If exercise could be bottled, it would be the most prescribed medication in women's health.
Courtenay Polock is a specialist women's health Exercise Physiologist, educator, and business owner with a clinical focus that sits well beyond general fitness.
She is the founder of HER Exercise Physiology, a women's health specialisation sitting under Remote Control Exercise Physiology, a condition-specific telehealth practice she co-founded to support people living with complex and chronic illness. She is also the founder of HER Education, a professional development platform for allied health professionals wanting to advance their skills in women's health.
Courtenay's scope spans the full spectrum of women's health, from complex clinical care and chronic disease management through to strength, conditioning, and performance-based training. She works with women living with some of the most underserved health conditions including endometriosis, PMOS, pelvic floor dysfunction, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and the hormonal shifts of every life phase from adolescence through to post-menopause. Her approach is grounded in the belief that exercise, when prescribed from a women's health lens, has the capacity to directly influence physiology, reduce symptoms related to hormonal changes or complex health conditions, restore function, and change the way women live with chronic disease.
A practicing clinician, course creator, and content creator, Courtenay is known for bridging the gap between clinical evidence and real life in a way that is compelling, accessible, and impossible to ignore. She speaks from the work she does every day, and that authenticity is felt in every room she enters.
Talking Points
Exercise, Female Physiology, and the case for strength training across a woman's life
The female body is not a smaller version of a male body. It operates within a constantly shifting hormonal landscape that influences everything from bone density and muscle metabolism to cardiovascular health and cognitive function. This talk explores strength training not as an aesthetic tool but as one of the most powerful physiological stimuli available to women at every stage of life. From the foundations built in adolescence, through the demands of reproductive years, perimenopause, and beyond, Courtenay unpacks the evidence behind why resistance training is preventative medicine for the female body, and what happens when women don't have access to that information early enough. Audiences leave with a clear understanding of why strength training matters, what it actually does inside the body, and why it is never too early or too late to start.
Exercise, Female Physiology, and the case for strength training across a woman's life
Exercise as Medicine How movement changes the physiology of complex women's health conditions
Women living with complex health conditions, from endometriosis, PMOS, and infertility, to pelvic floor dysfunction, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and the far-reaching effects of menopause, are too often told to rest, push through, or simply manage their symptoms. This talk challenges that narrative. Courtenay draws on clinical evidence and years of lived experience working with these populations to explore how exercise, when prescribed with condition-specific knowledge, has the capacity to directly influence physiology, reduce symptoms, restore function, and fundamentally change the way women live with chronic disease. This is not a general wellness talk. It is a case for exercise as a clinical intervention, delivered in a way that is accessible, compelling, and impossible to ignore.
Exercise as Medicine How movement changes the physiology of complex women's health conditions
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