Periods as barometers of hormonal health. Female athlete health Pt 1 with Dr Nicky Keay Episode #449

A dive into female athlete health with Dr Nicky Keay. Dr Keay is a Sports and Dance Endocrinologist and Honorary Fellow at the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University. Many of our listeners will know Nicky from some of her publications in BJSM relating to female athlete health, which we cover in two rich podcasts. For some of the resources mentioned, please see the links below, or check out the BJSM blog homepage, where they will be collated into an interactive blog. Links: BASEM website www.health4performance.co.uk (in houses the IOC consensus statements and other published studies in RED-S) BJSM blogs “Of Mice and Men” https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2019/11/21/of-mice-and-men-and-women/ and summary of IOC 2018 RED-S update https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2018/05/30/2018-update-relative-energy-deficiency-in-sport-red-s/ Dr Keay's website nickykeayfitness.com BJSM infographics on RED-S https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/20/1310 and cycling study https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000424 Course for coaches working with female athletes endorsed by BASEM https://sport-ready-academy.teachable.com/p/working-with-high-performing-female-athletes Blood tests for athletes/dancers (including female hormone profiling) in UK https://www.forthedge.co.uk/ Menstrual monitoring alongside training metrics used at Sottish Ballet as mentioned in podcast https://www.athletemonitoring.com/menstrual-cycle-tracker/