Women's Health Across the Lifespan
Women’s health encompasses challenges and changes that can occur throughout life, including:
- Adolescence & Young Adulthood: Building strong bones, healthy movement habits, and strength, and helping manage menstrual health.
- Pregnancy & Postpartum: Maintaining safe strength and mobility, supporting core and pelvic floor function, and recovering effectively.
- Perimenopause & Menopause: Maintaining muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and functional strength to manage hormonal changes.
- Healthy Ageing: Preserving independence with exercises that improve strength, balance, and functional movement.
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Managing symptoms, improving hormonal regulation, and supporting metabolic health.
- Endometriosis: Reducing pain, improving mobility, and supporting pelvic floor function.
- Chronic Fatigue: Graded, gentle exercise to improve energy, reduce deconditioning, and support daily function.
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Improving circulation, strength, and activity tolerance.
- Chronic Pain: Reducing stiffness, improving function, and supporting pain management strategies tailored to your body.
How Exercise Helps
Exercise supports you by:
- Building strength where it matters most: Targeted exercises help maintain muscle and bone health, improve posture, and protect against injuries that can limit daily life.
- Supporting pelvic floor and core function: Tailored movement helps you feel stable, confident, and comfortable in your body — whether at work, home, or during activity.
- Managing hormonal and chronic conditions: Individualised programs can reduce menstrual discomfort, support PCOS or endometriosis management, and improve energy for those with chronic fatigue, POTS, or persistent pain.
- Improving resilience and long-term health: Exercise helps prevent or manage heart disease, diabetes, and other long-term health challenges, while keeping you active and independent.
- Boosting energy, mood, and wellbeing: Programs are designed to fit your life and body, helping you feel stronger, more capable, and in control of your health.
- Tailored to your stage of life: Every exercise plan considers your unique body, goals, and lifestyle, empowering you to move with confidence and maintain function for years to come.
Exercise Physiologist role compared to other allied health
An exercise physiologist develops personalised, evidence-based programs to support you through every stage of life, with a deep understanding of how hormonal changes, life stage transitions, and chronic conditions can affect your body and how you feel. By focusing on long-term strength, mobility, and functional independence, an EP empowers you to manage life stage changes, PCOS, endometriosis, chronic fatigue & POTS, and chronic pain, while reducing the risk of injury and improving confidence. Programs are tailored to your lifestyle, goals, and abilities, helping you feel stronger, more capable, and in control of your health every day.
