Following the Lionesses’ back-to-back UEFA Women's Euro victories in 2022 and 2025, English women's football entered what has been described as a “new age”. Participation increased by 140% for girls u...

Dr Jenny BurbageIntroductionWe often talk about sports bras in the context of exercise, but what about work?For many women, roles that involve physical activity require running, lifting, reaching and ...

Donna Duffy & Louisa RaisbeckMost coaching systems were never designed with female athletes in mind. Yet, every day, coaches use training programs, recovery strategies, and performance models assuming...

Strike with Purpose: Empowering Women’s Health & Performance through Insight and Innovation

Dr Britta Maria SorensenIn 1967, race officials physically tried to drag Kathrine Switzer off the Boston Marathon course. She finished anyway. Less than 60 years later, Shanda Hill became the first wo...

By Eline de Jager MSc BSc and Evgenia Angelidi MSc BSc Did you know that the average women will spend approximately seven years of their life menstruating? Despite being such a constant presence, the ...

Introduction2025 was a landmark year for women’s[1] sport. The Women’s Rugby World Cup in England broke records: Scotland reached their first quarter-final in 20 years, Ireland narrowly lost to France...

Authors: Emily Shears, B.Pharm, Grad. Dip ExSc, M.Ed, and Jessica Beal-Stahl, PharmDAthletes often focus on training, nutrition, and coaching to improve performance and recovery. Yet one critical piec...

An estimated 20% of the total population in Europe live with chronic pain which is approximately 150 million people. A deep dive into these statistics indicate that females have the highest prevalenc...

IntroductionAlthough it is common for male footballers to become top level coaches at the end of (and sometimes during) their playing career, the same cannot be said for women. This means that elite f...