Support for Type 1, Type 3 and Pre-Diabetes in Northamptonshire
Blood Sugar Does Not Rule Your Life
Managing blood sugar doesn’t have to mean rigid rules or feeling overwhelmed. At The Ashgrove Clinic, we offer personalised nutritional therapy for diabetes that’s rooted in evidence – and delivered with real empathy.
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or have lived with diabetes for years, Anna Mather, our experienced nutritional therapist, can help you feel more confident, better informed, and more in control of your health.
What is nutritional therapy?
Nutritional therapy focuses on helping you understand what’s happening in your body, and giving you practical, realistic tools to support it.
With diabetes, that means:
Stabilising blood sugar naturally through food choices
Improving energy and mood by avoiding glucose spikes and crashes
Reducing reliance on medication (where possible and safe)
Preventing complications like nerve damage, inflammation and fatigue
Feeling better day to day, with less confusion around what to eat
Anna Mather, qualified nutritional therapist
Anna has a special interest in diabetes – both professionally and personally. She’s supported people with:
Type 1 diabetes (including teens and young adults)
Type 2 diabetes (diet and lifestyle managed or medication-supported)
Pre-diabetes and insulin resistance
Gestational diabetes
You’re in safe hands
Anna also understands that managing diabetes is about more than numbers. It’s about feeling well, having the energy to enjoy life, and being confident that you can live well with this condition. Her support is tailored not only to your health needs but to your lifestyle, preferences, and goals.
And she won’t talk about dieting – her aim is to help you find energy, health and vitality.
All plans are personalised and may include functional testing, meal planning, supplement support, and mindset coaching. She’ll work alongside your GP or diabetic nurse if needed.
When to get help
- Talk to Anna if you’re in a pickle with your meals, if you can’t work out what to feed your diabetic son or daughter or if you are about to start exercising more and know your blood sugars are going to change.
- If you’ve just had a GP health check and you’ve been told you’re pre-diabetic now is the time to get your meals working well for you so you don’t travel further down the sugary route to diabetes.
Anna says:
“It’s been important to me and my family that we don’t let diabetes rule our lives – I want to help you feel that level of control.”
Please email Anna directly to book:
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens at the first appointment?
On your first visit to us a full case history will be taken. We need to know all aspects of your health. We will ask about your previous injuries, surgery, illnesses, and we will want to know if you’re taking any medication.
Unless we need further information about your condition we would normally treat you on your first appointment.
You will normally be asked to undress to your underwear so that we can treat you, but if you don’t feel comfortable undressing, just tell us – we can work around that. We want you to enjoy your treatment, so tell us what we can do to make that happen.
Jay says: If you’re a bit nervous about coming why not book a Free Consultation first? Come and meet us – we won’t put any pressure on you to have treatment.
What should I wear?
It’s really helpful to us if we can see the area of the body that we are treating. Normally we ask patients to undress to their underwear, but if you want to wear a T-shirt and shorts, or if you just don’t want to get undressed, that’s fine with us.
And you can always bring pair of shorts and T-shirt with you to change into.
Chloe says: Ladies, please don’t wear a sports bra if you’re coming in for a massage – they cover your spine and we can’t see what’s going on!
How long are the appointments?
Your first massage appointment will be 45 minutes or an hour so that we have time to take the case history. Follow-up appointments vary in length depending on what you need, or whether you are training for an event. Usually they are about 30 minutes long.
Can I bring somebody with me?
Of course you can! We are very happy for you to have somebody in the treatment room with you. We are quite used to families coming together or parents bringing kids with them.
Incidentally, if we are treating children under the age of 16 we insist that a parent or guardian accompany them. We also ask that if you’re bringing any children under the age of 16 that they join you in the treatment room and are not left to sit in the waiting room unaccompanied by an adult.
Most patients really enjoy treatment, have a look at our testimonials if you need reassurance.
Can I claim on my insurance?
If you’re not sure whether you can claim or not, you must check with your insurance company. Make sure you check the qualification of your therapist as we have osteopaths, physiotherapists, sports therapists and sports massage therapists in the clinic. It’s possible that not all of them will be covered by your insurance.
You also need to check whether you need a GP referral before coming to us. Most insurance companies don’t require a GP referral, but some do.
Once you’ve got the Ok from your insurance company we ask that you pay us after each appointment and then claim the money back from your insurance company yourself.