Coffee Talk - Off cycle, off balance: How menstrual dysfunction impacts quality of life among adolescent female athletes

The University of Kentucky’s Active Girls Healthy Women Program is hosting a Coffee Talk session 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 on Zoom. These events are open to all university and community members. 

As part of the Sports Medicine Research Institute in the UK College of Health Sciences, the Active Girls Healthy Women Program is a group of researchers, clinicians and professionals who are working together to improve the health of girls and women through research, outreach and educational efforts.

Coffee Talks aims to discuss evidence-based strategies to advance girls’ and women’s physical activity and health. This month’s coffee talk topic is on how menstrual dysfunction impacts the quality of life among adolescent female athletes.

Off cycle, off balance: How menstrual dysfunction impacts quality of life among adolescent female athletes

Speaker: Rachel Meyers, D.P.T., board certified orthopedic clinical specialist and sports physical therapist with Children’s Hospital Colorado

Meyers completed her pediatric orthopedic residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2022. She earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Duke University in 2021 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2018.

Meyers has presented both nationally and internationally on various pediatric sports medicine topics. As a former competitive and professional rock climber, Rachel has a special interest in the treatment and safety for female adolescent athletes, youth adventure and endurance sport athletes. Her current research primarily focuses on adolescent female athletes and mental health.