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

  • Written by Mike Armour, Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
Can exercise reduce period pain? And what kind is best?Olha Dobosh/Getty Images

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...

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