Established to address a gap within rehabilitation pathways.
Across healthcare and medico-legal settings, nutrition is often recognised as important but is not always assessed in sufficient depth or integrated consistently within recovery planning. As a result, individuals may experience malnutrition, ongoing fatigue, loss of muscle mass, inadequate intake, slower or limited rehabilitation progress, without a clear understanding of nutritional factors contributing to this.
The Nutrition Rehab Collective specialise in identifying and addressing these gaps
Our work focuses on complex cases where recovery is not progressing as expected - providing structured clinical nutrition assessment, clear recommendations, and targeted intervention aligned with rehabilitation goals.
The Story Behind Nutrition Rehab Collective
Born from a shared realisation across two distinct sides of healthcare: rehabilitation therapy without the right nutritional foundation is an uphill battle. With over 35 years of combined experience across the NHS and the medico-legal sector, founders Theresa Cole and Kayur Kotecha witnessed the same recurring problem from different vantage points. They saw patients being discharged into complex rehabilitation pathways with high metabolic demands, yet lacking the basic fuel—energy, protein, and hydration—needed to actually recover.
The Missing Link in Complex Recovery
From the Medico-Legal Perspective:
From the Clinical Perspective:
Kayur began to notice a recurring theme across rehabilitation pathways in case management settings: nutrition was often given limited attention. At times, it was viewed as non-essential, and in some cases, case managers felt less confident in clearly articulating its role within a structured recovery plan. Alongside this, dietetic input in the sector did not always include defined timelines, measurable goals, or clear exit criteria. This could lead to open-ended involvement, less clinical focus, and the potential for rising costs over time.
Theresa saw a parallel issue inside the NHS. Across oncology, critical care, and complex surgical recovery, nutrition was frequently under-integrated. Patients were left vulnerable to malnutrition, persistent fatigue, muscle weakness, and delayed functional gains simply because structured nutritional support wasn't embedded early in their recovery.
Together, they founded NRC to change this narrative transforming dietetics from an easily dismissed "nice-to-have" into a structured, defensible, and accountable pillar of the medico-legal rehabilitation pathway.
Meet the Founders
Theresa Cole
Registered Dietitian
The Clinical Engine: Fueling capacity, managing symptoms, and driving recovery.
Theresa is a HCPC-registered dietitian with over 20 years of clinical experience across oncology, critical care, surgical recovery, and community-based care. She specialises in rehabilitation nutrition, working with individuals where recovery is impacted by fatigue, inadequate intake, or unresolved nutritional issues.
Core Expertise:
Performance & Pacing:
Compassionate Insight:
Her clinical approach is grounded in detailed assessment -identifying underlying factors affecting recovery and implementing practical, evidence-based strategies to restore energy, strength, and function.
Her clinical expertise is grounded by compassionate care, a gentle health coaching approach as well as by her personal experience in managing fatigue following a mild traumatic brain injury, giving her a deep, empathetic understanding of the need for paced, sustainable progression.
Kayur Kotecha
Registered Physiotherapist & Case Manager
The Strategic Architect: Structuring measurable, accountable, and defensible rehabilitation.
Kayur brings over 15 years of experience spanning occupational health, elite sport, and personal injury. As the founder of Transcend Rehabilitation and an award-winning rehabilitation case Manager, he knows exactly what it takes to design recovery strategies that withstand medico-legal scrutiny.
Core Expertise:
Performance & Pacing:
Compassionate Insight:
Theresa also holds a postgraduate qualification in Applied Sports Nutrition, integrating performance-based principles into later stages of recovery and strength rebuilding where appropriate.
Specialist expertise in medico-legal rehabilitation, delivering structured, functional goal-driven pathways with objective measurable progress, underpinned by robust clinical governance.
He bridges the gap between clinical need and funder requirements, ensuring all interventions are proportionate, clearly articulated, and outcome-focused.
As a clinician working at the intersection of healthcare and medico-legal practice, Kayur focuses on creating rehabilitation strategies that are both clinically robust and practical to implement within real-world settings.
