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Can exercise reduce period pain? And what kind is best?

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par Mike Armour, Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University

Having your period can be a painful experience.

Period pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a very common condition with around nine in ten young women aged 13 to 25 in Australia having regular period pain.

For many women, period pain can make exercise seem like an impossible task.

So should you avoid exercise if you have period pain? Or could exercising actually help?

What causes period pain?

There are two main types of period pain.

The most…

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