Periods can have a profound impact on our wellbeing – they affect energy levels, moods, injury rate, and food cravings. But more and more seemingly healthy women are experiencing irregularities or their monthly bleed going totally AWOL, and have no idea why. From Strong Women’s initial investigations, the impact of women’s fitness regimes, nutrition and stress are three key elements that are rarely – if ever – discussed with GPs, despite the crucial role they play in our hormonal cycles.
We want to change that – and we need your help. Strong Women has created the Exercise and Period Health Survey so you can tell us about your periods, exercise history and experience with healthcare providers. We want to build a picture of how training impacts women’s hormones and health, so we can help change the way in which GPs and PTs treat menstrual issues. Help us to help you by taking the survey now – and feel free to share with any other women you know.