Womens Health
UWA Athletics Club proudly supports the Australian Institute of Sport’s Female Performance & Health Initiative (FPHI), which provides evidence-based education and resources to enhance the health, wellbeing, and performance of female athletes. Covering topics such as menstrual health, nutrition, bone health, body image, and more, the FPHI promotes open conversations and informed decision-making across all levels of sport. We encourage our athletes, coaches, and support teams to explore the resources available and help foster a more inclusive and supportive environment.
Education modules
The AIS has partnered with specialist medical practitioners, high performance athletes and high performance coaches to design a suite of online learning modules for athletes, parents, coaches and medical practitioners, most modules are for 10 -15 minutes.
This includes topics such as:
- Pevlic health, breast health, body image in Female Athletes, Bone Health, nurtition for females, low energy availability, puberty and development, menstrual cycles and coaching considerations for female atheltes
Information and resources - Find infographics, fact sheets and links on a range of female athlete specific performance and health topics.
Athlete stories
