Menopause, exercise and sport. Discussing research, clinical pearls and my lived experience.

Fiona Wilson is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, where she is Head of the Discipline of Physiotherapy. She has over 30 years of experience in clinical physiotherapy, teaching and research. Her research focuses on examination and synthesis of epidemiology and biomechanics to create meaningful prevention and management strategies for injury and pain in sport. Her primary focus has been on athlete back pain, specializing in rowing related back pain. She also explores brain health and wellness in sport with a particular focus on current and retired rugby athletes. She has a particular focus on the female athlete experience from adolescence through their lifespan. She was lead physiotherapist for Rowing Ireland for 10 years and is the first physiotherapist to be invited to the World Rowing Sports Medicine Commission. Fiona is a Deputy Editor with the British Journal of Sports Medicine and the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.