Active Health

Are you eating enough to fuel your active life? Are you training too often or too intensely? Could your digestion problems, low mood and frequent injuries be a sign that you haven’t got the balance right? Dr. Juliet McGrattan is joined by leading sports dietician Renee McGregor to dive deeply into the condition of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). Listen in to hear wha

Did you know that one in three women leak urine when they cough, sneeze, jump or run? That’s a huge figure and our guest thinks it’s an underestimate too. Pelvic health physiotherapist Emma Brockwell joins Dr. Juliet McGrattan to talk about stress urinary incontinence. Emma is a leading expert in women’s pelvic health with national and international influence. She’s passion

Be honest with yourself, are you a runner who could probably benefit from doing some strength and conditioning? Do you struggle to stay motivated to do it? Are you recurrently injured? Perhaps you don’t really know what to actually do or where to even start? In this episode, Dr. Juliet McGrattan is joined by fitness instructor and Health Coach Chantel Oakley. With huge experience

Dr. Juliet McGrattan kicks off a second season of the Active Health podcast with a motivating and inspiring chat about marathon running. She is joined by sports journalist and co-host of the WiSP Sports Desk, Nancy Gillen who was steered into running as a way to stay fit during the Pandemic lockdown in the UK. Nancy admits she had previously hated running and never thought she woul

Why does your nose run when you exercise? It’s so annoying to always be searching for a tissue the moment you start your activity. This is a common complaint and affects many people. Dr. Juliet McGrattan tells us the condition is called rhinitis, she explains the causes and different types of rhinitis and advises us all to look for our triggers. Whether it’s cold air or chlorin

Exercise-induced pooping or the runner’s trots is such a common problem. It’s also quite a taboo one as not many people are open about the secrets of their bowels. This podcast addresses it head on. Why does exercise make people need to poo? Why is the poo that strikes you when you’re racing usually runny and explosive? We explore the theories that might explain this phenomen

On this week’s episode this is something for everyone—the common cold, those pesky viruses that always seem to hit us when we’re in good shape and making great progress on our training plans. Dr. Juliet McGrattan explores the risks and benefits of exercising when you have a cold. Will exercise make you feel better? Will it make you feel worse? What type of exercise should you

We will all have experienced a side stitch at one time or another, they’re common, painful and annoying and can be really off-putting for beginners. Listen in to hear about the theories of what causes a stitch. With reference to this article in Sports Medicine on ‘Exercise-Related Transient Abdominal Pain’ Dr. Juliet points out that different types of exercise make stitches m

Dr. Juliet McGrattan talks us through some questions and concerns you may have when you’re a new mother and want to go swimming. So much of the advice is about when it’s safe for your baby to swim and not about you! When is it ok for you to hit the pool? What if you had a vaginal tear, stitches or a Caesarean section? Juliet discusses the new Return to Running Guidelines publis

Even the most dedicated and focused of athletes enjoys a night out every now and then but what about the day after the night before? Is it ok to exercise with a hangover? Will it make you feel better or worse? Could exercising with a hangover actually be dangerous? Dr Juliet McGrattan talks us through the safe limits for drinking and the factors that determine how much alcohol affe