Can I keep cycling through perimenopause into menopause? What to expect and what might i have to overcome?
A down-to-earth chat, aimed at women in cycling. Anna Glowinski, from We Are Cycling (@WeAreCyclingUK) discusses those hot flushes and how to keep cycling during this transformative life stage. Diet, choosing cycling kit, comfy saddles and how to cope with anxiety and any loss of enthusiasm for cycling. How to manage symptoms and what you can expect from your GP.
The menopause is when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally. Periods usually start to become less frequent over a few months or years before they stop altogether (perimenopause). Sometimes they can stop suddenly. The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age, as a woman's oestrogen levels decline. In the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause is 51.
Anna chats to Dr Susie Unsworth (Cambridge Women's Health), Jesse Lambert-Harden & Mel Berry (Her Spirit - @herspirituk), Emily Barclay (Perimenopausal Hub - @perimenohub), Lesley Wilkinson (Leslie Wilkinson Homeopathy - @WilkinsonLesley)
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