What’s new for female hormone health? At the start of the year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) updated the guidelines for the management of bone health in the situation of amenorrhoea with low oestrogen. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is advised, rather than the combined oral […]
Tag: Female athlete
Challenging gendered norms in sport and physical activity: implications for injury prevention
Part of the BJSM’s #KnowledgeTranslation blog series The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for athletes in girls’/women’s sport has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3-6 times more likely to experience this injury when compared with athletes in boys’/men’s sport. Injury prevention research in this area has, to date, focused heavily […]
Does injury incidence really change across the menstrual cycle? Highlighting a recent key study
Part of the BJSM Knowledge translation series. *This is a plain language translation of a non-BJSM article. Any concerns about the scientific content of the original paper should be directed towards the publishing journal. Why does this question need to be asked? Women’s football is booming. Increased professionalism of football clubs, investment and commercial interest […]
Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay2021
Diversity, inclusion and equity are three of the BJSM’s core principles, and the journal is firmly committed to ensuring that these lie at the heart of all its work. So, this #InternationalWomensDay, we want to shine a light on some of the amazing work being done around the world to further female athlete health and […]
Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy?
By Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz Women at low-risk pregnancy are encouraged to do at least 150 minutes of moderate physically activity per week or 20-30 minutes per day (ACOG, 2015). It is safe for female athletes and other women who have been physically active before pregnancy to largely maintain their training habits, while inactive women are […]
Highlights from “Play Like a Girl”, Sports Medicine Australia’s Canberra Symposium
By Nash Anderson and Mark Trbojevich In the week after the FIFA Women’s World Cup we reflect on “How female athletes stay fit to play and own the podium”. In May 2019, Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) hosted the symposium in Canberra, the national capital. Despite the increase in professional sporting competitions for female athletes including […]
BJSM e-edition: Female athlete health
Several of the BJSM editorial team attended the excellent 2019 Isokinetic Conference in London this past April. One inspiring session at the conference focused specifically on the latest research in female sport. We heard a call for an increase in the number of published female-specific sports research studies. […]
What’s so good about Menstrual Cycles?
By Dr Nicky Keay @nickyKfitness Menstrual periods are a barometer of healthy hormones. The evolutionary purpose of ovulation is to reproduce. Furthermore the carefully biologically choreographed variation of hormones that occurs during an ovulatory menstrual cycle is crucial to health and athletic performance. Why? Hormones are chemical messengers that have far reaching effects throughout the body and […]
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in female athletes [Part 2: Investigation and Management]
By Mr Simon Tarsha and Dr Craig Sheridan @DrCraigSheridan In the first of this two-part article the physical, social and psychological impact of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) on female athletes was considered alongside assessment of history and where appropriate, a clinical examination (1). This second article outlines clinical investigations to consider and initial management with guidance […]
Part 1: Key messages from the 2018 BASEM Spring Conference
By Tej Pandya “RED-S is a complex, multifactorial syndrome that it is often missed” This was the key message from the 2018 BASEM Conference – the largest attendance for the spring meeting since its inception. We were treated to a wide variety of SEM practitioners (with equal split between male and female presenters) who collectively […]