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The Professional Players Federation (PPF) has today published new resources to support elite women athlete’s health. These raise awareness around hormone cycles as well as challenging some of the myths around periods, performance and injuries.

The resources, available within the Resources section of the PPF website, have been developed through a new partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University and the UK Sports Institute Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport. The PPF and its members will be sharing trusted scientific research with players through social media using athletes friendly “bite-sized” infographics. The key messages are designed to help athletes and their support teams make informed decisions around their health, nutrition, training and performance.

Professor Kirsty Elliott-Sale, the Head of the Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport at Manchester Metropolitan University said:

“The gender gaps in science, medicine, and sport are well recognised and are unfortunately still real. We are pleased to be able to work with the Professional Players Federation to disseminate trusted research on elite women’s sport in an athlete friendly way. All women athletes should receive education and training on their ovarian hormone profile, so they have adequate body knowledge to support their sporting needs.”

Liz Bloor, Chief Executive of the Netball Players Association and Chair of the PPF’s Women’s Sport Committee said:

“Whilst the amount of research on women’s health is increasing, there is unfortunately a lot of mis-information on social media which can be confusing and potentially harmful. These PPF resources are a great way to get important high quality research findings out to players and raise awareness around women’s health and performance in elite sport.”