Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
Welcome to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause," the podcast that redefines your relationship with fitness, nutrition and hormonal changes.
Hosted by American College of Sports Medicine Practitioner of the Year 2023, women's integrative health and performance expert Louise Valentine, this show empowers you to mitigate impacts of hormone changes without overcomplicating it! Get ready to break through misinformation, ditch ineffective trends, outdated methods and apply what you learn to feel your best, look fit or run strong and injury-free.
Join Louise, her coaches and clients as they share multi award-winning science-backed nutrition, fitness, running and fat loss methods designed for active females age 35 and beyond. Get inspired each week as they share how they've turned their own health and fitness breakdowns into breakthroughs and how they now lead the way in helping women just like you do the same!
Whether you're looking to ditch hormone havoc, break through a setback or want to understand how to lift, train and fuel harmoniously with your changing female physiology, you'll find this podcast insightful and inspiring. No more fighting against your body – we're here to help you harness its natural power to achieve a vibrantly energized, well, fit and active life!
If you're an active female who wants it all, Welcome to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause" – Your go-to resource to break through to next-level health, hormones and fitness!
Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#74 - How I Went to My Doctor & Got Everything I Needed (& You Can Too!)
In this empowering episode, your host Louise, a multi award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, performance scientist and one of the world's leading exercise physiologists specializing in the needs of active women and recreational runners, opens up about her personal journey through the broken U.S. healthcare system—sharing real frustrations, devastating setbacks, lessons learned, and practical strategies to help you advocate for your own vibrant health and fitness. From being dismissed for "looking healthy" to getting denied essential labs, she highlights the challenges many women face, especially ambitious active women facing hormone challenges and frustrating peri/menopause symptoms.
You'll learn how to prepare for a doctor’s visit, including ideas of what labs and screenings to request, how to present your health history effectively, and why walking in with confidence and clarity matters. She breaks down how to blend traditional and integrative medicine for optimal care and stresses the importance of tuning into your body over relying solely on expensive tests.
Whether you’re trying to get answers, ditch symptoms, reverse setbacks or take a more proactive approach to your holistic wellness, this episode will leave you informed, fired up, and equipped to take charge of your healthcare journey!
Ready to level up your knowledge of getting the holistic care you deserve? Let's freaking go! Tune in and take action today!
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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(2:10) Why women’s healthcare is failing and the personal motivation behind this episode
(4:30) Early struggles with hormonal health and long-term impact
(5:56) What Breaking Through Wellness offers and how it supports clients
(7:04) How to advocate confidently at your doctor’s visit
(9:10) The problem with denied labs like Vitamin D and A1C
(10:54) Using Function Health and customizing lab insights
(12:45) Why blood tests aren't always best for hormone tracking
(14:25) The frustration of functional medicine being dismissed
(19:49) Advocating with lab printouts and history
(22:19) Preventive screenings to include in your checklist
(25:11) Liver health and when to request an ultrasound
(29:54) Advocating for cardiology referrals at age 40
(32:38) DEXA scans, bone health, and why you should start early
(35:07) Advanced bone health labs (CTX and P1NP)
(38:18) What to do if you’re denied or dismissed
(41:01) A look at int
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