If you’re a runner and have been told you need a hysterectomy, you might be wondering if running will still be an option for you post-surgery. Does having an hysterectomy automatically mean you need to hang up your trainers, stop running and take up something with less impact? Not necessarily. With the right approach, patience, …
If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s you may have been told that you need to start strength training. But, if you haven’t done any strength work before you might not know exactly where to start. And you may have heard some myths around strength training that might be putting you off from …
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One of the most important things you can do as a woman in your 40s and 50s who is reaching menopause is to learn how to switch on your stress reset button, aka the vagus nerve. Why? Well, the decline in your progesterone and estrogen levels can affect your nervous system. So, managing your stress …
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If you are a woman runner who is experiencing a lot of perimenopause symptoms, it may start to feel difficult, or even impossible, to keep running Running used to be your friend. But now a lack of sleep, aching joints, hot flushes and mood swings, are making you wonder if you should be running at …
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If you are a woman who has experienced leaking, or other issues connected to your pelvic floor, you may have heard a few common misconceptions. In this post, I bust those myths about our pelvic floor, how it functions and what we can do to improve it. It’s normal to leak If you experience leaking …
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