Mastering bone health: An integrative framework for osteoporosis prevention and management
EVENT DATE:
12 November
2025
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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:
Maria
Rigopoulou
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Continue your professional development with our Mastering bone health: An integrative framework for osteoporosis prevention and management
This course will take a deep dive into the multifactorial nature of osteoporosis, exploring bone as a dynamic and responsive tissue affected by diet, hormones, stress, exercise, and more. Through a functional lens, it gives practitioners a clinical framework for working with bone density across the lifecycle, especially during menopause and ageing.
Many practitioners may not recognise contributing factors and early signs of knowledge or lack confidence in interpreting bone scans and tests, advising on suitable nutrition plans, exercise or supplements, or personalising support for bone loss in the presence of gut, autoimmune, or hormonal issues and other conditions.
This course provides clarity, structure, and case-based insight to help practitioners avoid common pitfalls and develop impactful, evidence-informed plans in any case beyond menopause.This course will walk through diagnostic tools like DEXA, REMS and other tests, benefits and limitations, then explore the root causes of bone loss using a functional approach.
It will cover key nutrients, lifestyle and exercise interventions, fasting and popular diets, hormonal influence, and trauma/stress links.
Course details
Course trailer
What will I learn?
- Confidently understand and interpret bone scans and bone test markers
- Design targeted bone health protocols using nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle strategies
- Personalise recommendations for clients following vegan, fasting, or restrictive diets (usually due to co-existing conditions)
- Identify early nutritional, hormonal, emotional and stress-related triggers of bone loss
- Motivate and empower clients to adopt long-term, bone-supportive habits
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
Maria is a Nutrigenomics and Anti-aging expert specialising in bone health based in London and Athens (Greece). Maria’s holistic approach addresses physical, mental, and emotional imbalances to optimise health.
Maria Rigopoulou
MSc, DipION
Maria is a Nutrigenomics and Anti-aging expert specialising in bone health based in London and Athens (Greece). Maria’s holistic approach addresses physical, mental, and emotional imbalances to optimise health. She was diagnosed herself with osteoporosis in her 30s and has been passionate about raising awareness for this often misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition ever since. She is actively engaging in bio-hacking forums, seminars, and personalised wellness retreats. In addition to her clinical work, Maria mentors practitioners in building thriving practices and has delivered insightful talks and presentations for nutrition students, colleges and organisations and global health communities on bone health, functional nutrition and longevity.
Course information
Cost | £130 |
Dates | 12th November 2025, at 10:00am – 4.30pm |
CPD | 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 for 60 days |
Course timeline
Book course ticket
One-use registration link sent via email
Course materials released week prior to course date
Live course takes place
Edited course recap video released within three months post course
On-demand course version released within six months post course
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CPD
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