On the final episode of Season 1 of the podcast I joined by Dr Bella Smith and Baz Moffat. Dr Bella aka the Digital GP, is an NHS GP with a specialist interest in women’s health. Bella acts as a GP advisor to The Eve Appeal, has featured on Sky News, BBC Radio and Channel 4 and has had many articles published in the national press. Baz is an inspiring women’s health and fitness coach and a former Team GB rower and medallist. Her holistic approach focuses on prenatal, postnatal, perimenopausal...
On today’s episode I joined by Emma Brockwell. Emma is a women’s health physiotherapist specializing in postnatal rehabilitation and is passionate that all women return to postnatal exercise safely and effectively. Emma actively campaigns for improvements in women’s health care co-founding Pelvic Roar, a pelvic health campaign group. She is also on the Clinical Advisory Board of the Active Pregnancy Foundation, The Perinatal Physical Activity research Group and Pandas UK. Emma has also ...
On today’s episode I joined by Dr Marlize De Vivo a senior research fellow in perinatal physical activity at Canterbury Christ Church University, and Sally Kettle a speaker, adventurer and with Marlize, co-founder of The Active Pregnancy Foundation. The Active Pregnancy Foundation has the goal of supporting women to stay active throughout pregnancy and beyond, by providing expertise and advice, changing culture and challenging policy. This episode is aimed at empowering women to keep active a...
On today’s episode I am delighted to be joined by Elisa Nédélec, a PhD student at Nottingham Trent University who is investigating the potential impact of reproductive hormones on the incidence of non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes. Elisa completed her Masters in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Belgium and worked for eight years as a sports physiotherapist, specialised in orthopaedics, traumatology, and global postural rehabilitation. Her research interests include female physiol...
On today’s episode I am joined by Renee McGregor. Renee is a leading sports dietitian, specialising in eating disorders, REDs, the female athlete, and performance. Her practice and knowledge are supported by extensive experience of working in both clinical and performance nutrition, including Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth teams. She is also a best-selling author and the co-founder and director of #TRAINBRAVE a campaign raising the awareness of eating disorders in sport; providing resou...
On this episode I am joined by Dr Emma Ross and Dr Rich Burden. Emma and Rich worked together at the @EIS where they co-lead the SmartHER Programme to improve support of British Olympic and Paralympic female athletes within the UK high performance system. The SmartHER programme aimed to empower coaches, athletes, and sports practitioners to better understand the exercising female, and how to capitalise and cope with her physiology and psychology in the context of sport. In this episode we dis...
On this episode I am joined by I am joined by Helen Keeble, a physiotherapist who specializes in pelvic health, Dr. Amal Hassan, a sports and exercise medicine doctor, and Elizabeth Davies a women's fitness coach. Together, Helen, Amal and Elizabeth recently created Umi Health to offer online advice and education about female pelvic health to every woman, everywhere. This episode opens the conversation surrounding a vital, but often overlooked area of our bodies – the pelvic floor, as we disc...
On this episode I am joined by Dr Sarah Gilchrist . Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in the UK high performance sport industry and has supported British Rowing to multi-gold medal success throughout the Beijing, London and Rio Olympic and Paralympic cycles. Sarah also has a Professional Doctorate in recovery, with a special focus on sleep and athletic performance. It is this knowledge that she now brings to worlds outside of elite sport where sleep, downtime and managing your energy are ke...
On this episode I am joined by Dr Jenny Burbage and Dr Nikki Brown. Jenny is an Associate Professor in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at Portsmouth University. Her primary research area is in breast biomechanics and breast health, with interests in breast pain, poor bra fit, the function of breast support and the effect of breast support on performance. Nikki is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Sport, Health and Performance Science at St Mary’s University. Recent pro...
On today’s episode I am joined by Dr Kirsty Elliott-Sale. Kirsty is an Associate Professor of Female Physiology and the Head of the Musculoskeletal Physiology Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. Kirsty completed her PhD at Liverpool John Moore’s University which examined the effects of female reproductive hormones on muscle strength and since then her work has mainly focused on female athletes. On this episode we explore hormonal contraception and discuss the impact it has on our p...
Welcome to the first episode of The Period of The Period Podcast. On today’s episode I am joined by…myself...as I chat all things menstrual cycles, performance, and training, including: (1) the basics of the menstrual cycle and what is *actually* happening; (2) the current research in this area in terms of potential performance and training effects; and (3) practical tips for sportswomen and those working with them. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a rating and re...