Former Wales women captain Mandy Gornicki has started her own team for the over-40s.
Mandy Gornicki played for the first Wales women's team in 1993Mandy Gornicki thought her football days were behind her.
While it affected players in different ways, she said the team provided a safe space for those discussions, something she "never had when I was going through it".
Tania James has focused her Master's research on the impact of different types of exercise for those women."We know there's 32 physical symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and 26 emotional states that we can measure."So I'm looking at independent activity, such as just going out for a run, or group activities such as a yoga or spin class, and then I'm looking at whether team sports show any differences in supporting menopausal symptoms effectively.
So she came to the tough decision to walk away - although she carried on playing for her local side in Bridgewater until she was 49."I was going to try and hold out 'til 50, but by that stage I was in the police - doing shift work. Menopause kicked in and my body was saying 'this is silly now'."It was that chance encounter with a men's walking football team in a mid Wales cafe that opened the door to a fresh take on a familiar sport.
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