Lorna Ryan, LRH Founder
LRH was founded in 2018 by Lorna Ryan, Registered Nutritionist/Nutritional Therapy & Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner specialising in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes & Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders. Her extensive EDS training, knowledge & experience positioning her as an established International clinician, researcher, educator and speaker. She is Chair of the International Consortium on EDS & HSD's Diet & Nutrition Working Group, committed to Hypermobility & EDS research and working as part of a specialist multi-disciplinary team worldwide. Lorna is proud to be clinical lead & facilitator to Project EDS ECHO Nutrition 2023, the first international clinicians education programme on Nutrition for HSD & EDS.
Lorna's interest to specialise in EDS is informed by her own patient experiences having navigated serious health challenges of hEDS & CMT. Her experiences bring empathy as a patient and deep awareness as a clinician together with a drive to enable others to live well.
In addition to academic clinical Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine study, Lorna holds a Masters degree in Design Research for Disability, with over 15 years experience in the field, bringing unique knowledge & skills working in the space of wellbeing.
Lorna has also travelled the world studying meditation practices, cultural diets and health principles. Experiences & insights that shape her work and interest in wider holistic health approaches.
