1.0Women's Health Research Waleshttps://whrw.uk/cyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wko0Uh9J31"><a href="https://whrw.uk/cy/publication/hormone-related-symptoms-in-active-females/">Beyond the phase: The CASES expert statement on a smarter management approach to hormone related symptoms in active females</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://whrw.uk/cy/publication/hormone-related-symptoms-in-active-females/embed/#?secret=wko0Uh9J31" width="600" height="338" title="“Beyond the phase: The CASES expert statement on a smarter management approach to hormone related symptoms in active females” — Women's Health Research Wales" data-secret="wko0Uh9J31" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://whrw.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>Female hormone-related symptoms arising from the menstrual cycle and contraceptives can impose a burden, affecting health, wellbeing, and performance. Despite individual variability in the symptoms experienced, the most reported symptoms are mood changes, irritability, fatigue, stomach cramps, and breast pain (Bruinvels et al., 2020). Both recreational and elite female athletes report that hormone-related symptoms negatively impact their training and performance (Brown et al. 2021). Female athletes believe that having more information and research about these symptoms may support their performance, health and wellbeing (McCleery et al., 2024), yet support remains limited.