No period? What’s the big deal?

IT’S “normal” for female dancers not to get their periods, or for them to be irregular, right? Actually, no. It may be common, but we would not regard it as “normal.” There are multiple reasons why hormone balance is extremely important for your overall health, particularly for dancers. In this, the first of a three-part series, we’ll be taking a dive down into the whats, whys and hows.

There are a number of different reasons a female can can lose her menstrual cycle. For dancers, the most common of these is called hypothalamic amenorrhea