Can sports cause vaginal chafing?
Sports Vagina is an informal term used to describe discomfort in the vaginal and vulvar area related to exercise. While not a medically recognized term, it covers a range of…
Physical Fitness
Fitness Tips for Breast Cancer Survivors: What Every Woman Should Know
Every year, over one million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, with the United States alone reporting approximately 185,000 new cases annually. The good news is that due to…
How to Create the Best Exercise Routine for Menopause
Understanding and navigating menopause can feel like trying to find balance on a moving tightrope. Unpredictable changes in hormones, sleep disruptions, and the resulting added stress on your body mean…
Embracing National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, which promotes the importance of physical activity and sports participation for people of all ages and backgrounds. May is dedicated to promoting…
Understanding the 8 Dimensions of Wellness: Part 1
When we think of wellness, we often think of diet and exercise as the two main components. But the truth is that wellness includes so much more! Recently, FemmePharma sat down…
Exercises to Help Eliminate Menopausal Belly Bloat
Many women experience changes in their bodies during menopause, including increased abdominal bloating and weight gain. In this article, we delve into the challenges of menopausal belly and bloating, hormonal…
Fitness Information For Women With Osteoarthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are painful and debilitating diseases that affect many of us as we age; however, there are special considerations to help you continue to lead an active…
5 Key Fitness Goals for Perimenopausal Women
All bodies change and age throughout life. These are unbinding rules that apply to everyone. As women, we go through perimenopause, the transitional time before menopause, to menopause. Unfortunately, this…
Vaginal Exercises For Pelvic Health
Between your pelvic organs and gravity lies a thin layer of muscles and ligaments called the pelvic floor. During physical exercise, coughing or sneezing, or pregnancy these muscles contract to…
5 Ways to Ease the Transition to Menopause Naturally
During perimenopause – or the transition period around menopause – our reproductive hormones start to decline, leaving some of us feeling out of sorts. This mid-life drop in hormones can…
Boosting Your Immune System
COVID-19 has had many of us googling around looking for the “secret” to boosting our immune systems. And though there is no shortage of supplements touting an array of health…
How to Exercise Smarter — Not Harder — After 40
Exercise is important throughout our lives, but it becomes even more important as we age. The risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and…