Understanding restless leg syndrome
EVENT DATE:
26 March
2026
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DURATION:
1
day
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CPD:
BANT, ION
NNA
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EVENT TYPE:
Live,
Online
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LECTURER:
Belinda
Blake
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Continue your professional development with our Understanding restless leg syndrome course
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, it is thought that between 5-10% of adults in the UK, US and Europe suffer from restless leg syndrome and, sadly, it is not just adults. Symptoms of this condition can vary from being mildly irritating to completely debilitating. It is a problem that is not well understood and often simply not spoken about. This workshop aims to raise awareness of this condition.
As practitioners, we may often see ‘restless legs’ indicated as a condition on our intake questionnaires, but it is almost never the main reason a client is seeking help and therefore can be easily overlooked. If explored however, a client will often explain that they thought it was just some quirk that they alone experienced, or that they didn’t think there was anything that might help. In reality, there is potentially a lot we can do, plus the symptom alone may help provide clues to help us better understand other underlying factors that may link back to the gut, immune system, sex hormone balance and the HPA axis.
This course will take a deep dive into current literature and explore what is currently understood about restless leg syndrome; the underlying factors that might predispose a person to this condition, factors that might influence the severity and discuss strategies that we can use to support clients in clinic.
Course details
Course trailer
What will I learn?
- Understand what restless leg syndrome (RLS) is, the significant impact it can have on a client’s wellbeing, and how to differentiate it from other similar conditions
- Have a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of RLS, and the role that dopamine dysfunction and iron deficiency play
- Recognize different triggers and comorbidities associated with RLS
- Understand how conventional medication works for RLS and how we may work safely alongside this
- Effectively utilize diagnostic testing to help assess accurately for nutritional deficiencies and inform protocol
- Design impactful personalized diet, lifestyle and supplement programmes to help support clients with RLS
Full Agenda
Who is this course suitable for?
- Qualified nutritional therapy practitioners
- Nutritionists
- Dieticians
- Naturopaths
- Other qualified healthcare practitioners
- Final year nutrition students will also be welcome
With
Belinda Blake is an ION graduate and an experienced registered nutritional therapy practitioner, lecturer and clinical supervisor.
Belinda Blake
DipION, mBANT, CNHC reg
Belinda is an ION graduate and an experienced registered nutritional therapy practitioner, lecturer and clinical supervisor. Belinda has a passion for food and employs a creative approach to teaching, running hands-on workshops on a variety of health topics, for both health professionals and members of the public. She employs the same approach to working with children and young adults and has run cooking clubs for pre-school and school aged children to help gently educate about nutrition, plus teach valuable cooking skills and expand food choices. The Eat Yourself Fabulous teen workshops, were well received and ran both in schools and privately. These practical sessions were designed to help teenage girls make the connection between what they eat and how they feel and focused on providing nutrition and lifestyle advice to help manage menstrual problems as well as supporting mood (plus provided plenty of food to taste-test and play with along the way). In these workshops, Belinda has worked collaboratively with other health professionals, including a counsellor, psychotherapist and mindfulness instructor, which had added additional tools to her nutrition toolbox and approach. When she is not seeing clients in her Surrey clinic or in the kitchen, you may find Belinda in the hedgerows foraging for wild food and still managing to embarrass her 21-year-old daughter.
Course information
Cost | £130 |
Dates | Wednesday 11th March 2026, at 10:00am – 4.30pm |
CPD | ION CPD 5 hours, BANT CPD 5 hours, NNA CPD 5 hours |
Study mode | Live online course, with the ability to ask some questions (within set times) |
Materials | PDF of course presentation upon registration |
Recording | Edited recap post course, available to view up to 20 times |
Course timeline
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Course materials released week prior to course date
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On-demand course version released within three weeks post course
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