCOS, endometriosis, fertility, menstrual dysfunction, and exercise-related hormonal disruption.
Experiencing Digestive or
Clinical Health Challenges
Support for metabolic health, digestive symptoms, gastrointestinal dysmotility and slow transit, alongside selected clinical conditions including hypermobility syndromes.
Returning from Injury, Illness, or Burnout
Structured nutrition support during rehabilitation, recovery, and return to training.
Supporting Teams, Clubs & Professionals
Education, workshops, and consultancy for teams, clubs, coaches, and healthcare professionals.
Process
how it works
Nutrition built around you
Every athlete is different — your nutrition support should be too.
Optional Free Enquiry Call
An informal, no-obligation conversation to discuss your goals, needs, and whether my support feels like the right fit for you.
Assessment
Comprehensive review focused on the whole you: your training, nutrition, lifestyle, recovery, health history, and current concerns. Available online or in person (Ponteland, Newcastle).
Personalised Plan
Expert-led nutrition strategies specific to your goals, preferences, training demands, and daily life.
Review & Adapt
Ongoing support to review progress, adapt strategies, and help you navigate changes in training, health, recovery, or performance demands.